discusion post #11
Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006)
Keith Grant-Davie examines Bitzer’s definitions of Exigence, Audience, Rhetor, and Constraints. The Rhetorical situation is controlled by the situation in Bitzer’s view, but Grant-Davie suggest that the Rhetor creates the situation. For Exigence Grant-Davie suggests that it isn’t the situation that prompts the writing, but Exigence is the perfect moment for the rhetor to write to capitalize on the audiences reaction. Audience is still the people the rhetor is trying to reach, but Grant-Davie also adds that the rhetor is part of the audience. The Rhetor is the speaker or writer, that is trying to make a change with rhetoric. Constraints in Grant-Davie’s view have a negative connotation and he wanted the readers to know that it also has positive connotations as-well.
Prior to watching Johnson’s video I’ve thought that my best ideas happened when hanging out with my buddies. I thought that this was the case because ideas worked like rolling a giant snow ball, the idea bounces from one person to another picking up bits here and there while the weaker bits tend to crumble off while it rolls on. I did and do think learning is spurred on by having a motivation to solve a problem or expand your skill set. Learning comes from necessity you take the information that is available around you and utilize what is useful, but tend to forget the rest.
The knowledge making process in general is strait forward, people gather information and compile it and what ideas are made is the result of all the information coming together. writing creates new knowledge by preserving viewpoints, ideas, and information. By preserving this information it can be spread and used to create new ideas uncovering knowledge that was previously unknown. This leads to innovation, the clearest example that comes to mind when I think of available information leading to innovation is the creation of the Samual colt’s revolver. “In 1830, Colt sailed on the Corvo as a seaman, where he first became fascinated with the way the ship’s wheel worked. From that idea, he carved out a wooden prototype that would lead to his invention of a rotation-type firearm with a six-barrel cylinder.”
Citation
“Samuel Colt.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 19 May 2020, http://www.biography.com/inventor/samuel-colt.
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