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I see the primary thesis of “Everything is a Remix” as Ferguson explaining that almost everything we see is not original, but a work of art inspired by or even a direct copy of an existing piece. Remixing is “a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding,Continue reading “Blog Post #14 Everything Is a Remix”

I’m looking forward to project 3, I feel that it will give us a great opportunity be creative and to express ourselves. In the reading Shipka seems doubtful about the idea of composition “made whole.” She doesn’t want the definition of composition to be seen in a narrow-minded view because it is limiting the “texts,Continue reading “Blog Post #13”

During my time working on project 2 I learned what a white paper was and how to use the resources on the Fairfield library website. I learned what a white paper was by reading our assigned reading and doing some independent research. I learned how to use the resources on the Fairfield library website inContinue reading “Blog Post #12”

A white paper is a formal document intended to fully inform the reader on a particular topic or idea. It is a combination of knowledge and research in a document that argues for a specific solution, recommendation, or idea that the writer of the paper has. A white paper can be written by a person who hasContinue reading “Blog Post #11”

The author of When Discourses Collide is Jason Palmeri, who is currently an associate professor of English at Miami University. This text is from the Journal of Business Communication so I’d say that the primary audience is most likely high level academics. This text implies that rhetoric is writing with a purpose. That purpose beingContinue reading “Blog Post #10”

I chose to read Research Starts With Answers by Alisson C. Witte. Research is the process of finding answers to your questions. “Researching isn’t meant to be a narrow task of looking up information, but of creating and discovering new information in response to problems” (Witte 228). People use research to find information about questionsContinue reading “Blog Post #9”

In our rhetorical ecology map and memo, I learned how to transform an essay into a memo format, and how to make a rhetorical ecology map. I learned how to transition an essay into a memo format because I originally wrote my memo as a stereotypical essay. I had to decide what parts of myContinue reading “Blog Post #8”

The author of you can learn to write in general is Elizabeth Wardle. Elizabeth Wardle is a Howe Professor in English and Director of the Roger and Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University. The primary audience seems to be writing students like us. Wardle implies in the text that genre is the context,Continue reading “Blog Post #7”

I felt pretty good about the ideas in my rhetorical ecology map, and as a result I did not change any of my rhetorical concepts. I made minor changes in design to my rhetorical ecology map, mainly just shifting a few things around to make the design look a bit cleaner. During the revising processContinue reading “Blog Post #6”

Before I began my rough draft I sat down on my bed and read Shitty First Drafts by Anne Lamott. After reading, I pulled out my laptop and started working first draft of the map on lucid chart because I wanted to get the feel for the website. It probably took me about an hourContinue reading “Blog Post #6”