"Questions for Discussion and Journaling"
p.117 1, 2, 3, & 4
1. This account shifts back and forth between the first person ("I") and the third person ("Victor",
"he"). What effects does that shifting create? Does it break any rules you've been taught?
2. How does Villanueva define rhetoric? What else does he say that studying rhetoric helps you
study?
3. Have you ever tried observing and imitating the writing moves that other writers make, as
Villanueva describes doing with his English teachers ("Professor Discourse Analysis")? If so,
what was your experience doing so? If not, what would you need to look for in order to do the
kind of imitation Villanueva describes?
4. In paragraph 6, Villanueva describes his college writing process as, "The night before a paper
was due, he'd gather a pen and pad, and stare. Clean the dishes. Stare. Watch an 'I Love Lucy'
rerun. Stare. Then sometime in the night the words would come." (A few more sentences finish his
description.) What elements of this process resemble your own? How is yours different?
"Villanueva"
1. This has the effect of confusion. Any reader, including myself, is asking the question, " Who is talking?". It also causes emotional confusion in his articles due to it being very detached and unaffected, but then switching over to being personal and intimate with the reader. During my time in high school, a student was never allowed to use two points of view in one single essay or research paper. I definitely would have received a zero if it appeared repeatedly in the paper. It appears that he does not understand the meanings between first person, and third person point of view.
2. Rhetoric means the conscious use of language for Villanueva. He believes that everything is conveyed through language: philosophy, history, psychology,sociology, anthropology, literature, and politics. He calls it our "primary symbol system". It is said that learning new languages is biologically transmitted, and that it is apart of who we are. He reveals that if you study language, you must study humans. Villanueva says that it is, "the study of the ways in which peoples have accomplished all that has been accomplished beyond the instinctual." So, we are not only studying language but we are studying mankind.
3. No, I have not.
I would need to find what my professors have written. Maybe a novel or short story that would help me to understand what kind of writing style that they expect from me. This also gives me an idea of the level of formality, tone, and voice that my professor would like to see written throughout my papers. Then as a last resort, I would try to ask my professors how certain essays need to be written as they are assigned because many professors will broaden your writing by making you write in certain view points or by assigning a creative essay or a research paper.
4. My process is very different from Villanueva. I start out with writing a thesis statement and the outline of the paper, which Villanueva never did. Then, I would start typing out my essay and type out every thought even if it did not sound professional or formal. After I have all of my thoughts put together, I go back to critique and correct all errors. I begin by correcting the professionalism and formality of the paper, then I correct all grammar and spelling errors.(390)
2. Rhetoric means the conscious use of language for Villanueva. He believes that everything is conveyed through language: philosophy, history, psychology,sociology, anthropology, literature, and politics. He calls it our "primary symbol system". It is said that learning new languages is biologically transmitted, and that it is apart of who we are. He reveals that if you study language, you must study humans. Villanueva says that it is, "the study of the ways in which peoples have accomplished all that has been accomplished beyond the instinctual." So, we are not only studying language but we are studying mankind.
3. No, I have not.
I would need to find what my professors have written. Maybe a novel or short story that would help me to understand what kind of writing style that they expect from me. This also gives me an idea of the level of formality, tone, and voice that my professor would like to see written throughout my papers. Then as a last resort, I would try to ask my professors how certain essays need to be written as they are assigned because many professors will broaden your writing by making you write in certain view points or by assigning a creative essay or a research paper.
4. My process is very different from Villanueva. I start out with writing a thesis statement and the outline of the paper, which Villanueva never did. Then, I would start typing out my essay and type out every thought even if it did not sound professional or formal. After I have all of my thoughts put together, I go back to critique and correct all errors. I begin by correcting the professionalism and formality of the paper, then I correct all grammar and spelling errors.(390)
No comments:
Post a Comment