In Kevin Roozen’s, “Writing Is a Social and Rhetorical Activity”, he states that writers often forget that they are writing to a specific audience and there is always a connection between the writer and the reader. He believes that writing is simply catering to the audience’s needs. Simply put, writing connects everyone and everything, and understanding this concept makes for better writing.
Earlier today I wrote a journal in my Personal Finance class for my teacher. That writing demonstrated being a social activity because the journal was about your progress in the class and we work in groups. It demonstrated being a rhetorical activity because our teacher reads the journals and grades them. We do journals every week so it is also rhetorical in that our teacher has expectations of us. It is important to understand the social and rhetorical nature of writing because these qualities make for clearer and more communicative writing.
