Thlog 2

           Obviously, we had a short week in class with Zack in Houston. Regardless though, I think we learned a few interesting things in class, by writing our PBs, and in our assigned reading. Before coming to class, I thought I picked a pretty good and specific topic for my PB1a by choosing a movie review. I was so wrong… I definitely could have gotten more specific by choosing a comedy movie review or maybe even a comic book-turned-movie franchise movie review. I’m glad I made this realization sooner rather than later so that I can catch myself in the future. Person 10 in the journal responses this week definitely realized it sooner than class time, and had a really good way of getting super specific. Once you choose something, what is a sub topic you can write about in that bigger topic? You just keep answering that question until you’ve got some really specific, weird sub-genre that is really one of a kind!

 In the readings, I was glad to be reminded of pathos, logos, and ethos, which are things I haven’t been taught since those early high school years. I also appreciated the emphasis on rhetoric, and the topic brought up in class that rhetoric isn’t just about politicians lying. Rhetoric truly is all around us, even in things that aren’t words (like the Phelps example we had in class). I’m glad I ended up being randomly assigned the word exigence to work on during that group discussion. I’m still struggling with the idea a little bit, but I’m sure it will be brought up more in class discussion and that I’ll be able to make the connections soon enough.