"As these examples suggest, however, rhetorical reading is not a magical technique for producing sophisticated arguments. Even when students read their sources rhetorically, they tend merely to report the results of this analysis in their essays. Such writing appears to be a college-level version of the knowledge-telling strategy."
This selection from Kantz article stood out to me because it highlights something that many of us in the class may be experiencing without realizing. I think what the author is getting at is just reading sources rhetorically doesn't make our writing and those use of those sources any better if we still just merely report their facts and opinions. Instead we have to be able to interpret those sources and incorporate them into our writing in a way that makes sense and even possibly fits the genre we are looking to work within. By doing this our sources will make more sense and flow better within the writing, making it easier on the reader and making a stronger case for whatever argument you are trying to get across. It is much more effective to better incorporate your sources within your context than to simply report them, it can definitely make your writing much easier to understand for the reader.
About Me
- Will Krepop
- Wasup everybody, my names Will Krepop. Im an audio production major with a business minor here at the lovely Ohio University. Music is my life, and gets most of my free time. Hopefully one day I'll be living on the West Coast making music and just kickin' it
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