Visual Rhetoric

Visual Rhetoric is visual communication. When you look at a painting there is a message that the artist is trying to convey and it is up to the viewers perception and understanding to grasp the idea or message. When we take photographs it is to capture that moment in time that will never happen exactly the same ever again but in the picture the story will be told over and over again. It's also used as a form of persuasion. There are advertisements everywhere! It seems almost impossible to go one day without seeing an image of something someone is trying to sell to you.

Cause and Effect

The benefits of Cause and Effect are that it's written in such a way that it makes the reader carefully consider the chain of events. It leads the audience to ask their own questions which will create a bridge between the text and their own personal experiences. The structure of cause and effect make it easier to comprehend the writing.

A cause and effect paper can best be anlyzed by starting with the main idea of each paragraph, what is the center point? After you have identified the main idea then you can ask what teh effect was of that main idea.

Peer Reviews

Peer reviews are important because they can give you valuable insight as far as improving your work.Sometimes it's difficult to spot our own mistakes or come up with new ideas after we have read the paper over and over. There's always room for improvement whether it has to do with fixing grammar or re wording a sentence or two in the end you learn how to become a better writer and perhaps get a better grade.

2B

All Narratives need structure. The definition of structure is: something made up of a number of parts that are held or put together in a particular way. Although it was discussed previously that all stories need characters,a plot, a theme and a setting but even more basic than that all stories have a beginning, a middle and a conclusion. The begining usually introduces the main characters and the setting. The middle usually involves the plot and the end is associated with the theme. All these things are the main ingredients of a story.

In my example of a Narrative " La LLorona", the beginning explains where the story takes place (by a river) and the main character which is  Maria (La LLorona). The story then moves into the middle which is the plot, the point where Maria filled with rage drowns her children. Finally the story ends with the warning that Maria appears at night walking in a white gown looking for her children.

Blog Week 3A

Zambreno discussed 4 tools in her article that are rhetorical for Narrative writing. She discussed  mutability or plasticity which are terms that mean the ability to change. Piecemeal means gradual. window of opportunity means a short time frame when an opportunity must be grasped or lost and open ended closure which means stories with no final outcome left to the reader’s imagination to conclude.

These tools are important to a Narrative because they give the audience the ability to use their own imagination and inspires them to change the story by making it their own version and sharing it with the rest of the world. It is no wonder that many stories that were written using these tools were retold many times.

Blog Week 2A

I can't imagine a world without Narratives. You may not notice it or even think about it but our every day lives are impacted by some form of Narrative. You may listen to a song or read a story and it can instantly alter your mood or inspire you. In Narrative writing it is necessary to have Characters,a setting,a plot and a theme. Without these items the story is as incomplete as a cupcake with no frosting, pizza without cheese,cookies with no milk. All of the mentioned components link together and form the big picture. A story is based on characters.  Characters create the plot with their actions and intentions. The plot is also known as the highest point of the story and it is also influenced by the setting, where and when the story takes place. The theme or "moral of the story" is based on the perception of the audience.  The  better writer is at mastering these tools, the greater chance they have of reaching their audience.

Parents are great examples of great storytellers. As a child, before timeouts excisted my mom always seemed to know what story could convince me to do what I was told. The most memorable story was "La Llorona", this story was told to me after I insisted that I wasn't ready to go to bed, in fact I still felt it was early enough to continue playing outside. However, after this story I quickly changed my mind. La Llorona takes place usually near your house and it's the story of a woman who is angry at her husband because he no longer shows interest in her and is always gone from home only returning to see his children. After hearing a rumor that he plans to leave her for another woman she is filled with rage and a desire for vengance she drowns her two children in the river. She quickly realized what a big mistake she had done and tries to rescue them but it is too late and in her sadness she comits suicide. Her body is found the next day by the river and the first night she is burried the villagers hear a crying woman "Where are my children?" near the river. The people who claim to have seen her say that it was Maria looking for her children and she wears the white gown she was burried in. Parents warn their children not to go outside in the dark because "La Llorona" might mistake them for her children and snatch them up. After this story I no longer felt the need to go out and play, in fact I was perfectly content to go to sleep safe and sound. Recently I have seen several movies based on this story and I found it amusing when one of my friends made a comment on Face Book about how she still had nightmares of the story her mom had told her as a child of "La Llorona".