Blog 5A

There are many rhetorical gazes. These gazes consist of social gazes, business gazes, pretty much any kind of gaze you could think of. These gazes help people visualize and actually see the rhetorical tools. Gazes help people comprehend by visualizing things. Gazes are important visual rhetorical tools. You can use these tools to reach an audience because it is easier to comprehend things when people see them with their actual eyes. People connect with images. It makes it so much easier for audiences to comprehend the things they are wanted to comprehend.

Blog 4A

There are many cause and effects in the things we write whether we really notice them or not. Cause and effect structures go in a way where something starts the actual chain reaction and the effect turns into the cause and then the effect of that cause turns into the next cause and so on. This goes on until there is an ending resolution. Pulling out the cause and effects of a narrative and putting them into a chain reaction diagram makes it easier for the reader to comprehend. Cause and effects are visual aids in comprehending a story. This helps the reader comprehend what is going on in the text and the reason that certain things are happening. Cause and effect can really help to reach an audience because it helps them spot out what is happening (cause) and why it is happening (effect). Also the audience can relate to cause and effects because it happens daily in everyone's daily lives.

Personally, I think the best way for a writer to analyze cause and effects is to create a chain reaction chart or diagram. This is the best way to pick out which instances are causes and which ones are the effects of those. It really helps to see them visually and see how each event effects the next to get to an ending result. Pointing out what events cause what and which events effect others, can be challenging unless you can visually see them on a chart or diagram.

Blog 3B

I really love the idea of the peer review. Peer review is a chance to get fresh eyes on your essay. Personally, as I wrote my essay I couldn't see most of my own mistakes. I skipped over a lot of things that other people could spot out easily. The point of peer review is to revise your paper and let others spot out any small or large mistakes that you simply looked over! I love peer review because all it can do is help you. I feel like my paper is going to be so much better now that I have done the peer review and had different perspectives on it. I also missed a lot of simple mistakes that my group caught that I can now edit! My group also gave me some really great ideas to put into my paper that will only improve it that much more which I appreciate. I loved all the criticism I received because it is making me a better writer.

Peer review also helps you come up with ways to connect to your audience. Your peers are your audience so peer review helps them tell you what to leave out and put into the essay to really connect with them. The only thing peer review does is help the writer so it is foolish not to use it to your advantage. It is an important aspect to editing your paper and making it the best it can possibly be.

Blog 3A

There are many different rhetorical tools used in Zambreno's article that I never thought about before reading it. However she did also use the basic rhetorical tools that are in basically every narrative such as, a thesis, chronology, conclusion, etc. Her thesis was very blatant and straight forward which is, in some cases, nice. She also introduced tools such as plasticity which is the ways that narratives can be reshaped or re written in order to reach different audiences. Then second tool she introduces was "piecemeal" which is the way a narrative is assembled by several different sources. In other words, pulling main points or subjects you'd like to talk about and putting them all together into one piece. The third tool she brought to attention is the "windows of opportunity." These are basically holes or openings where one can insert different stories or insights. Finally, the last rhetorical tool she introduced was "open-ending closure." This is probably my favorite tool. This is kind of leaving the reader hanging. This is what creates sequels to books and movies. It is making the reader want more.

I really liked the style Zambreno wrote in for this article. I liked the way she was so straight forward and you never questioned if she used the rhetorical tools or not. She did a great job using the rhetorical tools correctly which is crucial. By using rhetorical tools, the author can really connect with the audience of their choice. Rhetorical tools also make an article more interesting. By using the tools she talked about throughout the article, one could really write something awesome. Rhetorical tools can make or break an essay. If you use rhetorical tools correctly, you can reach your desired audience and be successful in your writing. If you don't use the tools correctly, or not at all, you are less likely to connect with your audience, or you may even connect with the wrong audience which could be even worse.

Rhetorical Elements (continued)

For the paper I am writing, I have found several rhetorical elements. I have also started using them in my own paper. In the article that I chose, I wrote about how the chronology is very interesting. It starts out with talking  about the problems we have with fashion and sustainability. It then continues to talk about certain industries that have already introduced sustainability into their industries. My article I chose also has very well used transitions throughout the story. In my paper, I wrote how the reader probably wouldn't comprehend the story if it wasn't for the transitions it has. The article runs very smoothly because of this. The story also has a very good conclusion that is short and to the point, yet well thought. The New York Times did a very good job using rhetorical elements while writing this article.

While writing my paper, all I think about is rhetorical elements. If you would have asked me a week ago what they were and what they do to a paper, I wouldn't be able to tell you. However, now that I know what rhetorical elements are and what they can do to an article or essay, I take them very seriously. I have tried to think of ways I can use story grammars in a way that my paper flows together smoothly and is properly written the way I want it to turn out. I have realized what rhetorical elements are supposed to do, and what they can do to a paper if used correctly.

I really like this description of structural narratives I found on the internet by by David Raudenbush, Demand Media, it says, "Writing about narrative structure is like walking around a roller coaster, spotting the loops, drops and curves, and reviewing them for other riders. To analyze a narrative, you need break down plot elements, sort out the sequence of events and recognize how the author's style and the narrative point of view influences the storytelling. By examining these elements, you expose for your reader the path the author devised as a journey through his story." This was said by David Raudenbush in his article named "How to Explain Narrative Structures in Writing"

Reaching an Audience

Narratives

Narratives are very important when wanting to send a message to someone or to an audience. When done properly, narratives can reach people when other things cannot. For example, when advertising something on television they can either be a huge success or a complete failure. An example that was talked about in class was the Carl's Junior commercial when they showed an inappropriate ad in the middle of the day, when only children would be around to watch it. This is an example of an epic fail. This is also why choosing your audience is crucial. Narratives should also follow the certain steps to be successful. This means that it goes from the author, to the text, and then to the audience. It follows these steps many times as the author or artist refines it to meet the needs of the specific audience. Narratives can be either really successful or a complete fail, it just depends on if one did it right or not.

The rhetorical tools are the key to having a successful narrative. As authors write, and take the steps necessary to make a good narrative, the rhetorical tools are super important. As the narrative goes through the 'triangle' and refine and edit their narrative as they go, it becomes not only what they wanted it to become, but what they think their audience will want. If the narrative isn't what the specific audience wants then it is basically a waste of time for everyone involved. Without the rhetorical tools, authors and artists couldn't get any feedback to refine or edit the narrative.

Writing Process

The Writing Process

The writing process includes writing a rough draft of our papers in class, then clean it up. After cleaning it up we will summarize our paper to make a conclusion. Following this, we will take our paper to class for a peer review and clean that up to add our introduction.

Essay Structure

Intro, body, conclusion