Please post your two questions and response to your peers' questions about chapter 1 of the Bedford Book of Genres by commenting on this post!
Please include your full name as well.
Questions should be posted by 10PM the night before class, and comments should be finished by the time we meet in class.
1. If my purpose of writing something is to talk about how good a genre of music is, how can I target multiple audiences and people who do not like the specific music genre I'm discussing?
ReplyDelete2. How do I structure my paper to reflect the purpose, while still staying true to my style of writing?
1. To appeal to multiple audiences and people who do not like the specific music genre you, the writer, should use the rhetorical appeals: ethos, pathos, and logos.
Delete2. To stay to true to your style of writing while reflecting the purpose is to make sure that the style you decide to use is appropriate to the purpose you're aiming for and accessible while still being able to pursued your audience.
1. What would be a examples of using the three rhetorical appeals: ethos, logos and pathos when writing an essay about abortion?
ReplyDelete2. How could the use of design help the way the three rhetorical devices are portrayed?
1. For Ethos you can use bi-partisan resources such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. If you plan on writing an argumentative essay, then you can write for your side of the discussion and then in the concession to the opposition you can write for the other side. With Logos, you can connect the resources found with Ethos to help support your stance on the topic.
Delete2. The use of design can help portray the three rhetorical devices in your favor by changing the sentence structure to help the reader see the oppositions side.
(1) If I were to use the logos rhetorical appeal while writing an essay on abortion, I would present all of the facts on abortion in a clear, concise, and un-biased manner If I were to use the ethos rhetorical appeal when writing an essay on abortion, I would aim to establish my credibility among my audience, so that that they would find merit in what I was writing. Ethos and logos could even be combined within my essay, by first establishing myself as a credible source for information, and by then presenting all of the facts on abortion. If I were to use the pathos rhetorical appeal in an essay on abortion, I would attempt to appeal to my audiences' beliefs and values, either arguing why a woman should be allowed to choose, or why no-one should reserve the right to take an unborn life. This would be a wise approach to take in an argumentative essay.
Delete(2) Design refers to the visual features of the composition, and it is a critical component of composing a piece of work. When using the ethos and logos rhetorical appeals, I could present the information in a table, or chart, or even a graph, so that my audience would have something visual to look at. The message is quite often amplified when the audience has a visual that coincides and supports the information that they are reading. If I were to be focusing on the pathos rhetorical appeal, perhaps I could use pictures, pictures that would appeal to my audience and sway them in one direction or the other.
1. What are some of the elements of the genre the a writer should pay attention too?
ReplyDelete2.If I decided to use mode and media in my writing, how do my choices of the mode and media reflect my purpose and the audience?
1. A good writer should pay attention to many details of the piece when trying to write a well thought out idea. It is very important to consider the audience that the composer is trying to reach. If one were to write a children's book, he would not fill the story with long paragraphs and intricate words. Instead he may choose smaller words and less writing to make room for pictures. Another important element to pay attention to is the purpose. When writing a children's book, depending on the story the author decides whether it will inform, persuade or present a narrative.
ReplyDelete2. Because it is so important to keep in mind the audience and the purpose in your writing, it is important to think about what would intrigue them the most when thinking about mode and media. When writing a journal entry, incorporating pictures would be beneficial for the audience so they can visualize what you are writing about. Or if trying to write a persuasive argument about the decrease of glaciers in Antarctica, using a graph would help the audience visualize how much it has changed.
1. How would I try and persuade people on a type of music genre that typically gets a bad rap for being too offensive?
ReplyDelete2. What type of sources would I use to help convey my thoughts on a music label?
1) You could use logos by citing research that proves that offensive song lyrics don't influence people in the wrong way. You could also detail personal experiences with people that you know that listen to that music genre but that don't speak or act in an offensive way. Also, you could write a biographical piece about the people who sing this kind of music and show the audience that they're good people who only intend to make music for others to enjoy.
Delete2) Magazine interviews with owners or people signed to music labels would be a good source to use for this paper. Other sources could be the songs created by the label, the music labels website, and studies done on the effects of offensive music.
1) Which rhetorical appeal would be most appropriate to use for a biographical profile and why?
ReplyDelete2)Why should the choice of mode and media vary when writing in different genres?
1. In this situation, it would be best to use ethos in order to be seen as a credible and trustworthy source of information.
Delete2. Depending on what genre is being composed, there are certian modes/media that work best for that genre. For example, when composing a graphic novel, it would make sense to use a lot of visual and illustrative elements. On the other hand, a research paper would focus mainly on the written aspect.
1. Are there ways to use rhetorical appeals without trying to sound biased?
ReplyDelete2. How can you know when you should and shouldn't use multiple media for one mode?
Yes you can use rhetorical appeals without being biased by taking a neutral stance. Some of those instances may be more difficult to be more difficult than others, but it's definitely possible to be non-biased with rhetorical appeals.
Delete(1) Of the three rhetorical appeals, which appeal do you feel would have the greatest impact on one's audience? Why?
ReplyDelete(2) What is rhetorical situation, and how does it aid authors in choosing a genre? Would one be an effective writer if they ignored the rhetorical situation altogether? Why or why not?
1) I think the impact would depend on the type of genre the author is writing into and the purpose he/she is trying to achieve. For example, in a newspaper coverage of an event, logos and ethos would be priorities ahead of pathos because the audience need to know that it is a credible source and that the facts they are receiving are as accurate and logically presented as they could be. On the other hand, while reading a narrative memoir, the audience would likely be more appealed to the use of pathos, because it is all about the personal interpretations and the emotions associated with it, not so much the factual evidences.
Delete2) The rhetorical situation is the setting of any composition. It includes the main components that guide a writer while writing such as the purpose whether to communicate certain ideas, stories or to persuade a certain theme or to advertise a certain project and according to that purpose, the author constructs his writing according to that specific genre's expectations and uses different appeals such as ethos,logos and pathos as well as different styles and modes. No, one would not be effective if he/she ignored the rhetorical situation because the writing would lack the appropriate elements( the components of the rhetorical situation) that would make it successful.
1) How would an author use rhetorical appeals such as ethos and logos in constructing a narrative or a personal memoir? Would they be necessary elements in the first place?
ReplyDelete2) What makes the difference between the audience of a specific genre and the other? Does addressing a certain audience limit or structure the writing of a certain author?