Throughout chapter 1 of “The Bedford Book of
Genres,” I learned that there are a variety of ways to improve one’s writing.
Several writers tend to get carried away while writing that they forget who
their audience is and what message they are trying to deliver. This is when one
must ask themselves what their purpose of writing is, do they want to present a
narrative/ tell a story, inform, or persuade. After figuring out ones purpose
they must choose a genre to be able to shorten their idea and be concise. In
order for this to occur one must know the basic qualities and agreed-upon rules
about the genre they are composing. Once one makes those decisions they move on
to the rhetorical situation which mainly explains the idea. This allows the
writer to provide support on their purpose such as saying what is great about
it or provide statistics, which will automatically make their writing more
interesting for the audience to read, as well as, get their point across. In
this chapter, I also learned about how several writers use rhetorical appeals
to persuade their audience. There are three appeals: ethos, pathos, and
logos. Something I found incredibly interesting was the rhetorical situation,
it is composed of several elements such as, purpose, audience, rhetorical
appeals, and modes & media. I found this chapter very helpful and plan on
implementing the information I learned into my future papers.
This text showed me how us as readers perceive a certain font or text and how it can influence our mood and how we feel about a certain reading. It also showed me how elaborate texts can draw us into something such as a poster or a title page of a book. Also how very bland fonts do not appeal to many readers as they might think of it as boring and plain. This gives me a lot to think about as project three comes closer. It makes me think of the reader and what type of fonts might draw them into my website, social media page, etc. This text was very helpful for this type of assignment.
I agree that this chapter was helpful and will help with future writing. I also agree with how you said many authors tend to forget who their true audience is.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the writers should shorten their ideas and be concise. Also, I agree that the rhetorical situation is interesting because there are so many ways one can go about their writing using while the rhetorical situation process.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that the audience is an important aspect to contemplate when writing that most people overlook. And being concise is vital! This chapter was full of valuable information that will undoubtedly improve one's writing.
ReplyDeleteI agree that sometimes authors tend to forget who they are writing to, and have to reevaluate their purpose of writing, and what point they are trying to get across to the readers. I also agree that in order to choose a genre, writers need to know the basic qualities of writing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your response when you say that this chapter is very helpful and informative, and will be useful when writing future papers. I also agree that when writing, it is very easy to get carried away and important for writers to remind themselves what their purpose is.
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