In the passage “Making Sense of Human Interaction and Meaning-Making”, Doug Downs directly explains how the “Rhetoric” meaning has a variety set of definitions that we students, are not aware of. Downs elaborates on how we use examples of the term every day of our lives without even being being aware that it’s the case. I totally agreed in a section where Downs spoke about how many believe that there are certain rules that are true in all writing situations. Most of my life, I was used to always constructing a five paragraph essay that included an introduction, three body paragraphs and a conclusion paragraph. Rhetoric suggests that shouldn’t be the case. Not all writing needs a formula, not all writing needs a warrant to prove the obvious.
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However, there are different ways of making a point- many of these are the different ways of communication like body language, facial expressions or gestures we make. There are also emotions we feel inside that don’t reflect on the outside for example, being nervous of doing a speech. It’s happened many times to me before when I feel like a red tomato and that my nervousness I have is written all over me; except that when I am finally finished with it I ask my peers if I looked nervous and they would tell me They didn’t even know I was nervous. Another point Down makes is that when writing a persuasive piece “ They need to build their readers knowledge of what they're proposing ad why it's a good idea.” The way I translated this was to provide readers with knowledge they don’t know. This strategy is called epistemic. The passage explained it as not transmitting existing knowledge to other rhetors , but instead by providing new idea through a different set of eyes. This is a great strategy I could incorporate into my writing again relating back to the common sense example I provided in the …show more content…
Because that’s what we believe and how would we support something we don't? My type of writing is always almost like this, I get every possible objection and I justify it for people to believe the same as i see it through my eyes. He says that these type of people, tend to always use the figurative language of ethos, pathos and logos. Funny to say, In my narrative I s wrote about how I always keep that type of figurative language with me in situations when I’m writing. Each person has different ways of interpretation and that is why it is okay to not always use the same rules when writing. This says alot about the persona we are and how that reflects throughout writing. Something very different that stood out to me was how “persuasion goes beyond convincing by actually moving people to action through feelings.” This is a great tip that I will take because it explains how when you are trying to persuade someone, they shouldn't just only want to listen but instead they have to feel as if the need to take action. In Other words, they need to feel the problem and that will make an impact. Many times, when we write with the intention of persuading, sure our audience will listen but they won't do anything about it. So are we really
However, there are different ways of making a point- many of these are the different ways of communication like body language, facial expressions or gestures we make. There are also emotions we feel inside that don’t reflect on the outside for example, being nervous of doing a speech. It’s happened many times to me before when I feel like a red tomato and that my nervousness I have is written all over me; except that when I am finally finished with it I ask my peers if I looked nervous and they would tell me They didn’t even know I was nervous. Another point Down makes is that when writing a persuasive piece “ They need to build their readers knowledge of what they're proposing ad why it's a good idea.” The way I translated this was to provide readers with knowledge they don’t know. This strategy is called epistemic. The passage explained it as not transmitting existing knowledge to other rhetors , but instead by providing new idea through a different set of eyes. This is a great strategy I could incorporate into my writing again relating back to the common sense example I provided in the …show more content…
Because that’s what we believe and how would we support something we don't? My type of writing is always almost like this, I get every possible objection and I justify it for people to believe the same as i see it through my eyes. He says that these type of people, tend to always use the figurative language of ethos, pathos and logos. Funny to say, In my narrative I s wrote about how I always keep that type of figurative language with me in situations when I’m writing. Each person has different ways of interpretation and that is why it is okay to not always use the same rules when writing. This says alot about the persona we are and how that reflects throughout writing. Something very different that stood out to me was how “persuasion goes beyond convincing by actually moving people to action through feelings.” This is a great tip that I will take because it explains how when you are trying to persuade someone, they shouldn't just only want to listen but instead they have to feel as if the need to take action. In Other words, they need to feel the problem and that will make an impact. Many times, when we write with the intention of persuading, sure our audience will listen but they won't do anything about it. So are we really