Rhetorical Situations-Narratives

• Told stories to family about school
• Listening to music on Pandora
• Meeting new people at school and hearing their stories
• Watching interviews on YouTube with artists

While watching some of the videos on itgetsbetter.org I found the videos more appealing than the narratives because a visual always helps me have a better understanding on what they're going through. Also I just like to see the people that explain their story because I get to see their seriousness by their facial expressions.

Differences/ similarities:

Many differences were found in the first question where some of us thought people find strength between themselves, some viewed that you don’t understand the severity of a situation until you experience it first hand, and then some thought that you have to listen and learn from those around you no matter who it is. Also differences were found in the second question whether it was first or third person view. Similarities were found in the third question where we all talked roughly about the same diction used to describe the scene. And last of all very differently wrote was the question about who the target audience was and the tone. One view was that it was a human interest piece of that it was intended for fellow doctors to read upon and share. Another view was that it was intended as a hopeful piece to get people involved in the hurricane efforts.

Connections:

With Lydia’s story it really emphasizes the point in chapter two of audience and tone. Specifically Brideau writes to a specific audience and uses specific diction to persuade the audience to see the horrors Lydia went through but the hope she held to the end.

Think about discussion:

Many narratives are found in songs and work stories we have decided.

Think Beyond Words:

It helped us watching the videos because you can first hand see the emotion being portrayed in the personas story. Not saying that it could not be seen in the writings but it was just easier for us to see through a video.

Compare Narratives:

Different narratives we are interested are songs like the hills from the weekend. Also news stories we have heard lately like the most recent shooting in Oregon. All of the stories we have heard are all important whether it may seem relevant or not.