Project 1

From this assignment, I learned how much some ideas flow into another or are connected in some other way. While doing this project, I realized that factors that I thought stood alone truly did not, and were actually important factual points or building points for more of my argument.I learned this while trying to plot out my mind map. During this process, I kept finding points that were the aftermath of something, related to another point, or two points led to. This knowledge is important to the course because it was a way for me to observe how a rhetorical ecology flows and evolves over time. It also showed me that just because I am a part of a certain discourse community, someone else can be a part of it in a different way or reason. For example, I never thought about how clutch Eli Manning was or how many times he led his team to a victory while down in the fourth quarter, especially in the postseason, until my grandfather mentioned it. I also learned that one rhetorical situation can create more than one discourse group. While I believe that Eli Manning should get into the Hall of Fame, many others, including other Hall of Famers, believe he should not be in the Hall of Fame. Even though they are on opposing sides, they both are related to the rhetorical ecology of whether or not Eli Manning should be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

In order to get ready for the next project, which I am most likely going to focus or writing in accounting, I will most likely look at some financial documents prepared by accountants, such as a 10-k, and try to observe and monitor the language that they use. As an accounting major, I have already seen a couple documents and know some of the things to look for and what they entail. For example, I know that financial documents should be unbiased, and the 10-k will mention something along the lines of the report being accurate and unbiased in the auditor’s report.