Rhetoric In English 1002

In English 1002 you learn a style of writing that is vastly different than the writing I did throughout high school and it varied slightly from the work we did in the Fall 2016 semester. In high school, many of my papers could be written with little revision and they also focused mostly on literary responses, like writing book reports that took little effort and could be written along with the rubric and receive a good grade. In high school the most sources I was ever required to get was ten, so you can imagine how Unit II was a bit of a surprise that we needed fifteen sources just for the draft of our bibliography. The biggest lesson I have learned from this class is how to conduct real research. Before this class I never spent time looking for sources and just pulled pieces together to make them work together. …show more content…
Even though we focused on rhetoric in English 1001, I feel I have a better understanding of how rhetoric is used in our society today through a variety of mediums. Through our exploration of news articles, media like pictures and art work, and social media conversations I could see how many people chose to deliver their