Rhetorical Gazes

Rhetorical Gazes are common perspectives spread across a certain group of people. A few gazes are as such, a National gaze appeals to the people of the country, a Familial gaze is spread among intimate people of your life such as your family or even your closest friends, and a Consumer gaze is a perspective for a desired customer that is usually constructed by a business to help influence their market. All of these certain Rhetorical Gazes are used to reach out to a desired crowd.

           Here is a good example of propaganda that has always been widely used to help influence the American people in times of war. In this image, Uncle Sam is being used as a symbol to draw an inspiration to the audience. It might not be so effective nowadays, because we are influenced by higher forms of entertainment, but back in the early 1900's, this would attract American citizens take up arms and join the Army to help America. Propaganda is used commonly as both a National gaze and Political gaze, but I feel this is used to appeal to the American people rather than select members of a political party and their supporters.

Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect is an extreme element of any story. It brings the entire story together by connecting the events. Without Cause and Effect, a story will be mixed up and cannot follow the basic concept of building a story. A story typically has 3-4 events, a climax, and a resolution. This concept can only be reached if the story's events are tied in some way.
               When reviewing using Cause and Effect, it is important to thoroughly recognize the events. The writer must understand the Event B is affected by Event A. If Event A doesn't lead into Event B, the story structure can be confusing and flawed. Realizing how the reader gets from the beginning to the story to the end of the story means that the story follows a basic timeline, a basic event concept, and is probably a good story.

Peer review importance

The peer review we did in class was really helpful. It let us, the students, collaborate to understand what was wrong with the second draft of our essays. It's very important that we do this so when we prepare for the final draft there are no flaws whatsoever. I even thought that my own essay wouldn't have much to fix, but it surprised me.
                    With the help of your "peers", you can even decide whether or not you want to shape your essay differently. You're given critiques that express how your essay is written and how you should go on from there. Peer review is also good to demonstrate the use of our rhetorical tools we've learned about in the past few days.

Arthurian Rhetoric, Zambreno

The tools Zambreno uses really attract the reader to the Article. Although there seemed to be a lot of confusion and flaws within the article, there are certainly a lot of areas that are very interesting. Such as the transition between the subject of Historic Arthur and Modernized Arthur. It was made pretty clear that she was changing topics when she just clearly stated she was changing topics. It was a clear rhetorical tool that made me think of how it seemed she was breaking the fourth wall between a writer and a reader.
                   The flaws I saw within the topic though was that there wasn't really any rhetorical tools used to draw the audience towards the thesis statement. Also, the examples used to relate the topic of Modern and Historical Arthur seemed to drag on a lot. She used the correct rhetorical tool of placing an example with idea i.e. she implemented Modern Arthur referring to Historical Arthur by using the plot of Arthur 3000. Although she put and example to the idea, it lost its appeal for like 2-3 pages and that's kind of where I lost interest. All in all, the rhetorical tools were interesting, but i just wasn't to interested in the lasting appeal.

Narrative Structure

The basis of which a Narrative is built on is very important. The structure has to be built chronologically and within a certain time-frame, whether it were to be from beginning to end, or if it were to jump backwards and forwards with flashbacks and flash-forwards.The a successful timeline of a narrative structures itself with at least 3-4 events, a climax, and a conclusion. These are how most, if not all, stories are told.
             When writing a narrative, it's important to keep these things in mind. Say if you're telling a story and you forgot where you left of at and just repeated the same thing? ex. " So we were at the mall the other day for a bit, then we left for the party. The party was really fun and we both had a great time while we dried off from the pool, oh and did I mention that at the mall we got Mrs. Fields?" That fragment makes the story really confusing for the reader. The audience is fixated on the subject of the party but then is brought back to an unnecessary event that occurred earlier in the story. Keeping your narrative chronological and keep it flowing is vital to keep the attention of your audience.

Narrative Importance

The Importance in Narrative is the way a Narration is explained. In order for a Narration to be understood is for it to be written for people to comprehend what the Narration is saying. Narrative is meant to reach out to a certain audience and explain a story that will provide feel and establish relations to what has been written. If a Narration isn't written to be comprehended and it isn't directed towards anyone, then nothing can be comprehended or understood.
                There are a few tools that are used within a Narrative that help reach out to the specific audience to help them gain the understanding. A Thesis statement tells the audience what the Narrative teaches or the lesson you learned in your Narrative. It is also important to use verb tense to help express the setting of events used throughout the Narrative, such as flashbacks and flash-forwards. The Narrative also needs to be in chronological order so that none of the events will be misunderstood.