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So, what makes this project rhetorical? As Bitzer says, a rhetorical situation depends on the context in which it occurs. The situation in the present time is the Covid-19 pandemic, which has brought with it many conflicting opinions and controversy as to how it should be handled. To believe that this pandemic won’t be consideredContinue reading “Project 3 Rationale”

For this project, I wanted to do something a little more lighthearted due to the heavy circumstances that the world is currently facing with the pandemic and growing death toll. Therefore, I recalled a fun piece of writing that detailed the life of a family created in the Sims and the author wrote out theirContinue reading “Project 3 Overview”

Dani mentions often how boring the job is and how it can be both varying from day-to-day, but also that a lot of the work is the same and that she has templates to be used for those similar situations or repeating problems. There was a lot of representation for the company as opposed toContinue reading “3/11 Engagement Activity”

Research Question: What are the views you have of writing in the workplace after having gone through STEM heavy coursework in college rather than focusing on humanities? I want to know how writing is used and viewed in a setting where the primary output of a company is material, such as in a foundry. NotContinue reading “SWA 1”

Additional interview question to the writer: Is your writing process different when you find yourself having to write scenes or shows on a topic that is not interesting to you or that you don’t like at all?

Almost immediately, Nakamura’s piece made me think of the risk shift that was described as part of the New Economy in a previous piece. Particularly, the Gina Neff idea of “YOYO” (you’re on your own) economics. I’m not sure that there’s a more direct example of that New Economy with the risk being shifted toContinue reading “3/9 Reading Response”

Questions that came up for me mostly revolved around how writing is used in companies that don’t necessarily rely on writing for their operations. Particularly, I’m looking to interview a manager  to see how he uses writing in his job, even though the output of the company is a material good that isn’t very relatedContinue reading “3/4 Engagement Activity”

There are a lot of jobs that I could see myself pursuing or wanting post-graduation, and most of them involve writing of some kind, as most jobs as starting to or already involve a good deal of writing in some manner to keep everything functioning properly and communication flowing. Ideally, I would like to workContinue reading “3/2 Engagement Activity”

It’s interesting to read about how versatile writing as a skill can be in the world of business, especially considering that English as a degree is often given a bad reputation as being something that’s useless and a waste of money. Yet despite that reputation, the skills that an English degree teaches are very valuableContinue reading “3/2 Reading Response”

For Project One I analyzed Ronald Reagan’s 1964 speech “A Time for Choosing.” He chose voting Americans as his audience and his exigence was the progressive agenda of President Johnson. He saw those progressive principles as a threat, and he used emotional appeals and appeals to the patriotism of his audience to persuade them intoContinue reading “Project One Rationale”