classification and definition

Classification and definition in writing is yet another way to reach your reader. I know, I'm sick of them too. When using classification and definition to reach your audience, you are simply breaking down each aspect of your text and elaborating on them. By doing this you are making it a lot easier for your readers to get into your mind and see and understand the ideas you are talking about.

For example, let's say you're writing an essay on a newspaper article. After analyzing and thinking critically about the article, you need to break down each subtopic of the article and with each of those subtopics, defining them and elaborating on them. By doing this, you will reach your audience with great depth. 

definitions

Using definitions when reaching your audience is extremely important. Especially when you are writing about a news article, current event, etc. If you don't define, or break down to every little detail, the audience isn't going to understand and your writing is also left up to interpretation. When defining, you want to be perfectly clear so that your audience has no question as to what you are talking about or explaining. 

In the article I chose, democratic senator Tom Harkin, is proposing a bill that would in a few ways 'overhaul' the No Child Left Behind law. President Obama recently stated that he was to use executive power to override and to attempt to fix the law because he had no hope in congress to alleviate the problem. The Harkin bill is looking to give power back to the states to run their own education system. The main problem and criticism of the bill is that is would scrap the central accountability system proposed in No Child Left Behind. In doing so, schools would have no access to federal funding unless they were to show a certain percentage of achievement each year. 9 out of 10 schools have been driven in classroom teaching for the past decade. Many think that the Harkin bill would be a major step backward.

rhetoric and the writing process

Rhetoric is defined as the art of effective or persuasive writing or speaking. Visual rhetoric is all around us and we see it multiple times a day in all sorts of uses. It's used in advertisement's for many, if not all, promotions. Visual rhetoric is used in politics, consumer advertising and company promotions. More recently and importantly, rhetoric has begun to appear in writing. Now days, it's a very important and vital aspect in writing and it is found everywhere. 

There are a few different ways to use visual rhetoric in writing. Compare and contrast is one of the most effective. Describing similarities and differences in narratives adds great vision and depth to any writing. Another is cause and effect. This adds also adds a lot of depth as well as a nice flow. One use of rhetoric we've all seen without even knowing are called content and textual signatures. In any image or persuasive essay, there is an underlying structure and reoccurring trend that reveals a common undercover idea or thought. Okay, I've only got two more. I promise. Master narratives are common stories that are common to a country, religion, region or group of people. The last one I got is a persuasive theme. Those use persuasive appeals to people or groups to persuade to an idea. Okay, I'm done.