Rhetorical Awareness

Q1. You are probably aware of the importance of Rhetorical reading thus far. I would like to know how you would evaluate your use of rhetorical reading strategies and whether you will have any plans to improve your rhetorical skills and what are the plans?

-I would evaluate my use of rhetorical reading strategies in the way that when i read i usually have to read it more than twice. I usually read it straight through the first time and if i can not understand it I will read it again and again till I finally get it. One main strategy I do is, I highlight the parts I think are important or the main ideas and then I take notes on why I highlighted that part. These are my ways of understanding what I am reading and will not have problems with it again.

Q2. You are expected to have a good understanding about Write-Based Prose and Reader-Based Prose and the difference between them lies in the use of Rhetorical Strategies. i would like to know how you would differentiate the use of rhetorical strategies in writing (from reading as above) and what will be your plans to imporve your rhetorical strategies in writing.

-My way of writing is a lot different from reading because when I write I usually do a rough draft and throw all my ideas in there. In high school I would do bubble maps and make a topic and put what I thought were the important things to write. In reading I have to read things over and over to finally understand it. I have to take notes and highlight important parts to know if what I am thinking is correct. My plans to improve my strategies would be to learn how to write better without having to do too much work.