Rhetorical Situations
We discussed in class rhetorical situations defining it as any moment you attempt to use language to communicate a message. We discussed the various factors that help us decide how we will act in a given rhetorical situation. These included:
- genre (kind of writing)
- audience
- purpose
- tone (attitude)
- voice (sound)
- context (outside influences, environment, time, place)
- media (print, electronic, spoken)
- design (look)
Afterwards we analyzed several common forms of writing that we perform in our daily lives such as text messages, Facebook comments, and notes to self.
Blogs
We created your blogs in class. You wrote your first blog posts where you briefly introduced yourselves and then you learned how to add gadgets to your blog pages. You created a Blog List gadget where you listed the class blog and where you will list the blogs you found for class..
Homework
- Buy books and copy card (Due Tuesday 9/11)
- Think of a title for our class blog (Due Tuesday 9/11)
- Bring in a link to a blog that interests you (Due Tuesday 9/11)
- Add a picture to your Introduction blog post. It can be a picture of yourself or something that represents you. (Due Tuesday 9/11)
- Start reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lack. Part One is due Tuesday 9/25
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