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Rhetorical gazes are things that are photos or tools used to make the viewer feel a certain way. They look at the image, and then it is explained to them what the image means. It's very nice if you can use this device to reach a certain desired audience. There are multiple types of rhetorical gazes, some of which are familial or national. For example, a photo of a fireplace near a comfy seating area with Christmas lights may remind the viewer of Christmas, cozier times, or memories near a fireplace.

The photo attached is an example of familial gaze. This photo of the fireplace can mean lots of different things to lots of different people.

4A

     Cause and effect can help perfectly with every paper. The flow that it creates when writing can also be incredibly useful. It can show how one little thing at the beginning of your day can be the entire reason that your day turns out the way that it does. For example; you forget to drink your cup of coffee in the morning. Little do you know, that without that cup of coffee, your focus will be off, along with your attitude, causing you to give your boss a bit of attitude, which would cause you to lose your gob. That's just an extreme example of cause and effect.
     There are different kinds of ways that cause an effect can be shown. It can be presented as just one giant cause with an even bigger effect, or, it can be shown as multiple little things that cause one big thing. It all depends on the perspective that you choose to go about it.

3B

      The importance of peer reviews is that they give you multiple perspectives. It shows you things that you otherwise probably wouldn't have seen.

3A

     Zambreno uses multiple rhetorical devices to keep her essay moving along. There may have been a few things that would cause the reader to be somewhat confused as to what is going on by how she jumps from point to point, but she gets the job done.
     Although she may be rather abrupt about how she moves from the points, she at least explains them. In detail, her thoughts are panned out so that catching up as to what point is being made, isn't a difficult thing to do. She also uses many examples, and expands on them. That is how Zambreno keeps her essay flowing.

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Transitions are more than likely considered the second most important thing, first being voice, in any narrative. Gliding from one topic to another, either smoothly or not, can determine how long the reader is able to follow along with what the writer is saying. Without it, it’s like listening to a little kid try and tell a story about their day. Everything makes sense, but it’s a bit choppy, and generally hard to follow. Stephanie Strom, author of Coca-Cola to Remove an Ingredient Questioned by Consumers transitions beautifully by using rhetorical devices.

            No asyndeton was used, because every step of her process was explained. Asyndeton is when conjunctions and successive clauses are entirely ignored and deemed unnecessary, leaving the reader with choppy, and abrupt phrases. Rather, we were shown attention to details, and emphasis to points. When Strom talks about the trials Sarah had, she did not even fail to mention the about of signatures she got for not only one petition, but for both petitions that she had gotten over thousands of signatures on. People fail to realize that detail like that is hard to come across. Most authors believe that beating around the bush, and only somewhat informing everyone of what going on is all right. That is what helped to structure this sustainable narrative.

            Stephanie Strom used her rhetorical devices, and that is what every writer must do. Though there may have been a lack of voice in her work, she was still very able to get her point across that Sarah has an excellent sustainable story that is definitely worth sharing. Without it being told in the way that is was, by whom it was told by, it may have not gotten the recognition it deserved. 

Blog 2A

     Narratives teach lessons that everyone needs to know in a way that can keep the learners attention. By knowing who the audience is, can also create a greater outcome. The way the narrative is told can construct a message. Just by telling it in the logical sequence it happened in, shows the cause and effect that certain choices have on future decisions. That also helps to prove that narratives are support for a larger argument, but that doesn't matter if you don't know who you're talking to.
     By knowing your audience, you can pull out experiences that relate better to them, thus, helping them to be able to apply the lesson easier. Throughout every storyline there can also be references to the past, or even foreshadowing, that can encourage the reader to think even harder about the narrative. Everything comes down to who you're talking to. That's where you'll find your voice.