Blog Post 12

I. Rhetorical overview of the audience 

1.) Bernhardt wrote this article to explain the importance of visual text and how readers connect to this style of writing.

2a.) This article is towards teachers and people who educate students. Bernhardt talks about how visual text is an important tool for for teachers to teach students which leads me to believe he is talking to teachers and not to students

2b.) Thesis: "A text can be seen, must be seen, in a process which is essentially different from the perception of speech".

II. Summary 

1.) In Steven A. Bernhardt's article "Seeing the Text", he explains how using visual imagery can help readers better understand the material while still effectively getting the point across to the audience. He says that visual texts always needs headings for the reader to understand the material. There are many different ways in which someone can use visual text; such as power points, brochures, etc.

2.) Tweet: Visual learning is an effective way to communicate to different audiences rather than boring text #English1510 #Bernhardt

III. Assigned Exercises 

QDJ

1.) Bernhardt characterizes the typical classroom essay as consisting of “full, declarative sentences, arranged in paragraphs with low visual identity” (36). Do you struggle with generating or reading this conventional, low-visual type of writing? Why or why not?

A: I personally do struggle when it comes to reading articles that are low-visual types of writing. Im a very visual learner and when a text has only a small amount of visual writing the message of the article does not get to me like the visual type of writing does. I like to picture things in my head when reading or have visual examples of what I'm reading rather then just reading information that is layed out in front of me.

AEI 

I. Rhetorical Overview of the Article

1. Bryson’s exigence is to promote the idea that following English rules constantly is not a necessity since the rules are constantly changing.

2a.The audience is Brysons peers that either work with him or are other educators because he uses the word “we” several times which suggests that he is speaking to people that are on the same level as he is when it comes to experience in the English field.

2b. He would have to dull down his vocabulary use while also using the word “you” more frequently to make a connection to people my own age.

3. Thesis: “Not to put too fine of a point on it, the labels are largely meaningless” on the first page, at the end of the first paragraph.

II. Summary

1. In “Good English and Bad” Bryson explains how there is no right or wrong ways to use English because of the simple fact the “rules” and language are constantly changing.

2. There is not good or bad English, you can make up your own rules as a writer as long as the reader knows what your talking about.

III. Burkean Palor/Intertextuality

1.   This article relates mainly to the Dawkins article because both articles try and change our views on the idea of not following English rules closely because of how rapidly the rules can change.

IV. Personal reflection

1.   Bryson made me question a lot about what I know and how I use English rules. I think this made me realize that the English language is constantly changing and that following the rules closely is a waste of time.

2.   I really don’t feel like he had much evidence to support his claims at times which to me made his argument invalid, but at the same time it did get me to start questioning English rules and why they even exist.

2.) Does font change the way we understand and interpret text?

I think that font can sometimes change the way we interpret text. Looking at a bland size 12 Times new Roman font on a paper tells me that the article is going to be boring while lacking a visual identity. If the font is colorful and larger it makes it easier to read and connect to.

IV. Personal Reflection

1.) I personally liked this article because it connected to me and my visual learning style. This helped me realize that this is the type of reading/learning style I enjoy while also teaching me to look out for this style of writing in many different types of texts.

2.) I didn't like the article because it was really directed at students. It was directed more to teachers and educators, so in that sense I felt some what a gap between me and the author.