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Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006) For my topic of research I’ve decided that I wanted to move away from all the theories and theoretical ideas usually covered in our class. Something that is of interest of me lately is music. Music being a form of rhetoric, having a wide effect on the population. WhatContinue reading “MA2 Topic Reflection”

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 ExigenceContinue reading “Johnson and Grant-Davie Initial post”

Discusion post #10 Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006) At the before reading John Swales’ work I never heard of the term discourse community. After reading his work I learned what discourse community was and the six traits that define it. I’ve also learned that there is a term similar to discourse community which isContinue reading “Swales Post Reflection”

Blog post #6 Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006) A discourse community is from John Swales’ description “In a discourse community the communicative needs of the goals tend to predominate in the development and maintenance of its discourse characteristics”(Swales pg.20) or a community that is shaped and controlled by its’ goals. Swales tries distinguishing discourseContinue reading “Discorse Community”

Discusion Post #9 Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006) After reading the 2nd chapter of John swales’ book “Genre Analysis”, I’ve been exposed to the idea of what a discourse community is and how it differs from a speech community. Swales defines a discourse community as “The communicative needs of the goals tend to predominateContinue reading “Swales Initial Post”

Discusion post #8 Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006) Reflection on Yancey’s work I’ve learned that reflection is fundamental to learning. I’ve also learned from my peers and from being in this class that major terms like reflection have connections. The major terms that we have in the class so far includes Audience, Exigence, Genre,Continue reading “Yancey Post Discusion”

Blog post #5 Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006) Kathleen Yancey’s Definitions of reflection in here first chapter is “1) the processes by which we know what we have accomplished and by which we articulate accomplishment and 2) the products of those processes (eg, as in, “a reflection”). In method, reflection is dialectical, putting multipleContinue reading “Reflection”

Discusion #7 Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006) Kathleen Yancey’s “On Reflection” was an insightful read, but it was wordy and took forever to get to the point. She provided more than ample information, which is too much at times and could cause confusion between the different points of view. Most of the information wasContinue reading “Yancey Discussion”

Major Assignment #1 Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006) Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame A wild Tongue” gives wider context to what Audience is and its’ importance. Within this work Anzaldua gives the reader a glimpse at her world, where linguistic complexities are overwhelming to most readers such as myself. Covering topics such as forcedContinue reading “Theory of Writing Foundation”

Discusion #6 Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006) Here’s reflecting on what I’ve learned after reading Lloyd Bitzer’s essay and my peer’s initial posts. Rhetoric has been defined for me after this reading assignment. Before this assignment I’ve never given it a thought as to what it meant. One thing that was pointed out toContinue reading “Post Bitzer Reflection”