Pursuing my Passion

For this blog post I will be analyzing a piece of writing. My intention when analyzing this text is to determine how the piece utilizes various requirements to be considered a rhetorical situation, as defined by Lloyd F. Bitzer. I will also use Amy J. Dewitt’s definition of the term “genre” to explore how the writing could be classified and how this classification effects the way the piece is written. Finally, I will use a term from my Writing and Editing in Print and Online class to show how the author utilized this term in his piece. Initially, I was conflicted as to which way I would take this assignment. At first, I attempted to find a piece of writing that explicitly discusses grammar and how English is utilized by people in the same age group as me. However, I learned that finding articles that were suitable for the topic and centered around grammar were difficult to obtain. Thus, I started over and began thinking about my assignment from a different perspective. In the int...

When I was assigned my second blog entry for my website I was excited to hear from the people that I would interview. I knew that I was going home for the weekend and could not wait to hear my family members’ opinions on writing. While my blog is targeted towards editing and pursuing my passion, I decided to take this time to discover how my opinions as an English major would contrast from people that decided to follow a different path for their education. I decided to interview my sister, Brandy, sister-in-law, Chastity, and brother, Byron. Each of my siblings chose a different educational path from my own. Some decided to earn an associate’s degree, while others decided to pursue a bachelor’s degree. Each of them have different lives; their careers are different and some have children while the others do not, which I assumed would create differences in their ideals and purposes about writing. My assumptions were proven correct, as each person had differing answers to my questions...