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My revision process was pretty different from my writing process in terms of when and where. While I was in my room around midnight while writing it, I revised my project between classes in the library’s dunkin donuts from 12 to 2. For my project, personally, writing and revising were vastly different. Writing it gaveContinue reading “Revision”

When I was doing my first draft, I was in my room from around 1 to 4 at night watching a bunch of different youtube videos of sports analysts and their takes on whether or not Eli Manning should be in the Hall of Fame, in order to try and get different perspectives on bothContinue reading “Shitty First Drafts”

I’ll usually grab something to eat, maybe a sandwich or just chips, and a drink with it. I’ll turn on some quiet music in the background, nothing that is too loud or crazy or else I won’t be able to focus, but something that is enough to keep my attention and keep me working. Then,Continue reading “Revising and Ideal Writing Process”

The authors of this piece are Carl G. Herndl and Stuart C. Brown, two Professors both from New Mexico State University. Herndl is an Associate Professor of English, and Brown is a Rhetorical History and Criticism Professor. The audience of this piece is scholars, other rhetoricians, other environmental rhetoricians to be more specific, and maybeContinue reading “Herndl and Brown”

Jenny Edbauer has lived in Austin, Texas since the early 1990’s, and is a writing professor at the University of Kentucky. The main audience for this text seems to be other scholars and rhetoricians. Her definition of rhetoric is similar to Bitzer’s, however she improves upon his idea by taking into account the fact thatContinue reading “Edbauer”

The writer of “The Rhetorical Situation” is Lloyd F. Blitzer, who is the Associate Professor of Speech at the University of Wisconsin. His audience was the faculty that attended his public lecture at Cornell University in 1966 and the University of Washington in 1967. He says that for rhetoric to exist in speech, it mustContinue reading “Rhetoric is Synonymous with Empty Speech & The Rhetorical Situation”

In my junior year of highschool, I took an english class where the main focus was rhetorical analysis and persuasive essays. In that class rhetoric was described as writing in a persuasive manner, through the use of logic, emotion, or credibility.  Logic, commonly called logos, uses logic and reason to attempt to make a viableContinue reading “Rhetoric”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”