Sample Entry

Please notice that the sample entry contains quotes from my own work that prove that I understand the definition.

Practice Entry:

Rhetorical Knowledge;

Gain experience reading and composing in several genres to understand how genre conventions shape and are shaped by readers’ and writers’ practices and purposes

Define:   This means I have read and can write different types of things, and I understand how the rules for those things are created by what other writers do.

Explain: I have read different types of essays in the class, and I’ve also read two novels.  I read Bron’s problem/solution essay, and I’ve read Robert’s rba.  Both of these helped me understand the conventions of those types of essays, but more importantly, I’ve written my own as well, and I know that different writing tasks have different rules.  For example, in my journals, there are no rules, and I often abbreviate or break the rules of grammar, because that writing is just for me.  Here is an example from my Journal:  “……………………………………………..”  What’s more, I have even combined genres in my article essay.  I had to use description, narration, research, and problem/solution, plus a little argument when I wrote, “……………………………………..”   This is an example of description.  In the same essay, when I wrote, “………………………………………………..” this is an example of research.  All of these examples show that I understand that different rules apply to different things.