Using the previous post and one of your own essays, complete a sample entry for your portfolio.
1. Choose a bullet point from the Rhetorical Knowledge section of the WPA guidelines.
2. Prove, using examples from your own work, that you know what you claim you know.
3. BRING YOUR COMPLETED EXAMPLE TO CLASS ON TUESDAY, OCT. 25th.
Here is a Rhetorical Knowledge Example as a Model for you to follow:
EXAMPLE ENTRY FOR PORTFOLIO:
I. Rhetorical Knowledge
a. Write in several genres.
This year in English 900, I learned how to write in several genres. Below are two examples, one from my narrative essay, and one from my argumentative that show how I am able to write in different genres.
Ex: "When I looked over the field I saw the flying blue bonnets dancing and smiling in the wind while they played the banjo and cried."
You can see from this example that I am describing the scene in a story, and since I used "I" it is easy to tell that the story is narrated, or told, by me.
Ex: "Scientists claim that eating candy corn will cause ulcers and AIDS. This is only one reason that you should stay away from candy corn, but there are more. Some doctors claim that eating candy in the guise of real food is doubly bad. Your body might think it is gaining some nutrient from corn based on the misleading name, but it is not. Candy corn, despite its pleasing name, is extremely dangerous for your body."
This passage is convincing, since I used words like "Since" and "Claim" and "is extremely dangerous." My language is different in the persuasive, and you can see that I wasn't speaking like I was telling a story, but like I was trying to convince.
Since I can write a narrative and an argumentative essay, I can write in several genres.
How's this sound for one of my paragraphs, for my compare and contrast? As union workers, you recieve a fair rate of pay based on the type of job you perform. Over time pay is a guarante without question. Union contracts set wages and rules, for work hours. In the contracts they will also specify how raises are given. Senority,trainning and other skill are determiting factors in ones pay scale.
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ReplyDeleteI had choose from Rhetorical Knowledge, Focus on a purpose. As I showed in my Compare Contrast essay, that was about Christians and Muslims.
I put what is different between them and what the same. Like the same is that They both have Holy Books, the difference is that Christians wearing crosses but Muslims don't.
So that is my focus on purpose examples.
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ReplyDeleteIhope this entry is right. This is from my compare and contrast essay: Eating out is just fine as long as it is done in moderation. When you eat out a lot is when you start to have problems. Eating at home you have a lot more control over the quality and nutrition of the food that you eat.
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Rhetorical Knowledge
I. Rhetorical Knowledge
a. Write in several genres.
This year in English 091, I was able to decipher the difference and write in various genres. I have listed below two examples of my ability to distinguish between the two. One example is from my narrative essay and the other from my descriptive essay.
Ex: “Unsure of what “going out” actually entailed, I agreed. I spent the next two weeks being toted around like a labradoodle. This is the way I interpreted it. My conscience begged to answer “Why me?”
From my example, I am telling a story, and since I used "I" it is easy to tell that the story is narrated, or told, by me because I use words like I, my and me.
Ex: “I popped to my feet with little to no hesitation. “I’m okay!” I proclaimed. My mother’s eyes bulged like bubble gum from pursed lips as she screamed “Oh my God!” My father yelled, “Son!” as they both barreled toward me. I could feel the warm blood stream down my face. It began to saturate my white shirt as I bled out. My elevated heart rate caused the blood to shoot from my skull in spurts like a squirt gun in three second intervals.”
This paragraph is descriptive, since I used words like “bulged like bubble gum” and "yelled oh my god" and " caused the blood to shoot from my skull,” this language is very different and descriptive, and you can see that I wasn't just telling a story, but like I was trying to describe a visual.
Since I can write a narrative and a descriptive essay, I have the ability to write in several genres.
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