Thursday, June 30, 2011

Rhetorical Analysis Piece

Part 1:
The piece I want to analyze is called "Organs For Sale", by Sally Satel, pages 447-454.

Part 2:
Textual:
1. Points out that she had made a speech...(genre)
2. Establishes Jordan's ethos by credibility and logos by stating her logic to use evidence against the president...(appeal)
3.Understands that the main claim Jordan wants is to impeach President Nixon beccause his actions go against the Constitution...(main claim)
Contextual:
1. Jordan uses her speech to argue that the president should be impeached in order to protect the Constitution...(author's purpose for writing the argument).
2.Her audience consisted of 34 members of the House Judiciary Committee...(who the audience is)
3.July of 1974, responding to the Watergate Scandal and Richard Nixon's pending impeachment...(when the arguement appeared and what her arguement responds to)

Textual: Formal style in the form of a speech
Contextual: Tries to invoke anger and a feeling of being decieved by the government or those of higher authority

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Writing in the past...

My writing experiences in the past have gone fairly well. I wouldn't say I'm a bad writer; it just takes me some time to find motivation to actually write. I also feel like my writing needs improvement, I find myself rambling on or repeating myself. I'm shy about my writing and always feel I could've done better. In previous writing classes, I mostly did book reports or wrote my opinion on a certain given topic. In this class I would like to better my skills in writing and actually try to enjoy writing rather than just do it because I have to.