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Bedford Reading Response: Capter 1

Sydney Meyer
January 10th 2018

          Throughout the Chapter I learned there are many different ways to get your point across. In order to get your point across you have to figure out what the purpose of your point is and why that is the purpose. After figuring out the purpose of your point of view then you have to figure out what type of audience you are going to enlighten with your point of view. Once you have realized both the purpose and audience of your idea then you need to figure out which genre you are going to use to portray your idea. I learned that when writing a paper you have to make sure that these three steps fit together or your paper may not make any since. Also, while reading the text I liked how they used example as we would see them today. such as, the example about Giladhiz the traveler who started a blog to connect with friends and family. I thought it was a great way to connect from such a distance, he could show them pictures and describe his adventures and make the readers feel as if they were there with him. I did not realize that there are so many types of genres, for example, a research paper is a type of genre. I found this chapter to be very helpful a I learned many things about how to plan for papers of even just make sure it will all go together.


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  1. UnknownJanuary 10, 2018 at 1:35 PM

    I also agree that the information that we read is very useful to help us as writers clearly have a purpose, appeal to the audience, etc.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 10, 2018 at 4:12 PM

    I agree that the information delivered through this text was very useful and will help us when writing future papers. I also enjoyed the example about Giladhiz!

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  3. UnknownJanuary 10, 2018 at 4:34 PM

    I agree with your comment about Giladhiz! I liked that example. I think choosing a blog while traveling was the most effective choice.

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  4. Carissa NguyenJanuary 10, 2018 at 4:51 PM

    I agree that the information in this chapter will be very helpful for writing papers through out the semester. Also, I think finding the purpose, audience, and genre are three important parts when writing papers.

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  5. UnknownJanuary 10, 2018 at 5:45 PM

    Speaking on point of view and how it should be portrayed gives a good indication on how much importance needs to be placed on the audience a writer is trying to appeal to. Using the Giladhiz example was a great way to show how broad of a range there is to writing, and its audience through different genres.

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  6. Annie WhiddonJanuary 10, 2018 at 6:52 PM

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  7. Annie WhiddonJanuary 10, 2018 at 6:56 PM

    I liked how you stated that the Giladhiz blog "connected to the audience from a distance". Because Giladhiz chose a genre most suitable for him, he was able to maintain a successful blog and make that connection with readers from a digital standpoint, which is cool!

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  8. Megan HellerJanuary 10, 2018 at 7:14 PM

    To really effectively communicate with your audience, the author has to combine all the strategies you listed above to become successful. Lacking the understanding of who your audience is can completely miss the mark in the purpose of the writing. These strategies can work in reverse too, so that the audience can get to know the author as well.

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  9. Sophia FundoraJanuary 11, 2018 at 9:32 AM

    Sydney, I also agree with you that there very a variety of different devices that can be utilized when trying to clearly get a point across that you would like your audience to receive. There really are an endless amount of genres that can be used when creating a piece.

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  10. UnknownJanuary 11, 2018 at 12:01 PM

    I also didn't know that a research paper was considered a genre! I also really like how you started your response, and how you recognized each step you need to take when writing a piece, and how that's how you choose your genre overall (based on your purpose and audience). I think this chapter shed light on this topic that most of us think we know a lot of, but discover there are so many more details to learn.

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  11. UnknownJanuary 18, 2018 at 9:59 AM

    I agree that these steps before starting the writing process are important, and in the past I have overlooked them, or gone through the process too fast. I think the use of these steps will be rewarding in my future writing.

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