Thursday, August 27, 2009
With my second reading, I was able to comprehend better what exactly rhetorical reading and understanding was and what the different types of comprehension were. After 'marking up' my book, I was able to identify certain points better and refer back to them. In my first reading, I wouldn't go back to re-read what I just read, so therefore I didn't completely understand the material as well as I thought that I did.
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2. As the previous writers have thought, there is always room for improvement. Grant-Davie also agreed with these writers and disagreed with them in other ways. Through the ideas of Bitzer, Vatz, and Consigny, Grant-Davie grew to form his own opinion using the ideas of these three. Rhetorical Situation can be interpreted in many ways and Grant-Davie is simply expressing his opinion on this topic of discussion.
ReplyDelete3. I'm actually not exactly sure if I understand exigence. Is it kind of the overall picture. In the book it describes a politician giving a speech about dress codes in schools, and then goes on to saying that this may be an example of how the government controls schools. If this is true of the definition, then it would change or influence the way the rhetor would deliver the message or the way that the audience would absorb the message. As I said, I do not completely understand the definition of exigence so therefore I apologize that I cannot give an appropriate and correct answer.
I believe that the motivation behind this writing was to be humorous. Humor, as described in this article, is sometimes seen when making fun at another's expense. Hitchens does this at women's expense. Although most facts are true, the author describes them in a way that is humorous and is appealing to mostly men. He uses much logos and pathos when writing this article as well. He examines many situations and looks at them logically but also appeals to the humor in these situations.
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