Cloward 1

Zachary Cloward

English 1010

James Celestino

5 May, 2021

Reflection of English 1010

This reflection is based on two things. The fact that language and writing are things used

by people to do things, be things, and make things in the world; and rhetoric provide a means for

studying the work that language and writing do. I will be using examples from my work over the

course of the semester to show how this is true.

Throughout the first half of the semester, we learned about rhetoric and rhetorical

strategies. We also had the opportunity to analyze the text “Richer and Poorer Accounting for

Inequality” written by Jill Lepore. Looking at this paper it is extremely easy to see how rhetoric

can help us study the work that writing does. If you use ethos, pathos, and logos it can help you

to understand exactly what message the writer is trying to get across. As I said in my analysis of

the article, “She chose to focus on using logos and ethos to support her argument. By using

ethos, she was able to show the reader how much time and effort she has put into her research

and then uses the knowledge she gained to help others. By using the logic of the examples, she

found in her research she was able to tie into the logos strategy to strengthen her viewpoint. She

did not really try to appeal to emotions. While Jill does not appeal heavily to emotions at this

time in our society, I believe the pathos is stronger than even she might have intended.”
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Writing is an easy way for people to communicate the way the feel without people

realizing that that is what is happening. It has always been a way of influencing the world. In the

paper that we did not end up writing I would have explored this further, but I was unable to write

the paper.