Composition & Rhetoric Flashcards
Stages of Writing Process
Prewriting--lists, brainstorming, reading, talking, collecting memorabilia or excerpts, free-writing Drafting Revising Editing Publishing Evaluating (self-evaluating)
Personal Writing
Journals, diaries, logs, personal essays, personal narratives
Workplace writing
preparing resumes, cover letters, job applications, and business letters
Subject writing
Writing interviews, accounts, profiles, or descriptions to capture the meaning of the subject being written about.
Creative Writing
Playing with language, expressing emotions, telling stories, developing dramas
Persuasive Writing
Ss develop rhetorical strategies by writing editorials, commentaries, ads, commentaries
Scholarly Writing
Essays, research papers, bibliographies
Source Materials
Reference works, Internet, student created sources (notes, personal dictionary, graphic organizers, oral histories, journals, Other sources– film, art, media
Audience & Purpose
Who is the audience for the piece What is the audience's background How might this piece be used IRL What is the purpose What voice will allow most effective communication (formal/informal)
Methods of Organizing Writing
By Chronology
By Classification (relationship btwn 2 terms/concepts)
By Illustration (topic sentence… details)
By Climax (Details… topic sentence)
Location (describes PPT, organizes description in logical manner)
Comparison: similarities/differences between 2 or more subjects
Cause/Effect: Writer shows relationship between events and results
Types of Discourse
Creative
Expository (explains/describes)
Persuasive
Argument
Rhetorical Strategies
Analogies
Extended metaphor
Appeal to Authority (citing experts)
Appeal to Emotion
Rhetorical Features
Style– the way one writer’s work is distinguished from another’s
Tone– Overall feeling
POV– perspective (camera view– storyteller records action from his/her POV with no awareness of other characters thoughts or feelings)
Sarcasm
Counterpoints–use of contrasting ideas to communicate message
Praise
Presentation Strategies
Performing texts
Making speeches/debates/powerpoints
Creating booklets/brochures/scrapbooks/websites
publishing newspaper/magazine/portfolio of work
Submitting work for publication in lit mag, newspaper, prof publication for writers, website, or contest
Evaluating Sources
Motives, credibility, perspective of author Date Rigor of Logic Freedom from strong bias/prejudice Comprehensiveness of evidence
