Final Blog

Over the course of this semester I learned a lot through the blogging process. I was able to write weekly and discuss rhetoric and the rhetoric of risk. It broadened my mind to the world of rhetoric and how important speaking correctly about things is to ensure that there are no huge risks in the world. Because the blog posts were on the readings for the day, I was able to apply what I was reading and formulate ideas about these topics afterwards. This contributed to my learning significantly, and dramatically changed the way I read and interpreted text, specifically rhetoric. This will change the way I interpret other readings in my other courses and throughout my life. I learned the importance of ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos. Using these tools, I have not only become a more educated reader, but a more educated writer. I think that from now on I will be able to read documents more efficiently and find the importance in what each author is saying and then feel confident in how I interpret and write about these topics.  The blog assignments allowed for me to express my ideas in a way where others could comment, and I could learn from my peers’ interpretations and become more knowledgeable on a wide array of topics.  I think that blogging was really important for me to do in this class because it allowed for me to see if I was on the right track with how I had to interpret the pieces I was reading. In turn, writing weekly changed how sophisticated my writing became in essays and projects.  Having the weekly requirement of analyzing a text in depth made me more disciplined and more aware of what I was reading and writing. Overall, the blog assignments will help me in the future to analyze texts and write within limits to get a clear point across.