Blog 11B

Blog 11B

            English 1010 has been beneficial to me and my writing. I have found that the most helpful elements of writing that I have learned over the semester are learning the different types of rhetoric and the tools I can use to improve each essay. I especially thought that the articles, even the ones that made my eyes bleed, were helpful in understanding each type of rhetoric and its importance.

            The types of rhetoric that I have learned are narratives, descriptions, and definitions. Narratives include story grammars. That means characters, a plot, a theme, setting, and resolution. Narratives are very different for each person because we each have a different imagination and our own personal stories. Descriptions help the audience to visualize something. As if they can really see it. Descriptions can be aided by the use of an actual visual, or picture, to help the audience fully grasp the concept. Definition rhetoric usually focuses on explaining or describing a certain subject to inform the audience completely. This type usually does include descriptions and can be broken down into many parts such as formal (short definition), extended (complex definition), and process (how something is done).

            With each rhetoric an author can include compare and contrast or cause and effect in each easy. This is when the author describes something to the audience by showing the similarities and differences; or with cause and effect, shows how a sequence of events were each sparked by its prior event. An author can include many of each type of rhetoric or tool in a single essay. The purpose behind these tools is to help the audience understand and grasp the meaning of the paper, and to being fully informed.