Writing Analysis
Part A: Positive Descriptive Narrative: Fond Escape
Finally, the weekend has arrived. Not only is it the weekend, but it is Labor Day weekend. I’ve just received word from my boyfriend that he may be coming to Mobile to visit me tomorrow if the weather permits. I softly place the telephone back into its cradle and step outside to have an afternoon lounge on the balcony of my apartment. The glass door glides open, and my bare feet brushes against the smooth concrete of the balcony. I squint as my eyes readjust to the beams of sunlight shining down from above and bathing my skin with its warm, golden rays. I arrange myself on the sturdy seat of my lone, wooden chair and let my eyes slowly drift down into the courtyard below.
Modest and surrounded by many towering pine trees, the quad, with the help of the afternoon sun, brilliantly illuminates the little area behind my apartment building. Stone walkways decorate the little alcove and a small, festive flower garden lies directly in its center. Several multicolored, vibrant blooms sprout forth from the rich soil of the garden, their petals chiefly supported by long, slender olive-green stems that bend to and fro in the slight summer breeze. My gaze wanders to the far side of the courtyard where I hear a crystal-clear ‘tinkling’ of childish laughter resonating like the jingling of bells. Two little girls—sisters, I believe—are running around, their bare feet slapping against the stone walkways meandering around the grass. Leaning back against the chair, I wipe my forehead and my hand comes away slightly damp.
Off in the distance, a car rolls slowly down the lane, and I turn my head in its direction. The sound of the song playing on its powerful bass reverberate...
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The last strategy, though, is generally subtler and less prevalent than the previous strategies on conducting a rhetorical analysis. Although this strategy is absent from my writing project, I still would prefer to mention the important concepts of using this tactic within a perspective-oriented piece of writing. The strategy involves the variation of sentence structures where the variations act accordingly with the idea of emphasizing positive and/or negative facets of an issue.
During the writing process of this assignment, I have fully gained the knowledge of writing persuasively through the five helpful strategies in identifying an author’s purpose and perspective in a piece of writing. Ultimately, I now appreciate the concept and impression of perspective writing and its impact to a piece of writing and the readers’ interpreting that piece of writing.
The Testing, a story by Joelle Charbonneau, is a story about a group of friends who get tested by the government to test how they act and how smart they are.. The plot of this story starts when Malencia Vale graduates high school and gets picked to go to a series of tests created by her government to see if she is smart enough to go to their university, but when she finishes the first test she realizes there is more to it than just being smart it is also about how you act under pressure, then as she goes to the last trial to pass into the university she starts to understand the tests are actually about if you have the skills necessary to be a good leader and if you will do whatever it takes, the story ends when she passes the test and
Longaker, Mark Garrett, and Jeffrey Walker. Rhetorical Analysis: A Brief Guide for Writers. Glenview: Longman, 2011. Print.
Understanding and employing rhetorical strategies greatly assists the writer in developing his or her argument and supports the reader in understanding and formulating a stance given
The traditional method is incredibly contextual, meaning, it looks deeply at the source, message, and audience as they interact within a give time span. Furthermore, this method is a critique of the assumed interaction between a speaker, text, or artifact and its intended audience. In contrast, a narrative criticism examines all facets of any rhetorical artifact for its form, structure, and pattern, treating it as a dramatic story that unfolds and reveals itself for a certain purpose. Additionally, narratives are primarily utilized as a cognitive instrument for comprehending significance.
The rhetorical analysis played a role in this, because I was required to use the various rhetorical appeals to compose a strong argument. Using the appeals definitely helped in trying to persuade the reader to acknowledge the opposing view.
In Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson develops the idea that you should learn to speak for yourself and admit your past to others so you can move on to your future, and your life. The main character is named Melinda Sordino, her first day of highschool wasn’t the best day she thought it would be. Everyone that was best friends with her, now turned into her ex-friends. Throughout the book Melinda is trying to figure out why everyone is mad at her, and trying to find her voice. Then Melinda finds a friend who is new to Merryweather High School, named Heather. Through the book she starts to get her own voice, and by gaining her confidence. Heather finds new friends but is still friends with Melinda, one of Heather's
In his essay entitled “The Rhetorical Stance,” Wayne Booth describes how rhetorical stance is imperative for good writing. I agree with Booth that by using rhetoric stance in our writing we can produce and powerful and well-written argument. How then do we know if we are using the art of rhetoric in our writing? According to Booth, “Rhetoric is the art of finding and employing the most effective means of persuasion on any subject, considered independently of intellectual mastery of that subject" (199). In making this comment Booth urges us to be knowledgeable on the subject we are writing about and use passion and emotional appeals to strengthen our argument. Booth gives his readers a good explanation of what the word means and how it is portrayed in essays.
Palmer, William. "Rhetorical Analysis." Discovering Arguments: An Introduction to Critical Thinking, Writing, and Style. Boston: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2012. 268-69. Print.
Authors use rhetorical strategies to express themes in their writing. Different rhetorical strategies help convey different themes with varying degrees of effectiveness. One way to measure the effectiveness is to rhetorical analyze two pieces of writing to each other and see which is best.
Rhetorical analysis plays an important function in understanding professional documents because it allows an individual to anticipate and capture the thoughts of a writer depending on the context of the research they are analyzing. A student can rely on rhetoric analysis to understand how a professional writer is entertaining, persuading, or simply informing them. Mostly, a rhetorical analysis allows a reader to feel the thought process of a writer rather than simply following his or her ideas in an outline. It’s usually the first step to analyze the appeals or strategies that the professional writer employed. A writer uses rhetoric through the tone that they use, their flow of ideas, how they target a specific audience, etc.
“Queer Theory: According to My Grandmother” by Richard Blanco and “The Right Way to Speak” by Jacqueline Woodson both discuss the lives of children who are being forced to hide a part of who they are. “Queer Theory” is written from a grandmother’s point of view. The grandmother is telling her grandson all of the stereotypical things he can not do because she does not want him to look like he is gay even if he is. “The Right Way to Speak” is written from a daughter’s point of view while she is watching her mother hit her brother with a tree limb. The brother is getting punished for saying a common Southern word, “ain’t”. The mother was born and raised in the South where she was raised to always obey her elders. However, she does not want her children to have anything to do
The purpose of a persuasive text is to change or alter the viewpoint of the reader for it to agree with the author’s perspective. The intention of this specific text is to persuade the reader to help end poverty today by joining ‘Make Poverty History’ and it uses persuasive language and techniques to do this – this essay will explain the effect on the reader and will focus on analysing persuasive language.
This essay, though seeming a little weird at first, is sophistically written and brilliantly uses rhetorical strategies to hint at the personality and style of the author. Throughout the essay there are many examples that go undetected, but leaves one with subconscious thoughts of the author. The writer’s personality saturates this article as he uses a passionate tone, but uses words and phrases that suggest his introverted personality and desire to sound superior.
The Midwest: land of TV news anchors, housewives, and dreary, never-ending fields. In her memoir “The Horizontal World”, Debra Marquart uses interesting rhetorical techniques to detail this vast, distinctly uninteresting plain. By using unusual figurative language, outside examples to solidify her points, and a geometric extended metaphor, she paints a picture of perhaps the most boring place on Earth.
Reading and writing are not and were never very easy for me especially writing. As a young child it was very difficult for me, scenes both my parents only speak, write and read spanish. So I really never had anyone to help me and practice with me at home. I had to learn read, write and speak english basically on my own, but I got help from some teachers on the way.Throughout the years by having help by many teachers. I have learned so much and have bettered my writing and reading skills. I also have increased my vocabulary and learned to read and understand what I read.