| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page |
Grant-Davie, Keith. Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents. mjreiff.com/uploads/3/4/2/1/34215272/grant-davie.pdf.
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| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words |
Keith Grant-Davie writes in his article about rhetoric. The word rhetoric has always seemed kind of weird to me, I didn’t really understand what it meant until my sophomore year of high school. Grant-Davie does a good job of explaining what rhetoric is and how It translates over into life. I keep seeing the word discourse in a lot of the articles we read for class, but it is interesting to see how each of the articles connect with one another. I think I understand what rhetoric is a little better, but I probably need to read more from other authors to feel more confident. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.
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I have heard the word constituents before, but I had no idea what it meant. Grant-Davie uses it in the terms of a part of something. |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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As I mentioned before, I keep seeing the word discourse throughout the articles we read. I never knew how much was involved in the literary world, from sponsors to rhetoric to mother tongues. It is like showing the gears working a machine, and that machine being literacy. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. |
Have you been taught what rhetoric was in school (prior to this class)? |
