Rhetorical Gazes

Rhetorical gazes is a device used to help the audience really break down the visual image. Within an image, we are able to apply our short term, mid term, and long term memory that will eventually be measured in the images we look at. One of the first things we can do is describe the image that we see. Are the colors bright or dark? Does it bring back a memory? By asking questions relating to these, the readers can make a connection with the image. Sectioning an image is also a way to help readers understand what the picture is really saying. We can also apply pathos, which relates to emotion. The use of pathos will draw the readers attention and make them become for connected. Readers can also look back at the historical cultural context. Who are they targeting and what is the message? Who created it? When and why? Who viewed it? When and why?



This is a picture of a painting by bansky. It appears that a little child is crying from receiving notifications from instagram that indicate he has no new followers, no likes, and no comments. By applying rhetorical gazes, the audience being targeted can connect in a visual way.

Cause and Effect

The structure of cause and effect is really simple. When using cause and effect, the writer can start off with a story stating the cause. An example would be how 80% of youth check their phones every 15 seconds. Then the writer could go on to say that apps on our phones, mainly social media apps, are disrupting teens education. Starting off with the cause and then later stating the effect is mostly how the structure of it goes. This structure can help the reader analyze the cause and effect . The structure of the cause and effect is a more general layout than other structures. For me, it is more easy to understand the paper knowing the cause and effect are stated boldly in the text.

There are many benefits of using cause and effect. By using cause and effect, readers can understand what point the writer is trying to get across. Cause and effect can also help the readers relate to the topic that the writer is writing about. When using cause and effect, the writer can tell a story that can use cause and effect, but also draw the attention for the readers. A writer can best analyze cause and effect by looking at what happens. Because B happened doesn't necessarily mean that A caused B. An example could be, because the batteries in the remote are dead, the TV will not turn on. The remote could be dead. So if we test and analyze the cause, we will eventually reach our conclusion of what the effect really is.

Importance of Peer Review

Peer Review is very important. I'm so glad that our English class had the opportunity to be able to look at each other's essay drafts. Peer Review gives the writer advice and critique on how to make their paper become more improved. The writer is given critical advice that will help their paper become stronger. Without peer review, papers would be left the way they are because the writer thinks that it is already great. By having other point of views and perspectives, writers have the opportunity to make their paper into a great one.

Zambreno Rhetoric

Throughout Zambreno's article, rhetorical devices are being used to help readers understand the importance of the narrative and the essay itself. One of the rhetorical devices that is being used in the narrative is the use of mutability and plasticity. Mutability and plasticity are the ways the material can be and has been reshaped for the audience. The article uses mutability and plasticity to reach an understanding from the readers. Another example of rhetoric being used in the article is the use of  piecemeal. Piecemeal is the way in which it has been assembled from various sources that encourages later adaptions. Zambreno uses this to explain the effect of Arthurian narratives.

Other rhetorical devices are portrayed in the article as well.  Windows of Opportunity is displayed in Zambreno's article. Windows of Opportunity are gaps that may be filled in by other stories, new stories, and perspectives omitted from or slighted in the original narrative. These gaps may impact the human tendency to finish what is perceived as incomplete. It can be somewhat related to a little lie. Windows of Opportunity can be used in articles to tell a story to tell to various audiences. Lastly, Zambreno depicts Open-ended closure throughout her article. Open-ended closure are episodes that were contained in his sources and deliberately calls attention to those omissions. Another term is that if the reader wants more stories, he is going to have to go find them for himself or write/ make them for themselves. These rhetorical devices are very helpful in the transition from the history of Arthurian narratives to present Arthurian narratives.

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The article I found pertaining to sustainability is about the legal and illegal logging in Ghana, Africa. The destruction of these trees effects the wildlife and the environment itself. I enjoyed reading and writing about this article because it is not a popular topic. It is definitely a topic worth raising awareness about. One of the rhetorical devices the author, Nicole Arcilla, uses throughout the whole article is diction. The diction of this article is really moving. Arcilla put actual facts and research from universities such as Drexel University.

One of the other rhetorical devices the author uses is metaphor and alliteration. There is a section of the article when Arcilla refers to Africa as " the Wild West". It makes sense because she was talking about the result of legal and illegal logging would do to Africa after 15 years. It would be bare. The Wild West is bare and dry. I am from the West so it put things into perspective of what the beautiful tropical forests of Africa would turn into with no trees. The West is not that pretty because its all desert. The rhetorical devices helped shape this article into an interesting read.

Importance of Narration

As we read the article by Susan Dymock, I gained a new knowledge regarding the importance of narration. Narration includes a beginning, middle, and end. Narratives are used to support larger arguments. We can apply the lessons that we learn and move through the narrative smoothly. We can include flash backs to relate back to our audience. When constructing a narrative, make sure that we use the right tenses at the right time. Don't go from present tense to past tense in the same sentence. However, we are allowed to apply different tenses throughout out narrative. Within narratives, there are story grammars. Story grammars are an attempt to construct a set of rules that can generate a structure for any story. Story grammars can also be used to structure sentences. They can make story structures more specific.

By applying our back round on narratives and story grammars, students will be more effected having a knowledge and a better understanding of these topics. By teaching comprehensive strategies such as these, we can make sure that the outcome of the students improvements of understanding the text will be more substantial. By using narrative charts and graphs, students can be taught strategies such as character analysis, plot analysis, and will be able to identify the theme and setting that will eventually bring a visual representation of the narrative to life. Students that have a knowledge of these strategies will give them a more elaborate understanding of narratives. Students also have fewer problems comprehending the text type.

Writing Process

In English we learned about the writing process when it comes to composing an essay. As a class, we learned and analyzed the rhetoric triangle. The rhetor, which is the author or artist. The rhetor leads to the text which could be pictures, a book, or something commercial. Here in the text we are to refine and edit and to say something. The text then leads to the audience. The rhetor has to question themselves, who's your audience, and why are you talking to them? Here the rhetor has to reach the proof they are trying to explain to the audience. The writing process allows us to read critically and look at the aspects. By asking ourselves who's our audience, it allows us to use the tools to get the point across. In a paper, there is a knowledge level. This is where the rhetor should show their audience how smart they are. They should put information and facts that their audience doesn't know.  Before turning in a paper, make some type of outline. We can use the writing process to become more successful in terms of writing a paper.