QDJ 1, 2, 3, and 4 (WaW 117)

1. This account shifts back and forth between the first person "I" and the third person "Victor" "he". What effects does that shifting create? Does it break any rules you've been thought?
2. How does Villanueva define rhetoric? What else does he say that studying rhetoric helps you study?3. Have you ever tried observing and imitating the writing moves that other writers make, as Villanueva describes doing this his English teachers ("Professional Discourse Analysis") If so, what was your experience doing so? If not, what would you need to look for in order to do the kind of imitation Villanueva describes?4. In paragraph 6, Villanueva describes his college writing process as, "The night before a paper was due, he'd gather pen and pad , and stare. Clean the dishes. Stare. Watch an 'I Love Lucy' rerun. Stare. Then sometime in the night the words would come" (A few more sentences finish description.) What elements of this process resemble your own? How is yours different?


1. The shifting between first person and second person creates the feeling that when he speaks in first person he is proud of his actions and when he speaks in third person he is just speaking of his past. The switching created a feeling that there more than one person speaking in the narrative. The switching in the writing style is not something i was ever thought to do. 

2. Villanueva defines rhetoric as the study of humans. It is the was we speak and interact. Rhetoric is the was we write and interact with utter humans. He says clearly that learning it is very important. 

3. If I were to do as Villanueva did I would read their writings and also ask them what is the best way they prefer for me to go about my paper. I would ask multiple teachers for their advice and see what the best way to go about it would be.

4. The way he described his writing method was to start writing and take a break to let the mind gather his thoughts. He says "stare" which I interoperate to mean brainstorm his ideas. It is difficult to start a paper and complete it in one go but the way he used is to take brakes and let the words flow.