Category Archives: Rhetorical Situation

Integrating the Social and Rhetorical Aspects of Writing in a Professional Setting

by Chuck Parker In “Writing is a Social and Rhetorical Activity,” from Naming What We Know (2015), Kevin Roozen claims that writers often fail to recognize the complex combination of social and rhetorical aspects that impact the effectiveness of their … Continue reading

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How Writing Connects Us To Our Audience

Within the text “Writing Is a Social and Rhetorical Activity” by Kevin Roozen, he expresses the fact that there is many different forms of writing that we find ourselves doing: writing an email, text messages to our friends and family, … Continue reading

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“Failure can be an Important Part of Writing Development”

“We often forget, however, that successful writer men those whoa re simply able to write brilliant first drafts; often, the writing we encounter has been  heavily revised and edited and is sometimes the result of a great deal of failure” … Continue reading

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