Wednesday, March 12, 2014

(SWA 3/14)- "The Everyday Writer" pg 48-58, 123- 151

The reading begins with discussing rhetorical situations. All writing is connected so on must make good choices with their rhetorical situations. A rhetorical situation is the full set of circumstances surrounding any communication. The rhetorical situation is often composed of three crucial elements, such as text, audience, and communicator, which all surround the context. The text includes your topic and message you want to convey. As a communicator, this involves your purpose, stance or attitude toward the text. The context shapes all three of these elements.

            The second portion of the reading centers on critical reading as well as analyzing arguments. The first step to critical reading is to preview the text to consider the context, author, subject, genre, and design before going in depth. Then as read the text for the first time annotate it or take notes. The point is to get everything you can from the first reading. Once you have read the text and feel you understood it, try to summarize the contents in your own words. Critical reading ends with further analyzing of the text by asking questions. To analyze an argument is to think critically of the argument. When thinking critically of an argument, recognize the cultural contexts and identify the argument’s basic appeals. These basic appeals include emotional, ethical, and logical appeals. Break the argument down and analyze its individual elements.

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