One Paige At a Time

In class, we discussed how “new” genres develop out of new social needs within a discourse community. An example Professor Shultz-Colby gave was how the Presidential Address… Read more “The King’s Speech”

We spent a decent amount of time in class going over audience as a function in the Rhetorical Situation. It sparked a number of questions in me,… Read more “The Notion of Audience”

I experience writing interwoven with newly learned material as a serious confrontation. Whenever there are short-answer responses on a test, or assigned essays, or some other form… Read more “Writing & Learning”

Solidify a topic and ideally get it approved by my professor so I feel more confident in moving forward with it I used to spend very little… Read more “Academic Writing Process”

I really enjoyed our in-class discussion today on creativity and writing. Some thoughts that really stuck out to me are: The audience and author need shared experiences… Read more “Is Creativity Original?”

My mom is a teacher, and has been for my whole life, so reading was big in my house. She was definitely my literacy sponsor because of… Read more “My Literacy Narrative”

This week I am touching again on the idea of power in writing, this time in contrast to that of reading. Literacy in American Lives by Deborah Brandt sparked… Read more “Reading, Writing, Power”

While reading “Writing is a Technology That Restructures Thought” by Walter Ong I continued to compare strictly oral language cultures to cultures with a written language, as… Read more “The “Privilege” of Written Languages”

     I think an interesting contrast throughout history and in present times that we discussed in class is the differences between languages that are accompanied by… Read more “History of Writing”

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton