“In order to understand rhetoric, its necessary to understand the motivations-the purposes, needs, values, and expectations-of the rectors-that is, the people who generate it.”(347) A quote from _____ explaining that in order to understand rhetoric you must know the writer’s purpose. Many different aspects play into why someone writes what they write, and that’s what makes their essay memorable. Personally, the most memorable piece of writing that I’ve ever constructed was my college essay for the University of Central Florida, and those same aspects; exigence, context, constraints, and audience are what helped develop my essay.
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Given that UCF is a very prestigious school, getting accepted was a challenge within itself. I knew that I had to follow a different context that would differentiate me from other applicants. And that is why I decided to write it about my football incident in high school and tie that with my aspiration to become a knight. My decisions on what to write about were based on the fact that, at that time, I was still dealing with the consequences of my injury, and I found it important to express and share my experience with the school. I felt that this would aid them in getting to know me …show more content…
I considered that to be one of the main constraints in my writing. How was I supposed to fit the most life changing thing I’ve ever faced with anything else in such a small essay? I felt the only way to describe my incident was to be very descriptive, but the limits didn’t allow me to do so. At first, I struggled, but then I figure out how to describe my experience without being too complicated. I had to choose the most important details and organize it in a way that would strike and inform the reader without losing their attention. And I did so by showing the audience that even though I no longer have my place in playing football, the UCF knights will be my new team
When writing my essay, I did not know who my audience was, but I was under the impression that that person would be of age and very matures. Therefore, I made sure to be descriptive as I can with football terminology that way the reader doesn’t feel lost when reading my application. However, UCF wasn’t the only audience for my paper. Before sending it out, I asked my English teacher to review my essay to be sure that it was the best it could be. Given that she is of a similar status to my intended audience for my paper, I knew that she would give essential insight that could potentially improve my
Given that UCF is a very prestigious school, getting accepted was a challenge within itself. I knew that I had to follow a different context that would differentiate me from other applicants. And that is why I decided to write it about my football incident in high school and tie that with my aspiration to become a knight. My decisions on what to write about were based on the fact that, at that time, I was still dealing with the consequences of my injury, and I found it important to express and share my experience with the school. I felt that this would aid them in getting to know me …show more content…
I considered that to be one of the main constraints in my writing. How was I supposed to fit the most life changing thing I’ve ever faced with anything else in such a small essay? I felt the only way to describe my incident was to be very descriptive, but the limits didn’t allow me to do so. At first, I struggled, but then I figure out how to describe my experience without being too complicated. I had to choose the most important details and organize it in a way that would strike and inform the reader without losing their attention. And I did so by showing the audience that even though I no longer have my place in playing football, the UCF knights will be my new team
When writing my essay, I did not know who my audience was, but I was under the impression that that person would be of age and very matures. Therefore, I made sure to be descriptive as I can with football terminology that way the reader doesn’t feel lost when reading my application. However, UCF wasn’t the only audience for my paper. Before sending it out, I asked my English teacher to review my essay to be sure that it was the best it could be. Given that she is of a similar status to my intended audience for my paper, I knew that she would give essential insight that could potentially improve my