Rhetoric is the devices and methods we use in our everyday lives to persuade, convince, or inform another person that what we are saying is true. It is how we gain a readers’ attention, It is how we keep a readers’ attention, and it’s how we direct our readers attention. Rhetoric takes a lot of …
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Rhetorical Meme
This meme is originally a car salesman explaining something about the car he’s selling to a potential customer. I photoshopped the car out of the picture and replaced it with a brain. The idea of the meme is that instead of having a lot of something in a car such as safety features or leg …
What’s a Fish Eater to Do?
I read a very interesting article called: “What’s a Fish Eater to Do?” by Langdon Cook. While I don’t normally tend eat fish, this article did show me how to be an informed fish eater. The article starts off by going into depth on the life of Kevin Davis, a successful chef in the Seattle …
Class Discussion 9/24
When our brain naturally analyzes people based on their appearance, our brains make assumptions about who that person is. Rhetoric is used on us all the time without us even knowing. The example that Carroll uses to help us better understand rhetoric is the media. When we look at the media, it uses rhetoric that …
Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis
Last Night, I had the chance to read “Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis” by Laura Bolin Carroll. I always try to read an article like I know nothing about the subject, even if I really do. Here is what I retained from the article. Rhetoric is, in simple terms, devices we use to …
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Thoughts on “Geography” by National Geographic
I read an article the other night, Called “Geography, written and published by National Geographic. At first glance, I assumed it would be a really boring article about how Geography progressed throughout history. I was wrong. The article actually had some really interesting facts that I didn’t know before. For instance, I learned that it …
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The Long, Happy March of Barefoot Dave
The Article I had the pleasure to read was called “The Long, Happy March of Barefoot Dave” by Doug Chadwick. This was a very lighthearted story with a satisfying ending, which is a lot more than you can say about most things published today. I really enjoyed the article and the writer’s ability to bring …
What is “Academic Writing”
The other day, I had the pleasure of reading a paper called “What is Academic Writing” by L. Lennie Irvin. When we think about academic writing, we tend to think about really smart people from Ivy League schools writing papers about certain topics. This, however, is not always the case. Academic writing, in a simpler …
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
About Me
So, you’re here to read about who I am? Well then, fasten your seat belts; things are about to get crazy. Or not. But you should always wear a seat belt: It’s the law. I was born in a town called Walnut creek, which is about 40 minutes East of San Francisco. I lived in …
Dylan Mann 