Blog week 14

On this last essay we were assigned, we were given the instructions to write an essay about how to write an essay. The beginning is the introduction, in which I state what the rest of the essay is going to be about. After that comes the body. The first point covered there are the importance of rhetorical tools. I also state which elements will be discussed in the following paragraphs. The first one I go over compare and contrast. The next is cause and effect. The final one is division and classification. It then starts talking about the importance of writing the body first, for it allows you to freely put down all the information gathered for the essay. Then it talks about the introduction, and how to use it to draw in the audience and inform them on what is to come. Finally the proper way to write a conclusion is described. The final thing in the essay is how important it is to get someone to proofread your work. Then I simply recap on everything above in my conclusion.

Blog Week 12B

Before starting this class, I had never even heard the word rhetoric, let alone knew how to use them. I've always considered myself a halfway decent writer, but that doesn't mean I didn't pick up a few tricks from this class. The first one was the depth that went into Cause and Effect. This helped me see just how important this tool could be, and how to effectively use it. The Cause and Effect essay we did is probably the one that challenged me most, but working through it helped me see how it could be used to distinguish between two things, and to to relay my observations to someone else through the use of writing. Another tool that I had never really used before was Classification and Division. Though I had seen it used before, it had never dawned on me how easy it was to inform the audience while using this tool. It really helps me focus on areas of research, and what needed to be emphasized in my writing. For these reasons, Cause and Effect as well as Classification and Division would have to be the tools that have helped me expand my writing skills the most, and to get a deeper understanding of what a rhetoric tool truly meant.

Blog Week 12A

When writing an essay, the first step is obvious. You must know what it is you will be writing about. You must conduct research, and gather as much information as possible. Once this is done, the next step is to piece this knowledge together, and make the body of the essay. You do the body first, just so that you can get all the information out there while it is fresh in your mind. It also allows free roam, when you are not restricted by guidelines put forward in the conclusion. After you get all the information down and organized, its time to conclude the essay. You simply boil down the body, and go over the key points discussed in it. Then you do pretty much the same thing to create the introduction. You give the reader an idea of what they are going to be reading, and enough information to set them up for the essay. The final step after this is to get a fresh pair of eyes on the paper. This process is peer review, and allows mistakes that would of otherwise been overlooked to be pointed out. If these steps are followed, then the end product should be a well written  essay.