Reflection over Mini Assignment #2

Five weeks ago, you completed a blog post that asked you think, muse, define, and/or theorize about good writing. For this reflection, I want you to revisit your thoughts from five weeks ago by theorizing about writing. If you had to put a theory to how/why you write--what would it say? What types of key terms would you include and why? 

Think of this theory as mobile--that it would cross multiple writing situations by informing each situation with ways to frame or reframe whatever the writing task is asking of you. 

Aim for 300-500 words. 

Rhetoric: Then and Now

For this blog post, I want you to explore what rhetoric is--how it is defined and used, why it is important to know and understand, how it connects to writing, what it means to you in the class and perhaps in your major. Use the reading to ground your post, but also begin to synthesize (this means taking your thinking past a summary) to make connections to the class, to each other, and to yourself as a writer. You can also use this post to explore what rhetoric means today in our society--the ways in which people practice it (often without evening realizing it) and how it might be useful for you once you graduate. 


Per normal: shoot for 250-500 words. Make specifics connections to the reading and to your peers. 


Due: Thursday, January 19 by class time.