Opening Unit
Name one stage of your writing process.
Possible answers: brainstorming, drafting, workshopping, peer critique, revision
What are the three points of the rhetorical triangle?
Writer, audience, message
Genres exist because of recurring ______.
Rhetorical situations (audience, purpose, context)
Define "discourse community."
Swales: "groups that have goals or purposes, and use communication to achieve these goals."
What is writing transfer?
Applying what you've learned in one writing context and to another.
Name at least 3 rhetorical appeals.
Ethos, pathos, logos, kairos
Works in the same genre typically share _____.
Purpose, form, organization
Name 3 of Swales' characteristics of a DC
Possible answers:
shared goals ; methods of intercommunication ; participatory mechanisms to provide feedback ; use of one or more genres to further its goals ; specific lexis ; explicit/implicit hierarchy ; silential relations ; horizons of expectations
Kevin Roozen says "writing is a social activity." What does he mean by that?
-Writing puts you in contact with other people (audience)
-Tools for writing like genre, artifacts, technology are all shaped by other people
Define logos, ethos, and pathos.
Logos: Appeal to logic
Ethos: Appeal to credibility
Pathos: Appeal to emotion/sympathy
Define genre.
Genre is a tool writers use to achieve a particular purpose; a type of writing that has been modeled and repeated many times before.
Define "silential relations" in relation to DCs.
the common practices and expectations of a discourse community are not put into words, but can be observed through time spent in that community
Taczak describes 3 types of writing transfer in their article "Importance of Transfer." Name 2 of them.
Possible answers:
Positive transfer ; Negative Transfer ; Resistance Transfer
What are at least 2 things a rhetorically aware writer might consider?
Audience (who am I writing to?);
Message (what do I want to say? How can I say it so my audience will understand?);
Purpose (why am I writing? What do I want my writers to do as a result of this?);
Context (what is going on in the world around me that might effect how my writing is received and interpreted?);
Genre (what types of writing do people typically use to get similar messages across?)
How does Jacobson relate rhetorical moves to genre in "Make Your Move"?
Rhetorical moves are the parts of the text that carry out the main action (specific goals) of the genre.
What is a "focal" discourse community?
A focal DC has members spread out internationally; usually communicate online or via mail
Define one of the types of writing transfer discussed by Taczak.
Positive transfer (when your writing knowledge and practices effectively transfer between different contexts);
Negative transfer: When previous writing knowledge/practice negatively impacts with your ability to write in new contexts
Resistance transfer: When previous writing knowledge/practices become a "roadblock" for future writing.
Define kairos
Kairos is a rhetorical appeal meaning you are in "the right place at the right time" - context
What are three types of "rhetorical moves" of genre discussed in Jacobson's "Make Your Move?"
Obligatory ; Common ; Optional or Rare
What is a "folocal" discourse community?