Blog Post 13

I. Rhetorical overview of the audience 

1. In this article Dawkins explains that punctuation is taught in only one way which is the only way to use punctuations. He also states that punctuation is rhetorical and can influence how a reader looks at or reads text. 

2. Dawkins discourse community are educators and his peers

3."First, manuals of style and college handbooks have it very wrong when it comes to punctuation, (good writers don"t punctuate in that manner)"

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II. Summary

1. In Dawkins "Teaching Punctuation as a Rhetorical Took" text he compares and contrasts the differences of handbook writing to professional writing. He looks at the rules of punctuation and explains how there is no right or wrong way to use punctuation. He also explains how punctuation is rhetorical and how it change change the way readers understand what they are reading. 

2. Tweet

Learning how to punctuate is best done with studying actual text.

#norightorwrong #nomorehandbooks

III. Burkean Parlor/ Intertextuality

This article relates to Bryson's article because they suggest and explain how following the rules of writing isn't always the best way to write nor does it make your paper more effective.

IV. Personal Reflection

1. The information i gathered from this reading is that you don't always have to follow the rules of writing. It is important to step out of the box when it comes to writing if that means getting your points across more effectively. I do not struggles when it comes to punctuating, but if I could come back to this article for references when writing my next paper.

2. These articles confused me as to why there are even writing rules if they are rarely followed. Also it made me question who gets to say which way of writing works best and why the rules are the way they are.