Rhetorical devices are used to get the audience interested in what you are writing about, improve word flow, highlight important ideas or otherwise direct attention to a specific idea. Some rhetorical devices include alliterations, allusions, similes and metaphors.
It is important to use these subject specific rhetorical devices in our writing, because they help us to better express what it is that we are trying to tell the audience. And they help us give better explainations and examples which make our writing more clear. Rhetorical devices when used correctly help us to be better writers.
1. objective information: physical description, things that everyone can see.
2. subjective nature: explaination, character, personality, things people don't see.
3. familial gazes: memories, things that are important to us that have deep meaning.
4. analagies: taking things that we understand to explain something else.
5. metaphor: a comparison made between two unlike things that actually have something in common.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Compare and Contrast (Blog 6A)
There are many different ways that we use compare and contrast in visual rhetoric which greatly benefits the writing process. There are two main processes of comparing and contrasting visual rhetoric. The first is called a side by side comparison. In the side by side comparison you explain the first argument or in our case for this essay the first photo. You explain everything about it right down to the last detail. Then you explain the second argument or in our case for this essay the second photo, just as you explained the first. Then you write your conclusion in which you combine the two explanations and give a brief point by point comparison.
The second process for comparing and contrasting visual rhetoric is called a subject by subject comparison. In this type of a comparison you break the arguments or in our case for this essay into points, and then you compare the points one by one. Kind of like you do in the conclusion of the side by side comparison. So in a subject by subject comparison you talk about point one in both arguments or photos, then point two, three and so on.
It doesn't really matter which process you use when you are comparing and contrasting arguments or photos. Each one has it benefits for whatever it is that you are comparing and contrasting. And both are very helpful in visual rhetoric and the writing process.
The second process for comparing and contrasting visual rhetoric is called a subject by subject comparison. In this type of a comparison you break the arguments or in our case for this essay into points, and then you compare the points one by one. Kind of like you do in the conclusion of the side by side comparison. So in a subject by subject comparison you talk about point one in both arguments or photos, then point two, three and so on.
It doesn't really matter which process you use when you are comparing and contrasting arguments or photos. Each one has it benefits for whatever it is that you are comparing and contrasting. And both are very helpful in visual rhetoric and the writing process.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Visual Gazes (Blog 5A)
Visual Rhetoric is a great tool that we can use as writers. It is the way in which we use images to help us when we are trying to persuade our readers to do something. Often times Visual Rhetoric is also used to help argue a point as well.
There are many different types of Visual Rhetoric which we refer to as Visual Gazes. One of these gazes which is used often are called familial gazes, which are things of great importance to someone often times they are memories from our lives that have deep meaning.
Rhetorical Gazes are used all the time and for many different purposes. The media for example uses consumer gazes on a daily basis, because they make us want to buy things which in fact helps their business. For example when ever we see those big golden arches and hear the tune "bu du bu bu bu i'm lovin' it" everyone who has ever eaten there thinks of McDonalds. It is something catchy and a symbol that stands out to all of us.
Visual Rhetoric and Rhetorical Gazes are really great tools for us as writers and when used correctly can really help us paint the picture for the readers. Which helps them better understand what it is that we are trying to say or explain to them.
There are many different types of Visual Rhetoric which we refer to as Visual Gazes. One of these gazes which is used often are called familial gazes, which are things of great importance to someone often times they are memories from our lives that have deep meaning.
Rhetorical Gazes are used all the time and for many different purposes. The media for example uses consumer gazes on a daily basis, because they make us want to buy things which in fact helps their business. For example when ever we see those big golden arches and hear the tune "bu du bu bu bu i'm lovin' it" everyone who has ever eaten there thinks of McDonalds. It is something catchy and a symbol that stands out to all of us.
Visual Rhetoric and Rhetorical Gazes are really great tools for us as writers and when used correctly can really help us paint the picture for the readers. Which helps them better understand what it is that we are trying to say or explain to them.
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