Timed Writing Strategies

Please review the strategies outlined in this article on how best to plan and execute a timed writing. Many of these will be very helpful to you when you have to write the rhetorical analysis essay on Wednesday!

http://www.csun.edu/~hflrc006/strategies.html

Sample Rhetorical Analysis Essays

In addition to the reading from the book, I have included links to a few sample essays that we will discuss in class on M 2/28.

http://www.speakwrite.net/sample_rhetorical_analysis_paper.htm

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/202048/rhetorical_analysis_of_1971_jeep_commando.html

Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Help

Below I've posted a link that will give you some assistance in preparing to write your next essay, the rhetorical analysis.

http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/2010/how-to/academic/rhetorical-analysis/

Week 7 Blog Post Topic

For this week's blog assignment, write a reflection on your Narrative Essay. In order to do this, you must actually read through your paper with my comments and make mental notes of areas in which you feel you excelled and areas in which you could use some improvement. Then, record these thoughts and any others you may have after fully completing this assignment in a well-developed paragraph (min. 150 words). End the paragraph with a discussion of your goals going into writing the Rhetorical Analysis Essay.

*This is not an excuse/opportunity for you to vent about your grade. If you have any questions about my comments and/or the grade you received, make an appointment to meet with me outside of class.

Week 6 Blog Post

For this week's blog, please choose one photo from any of Time.com's photo essays. Similar to what we did in class, I would like for you to identify any elements used to help convey the photo's persuasive message, including text, color, visuals, design, etc. You may also practice a sentence or two assessing the overal effectiveness/ineffectiveness of the photo's rhetorical message.

Here's the link to the photo essays:

http://www.time.com/time/photoessays

Color Symbolism Chart

Here's a link to the color symbolism chart I showed you in class. If you choose to write your rhetorical analysis on a piece of visual rhetoric, understanding the various cultural and emotional associations with different colors could be very useful!

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/color2.htm

Week 5 Blog Post Topic

For this week's blog post, I would like for you to keep a daily record and observation of the rhetoric that you encounter. In addition to listing and describing the rhetorical pieces, also include your impressions of their rhetorical messages. If you need to review examples and definitions involving rhetoric, please see the Introduction to Rhetoric presentation on Blackboard.

Transition Words

Follow this link for some helpful information about using transitional words and phrases in your writing. Incorporating these into your writing is crucial to maintaining cohesive, unified paragraphs and essays.

http://grammar.about.com/od/developingparagraphs/a/cohsignals.htm

Week 4 Blog Post Topic

For this week's blog post, please pick one quote (a sentence or two or even a phrase) from your reading "Shitty First Drafts" (located under Reading Assignments on the right hand side of this blog) that you feel best represents (or doesn't represent) your composing/writing/revising process. Explain your choice.