Rhetorical Situations - Narratives

Holly Snider, Bela Burns, Leah Nieman

Rhetorical Situations- Narratives

Differences in our blogs- some of us talked about the hurricanes and actual storms where as some of us talked more about the story itself. Leah focused a lot on the audience and tone, Bela focused more on the storm and Holly focused more about the author. Also, some of us claimed the story was through the eyes of Lydia, and others used the author’s point of view.

Similarities- We all agreed that one of the biggest parts of the story was what the people in the hurricane endured. We picked a lot of the same words that made the story “come alive”. For the most part, we all included that Lydia had a lot to with the point of view. All of us discussed different parts of the hurricane and experiences.

Summary of discussion on Lydia’s Story:

First, we all read our answers to the questions aloud to each other. Then we discussed all the differences, such as what we thought about the hurricane, what we thought about the author and our examples of words. We all enjoyed the story and thought it was interesting. Then we discussed the similarities in our answers.

Summary of discussion on Chapter 2 and Lydia’s Story:

Chapter 2 discusses; genres, audience, purpose, stance, context, medium, and design. Jan Brideau chose a narrative genre to present Lydia’s story. It is obvious the author of Lydia’s story took into deep consideration whom she was addressing. Her purpose was informing the public and health professionals of the experiences the Louisiana people endured. Her stance was supportive of the people’s bravery and hope through this tragic event. We also have to consider all the things chapter two explains when writing.

Discussion Summary of Everyday Narratives:

We all included music and music is a big part of everyone’s lives. Music can express a variety of feelings towards events. Also, all of us listed conversations between friends and family, this is an important part of everyday communication. Through this exercise we realized that narratives are a big part of our lives and that they hold much importance.

Discussion of Think Beyond Words:

Not all of chose the same video, but we all agreed that videos were extremely powerful and passionate. This is a very valuable website and has a positive, encouraging mood. Some of us thought the videos about expressing sexuality were the most powerful where others thought that a video on autism was the most powerful. Not all of the videos used music but we agree that music helped explain the mood and added something special to the video. All the videos had something sad but left with a positive message.

Compare Narratives Discussion:

For two narratives we chose, the song Love Story from Taylor Swift and the story of To Kill a Mockingbird. They both explain a lesson they had to learn the hard way, over time. A difference between the two is the era of time. Another similarity is the perspective or point of view, they both involve a child’s maturing point of view towards life events.