Chapter 1
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posted by Theo @ 8:49 AM
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When writing a paper, using rhetoric can allow the writer to bypass the constraints when speaking to a certain audience. This can be done by first identifying who the audience is and then using the three appeals. For example, when writing a book about basketball the author should be directing it at players and coaches. The author would need to be a successful player or coach in order to catch the respect and attention of a larger more engaged audience, and through this the author would be able to state a claim about an aspect of the sport the audience can implement to improve their performance. This could be as simple as describing a new move or set up to strategize scoring more or having a stronger defense. A player or coach reading the book would be able to understand what the reader is trying to show them by having a better understanding of the game through experience. The writer’s ideas can be made into mental images or videos through the audience’s own imagination, and explanation by the writer with the help of the reader’s own reasoning would help the reader to translate the writer’s words into the image. However, in order to achieve this the writer would need to be driven enough to create a clear picture for the reader. Therefore, technically constraints would no longer serve as a problem for the writer when writing a book or other form of media that doesn’t contain images.
Rhetoric is writing for a very specific audience. When you are writing about a specific topic that certain people are going to read, they expect to learn about that topic. For example, if you are writing about a sports team, you need to write to the specific audience that would be reading the information. In that example, the audience would be coaches, players, and fans, so the writer should use specific language that the audience would understand and is looking for. The author needs to be knowledgeable of the subject, or the reader will not fully trust the information that is being said. Another important factor that the author needs to focus on is constraints. This is when the author wants to show the reader something visually but has to describe it because they are only using text. The author needs to clearly show the reader why they are writing this text. When reading a text, the reader needs to be engaged to the point that they know why the author is writing and what they are talking about. Also, the reader needs to have a reason to read the text in the first place. Without purpose, the text would not be written or need to be read.
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