When I think of composition and rhetoric, I think of audience. Its all about the audience. Everything I write is geared toward the audience and how they will perceive it. This is why my key terms when composing are logos, ethos, and pathos, brought to us by the great, Aristotile.
Ethos may be the most important. It is based upon how the audience will perceive us and our credibility as a speaker or a writer. Ethos is the most important to me as a member of an audience.
Logos is what is needed in a rhetorical situation and in a composition to seal the deal. The writer needs to let the audience know they are a credible person through ethos, and then back it up with evidence through logos, by giving facts and support to their idea.
Pathos is another important key work to me in the world of rhetoric and composition. It appeals to the emotional side of the audience. Appealing to emotions of the audience can be accomplished when ethos and logos are both used effectively. You get inside the audience on a deeper level in order to reach your goal.
These three key terms overlap, in the way that they all work hand in hand to create a common goal of reaching the audience. With one of these terms not into play, the full effect of the argument trying to be proven will not set into place. These also support eachother, there is a little bit of ethos in logos, when establishing credibility. They collide creating a rhetorical masterpiece of composition.
Knowledge to me does not always exist. I believe if it does exist, it will be found, it may just be hiding. If it existed once however, I believe it is always there. There is always new knowledge all around us. It stems from new people with new ideas. Knowledge can also stem from remediation, as it also spreads remediation. I rely on prior knowledge in everything I do. If there is none, I search elsewhere if find new knowledge. Knowledge to me is just another checkmark on the list of things I know, which will someday lead to wisdom. I like to gain as much knowledge as I can, this will lead me to become a better composer and person. This class has much to do with knowledge. Knowledge to me is not just knowing things. In this class we use a lot of our own ideas and findings, we do not just memorize facts (knowing things). We can pull things out of our bag of tricks and engage other creating new knowledge, while we share our knowledge.
This reflection day has been a great way for me to sit down and think about what is most important to me in rhetoric, and I have also been able to think about knowledge in our classroom, I appreciate the set up of the class, and that you challenge us to think deeper and not just memorize facts!
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