Today! This day...is a day...of today...

Readings due for Thursday--packet

What were ancients thinking about in arranging texts?

Arrangements should be based on the argument sections...for example, we want to shape the text in a certain way if we have a hostile audience (ideally)

writer triangle...static triangle, dynamic relationships amongst the triangle members...

Cicero's 6-part division for discourse

1) exordim: introduction, insinuation

2) narratio: statement of issue

3) partitio: divide the issue into its major parts

4) Confirmation: supporting arguments (topic sentence, evidence, examples, analysis)

5) Refutation: anticipating and responding to objections

6) Peroratio: conclusion

Thus, there are six

How are these evidenced in the article by Selzer...with words...

Triangulation with examples to support your analysis

Refutation!  It must happen for the civilization to survive!  Ahhhhh!

A storm in the brain...a rain storm might flood my brain, thus making it hard to think around all the water...

Your rhetorical situation:

Audience, writer, topic...what is each one, and what is the relationship between them?

Who are you writing for?  What is their understanding of the specific topic?

I think, since this is a free write, that I will make up a rhetorical situation...but it should probably be about my project...so...

The audience for my topic is the teacher, who will comment and grade the assignment.  The audience is also the person I'm writing about.  Without said person, I would not have a topic.  The writer, being me, is composing the account in order to learn more about he topic.  The person being studied is a professional, who, because of his status, is very knowledgeable about the topic.  The audience already has a view on the topic, but will listen to the suggestions set out in the writing.  Thus, freewriting...is...really hard to do...one more minute...well, this situation is important, as it can explain how to free write.

Thursday work! Last Thursday, apparently...secondary sources!

The reports do not need to be "laden" with secondary sources; but sometimes they are quite helpful.  

Brainstorm!

Homework is enhanced by sacred harp singing...

Yes, it is, actually...anyways, to homework!

p. 318

2) There are many examples of each; insinuations, narrative, partitions, and perorations are parts of almost every single speech I read for this.  I think that the most common aspect of the speeches I read was narrative.  As they were mainly political speeches, much of the speech needed to be about the candidate, and what the candidate went through up to that point in time.  Each one had insinuations, though some were made in different ways.  Partitions were given, albeit very carefully so as not to seem like begging, and perorations were a bit harder to come by.  When I first started reading the speeches, it was hardest to pick out the perorations, so I would categorize them as being the least used amongst the others.

3) Her choices in arranging her arguments make sense only to the point that they make sense while reading them.  There are a few items she mention that are debatable when looked over after the read-through.  These items make it difficult to agree with her completely about her topic.  She would definitely have made the letter sound different if it was solely directed at the school; but this was going out to more than just the school, thus the need for a different style of writing.  She would most likely assume that the alumni would understand more of what she wrote about, than, say, a high school senior who has no connection with Barnard school.  This would include a different greeting, as she would not begin a letter to graduates of Barnard without saying hello.  If written as a letter in the alumni newsletter, it would be less formal, and might even give more details as to the instances where she was meeting with students and parents.  These are all possible ideas for the exordium.

And class is important, too...