Blog Week 12A: The Skeleton of an Essay

In order to plan a successful vacation, you must decide on where you would like to see.  Second, research must come after the decision, because it will help you decide on the destination that is suitable for you.  This entire decision- making comes in comparable to writing an essay.  It is wise to review my previous blogs to have a better understanding with this current one.  Rhetorical cannons are basic tools to produce a successful essay.  First thing is first.  Research and gathering material will lead into the Invention - creating a story, Second, selecting your target audience in order to select the correct comprehending strategies.  In other words using the correct vocabulary, the process, and depth of the article will help the audience to follow along.  When you are finished gathering research and have sense who your audience is, dump all your information onto paper; you are creating the body.  You want to start with the body first so that all the information is displayed.  In addition, it is easier to create the conclusion second, and lastly, the introduction.  Third, the Arrangement - having the story in chronological order and Style - how the story is told.  The style can have rhetorical tools such as a piecemeal, mutability/plasticity, or a open-ended closure.  Other tools a writer may incorporate are cause and effect, this helps the reader to comprehend the material in which is being read.  Visual rhetoric gives the reader visual images.  Sometimes visual rhetoric can trigger 'gazes' for the reader.  Compare and contrast guides the reader to find the similarities and differences of an object, subject, ideas, or analogies.  Memory - a mnemonic device, such as classification and division can assist the writer in breakdowns in any subject for a more organized read.  Delivery - to give interest to your audience, Explication/Implied - to give details to your readers and to communicate to your audience without being direct but understood, Analyze the obvious - the characters, plotting, set, and theme, and Familiar and Strange - when the reader can relate to the writer and odd experience to the reader.  The four last rhetorical cannons should be kept in mind when reviewing your own paper.  These goals must be kept to be successful writer.  At the very end of the paper, pass it to a peer for some positive feedback.  Always have an open mind for positive criticism.  Peer reviews are excellent ideas, because having a fresh pair of eyes can lead up to the final draft, the masterpiece.