Author Archives: Alexa Tomassacci

There is a sense of finality in writing this. Will I ever use this blog again? What class would I use it for? Should I continue writing these because I enjoy it and have a place to articulate my thoughts? Rhetoric was an interesting class, to say the least. I would say I’m a moreContinue reading “Rhetoric Blog 5”

During the first week of class, digital literacy was emphasized as something we must have in the working world we were entering. That was January, it’s almost May and it seems like another lifetime. As I sit and consider this, I see the differences in myself and my views on digital literacy over the pastContinue reading “Extra Credit Blog 402 Final Week of Class”

Satire utilizes digital, visual, and linguistic forms of rhetoric. The writers of the satire analyze the word choice which is both most comedic and impactful through the medium. Humour is something we can utilize in the crisis and time we are in. Sometimes when laughter seems inappropriate is when it is needed the most. ToContinue reading “Writing in Multiple Media Blog 4”

How does one address their own past? Forensic rhetoric is concerned with what a person has done and is usually thought of with how that applies in a legal sense. I believe we are often unsure of how to address our own past. If you have committed an atrocity, how do you react? Every personContinue reading “Rhetoric Blog 4”

We are living in drastic times. It is hard to believe four weeks ago the nation resided in a state of normalcy that changed abruptly. I watched the crisis go from rumors of the school being closed, then closing for extending weeks, to finally a shut down for the time being. As someone who readsContinue reading “Extra Blog (COVID-19 and Humanity) 402”

March 13th, 2020 will live in history as the day the world shut down (Safi 2020). The digital world lit up with panic as the coronavirus was declared a national emergency in the United States. Some people are out of jobs and concerned about the future this virus will bring to us while others liveContinue reading “Writing in Multiple Media Blog 3”

Forms of emojis have existed since the beginning of civilization. We see these examples in french cave paintings, hieroglyphics in Egypt, and the picture books we pick up before we can read. These reveal communication through the image, which helps across different language barriers. We are then able to better understand each other through theContinue reading “Emoji Blog”

What warrants exigence? My Dad has always said that people will only change when they have experienced enough pain that they can no longer continue the behaviors that detriments them. In a humanistic way, I think the statement is an example of the exigence we experience in our own lives. We will only realize somethingContinue reading “Rhetoric Blog 3”

Visual literacy in our digital age is something we see every day. Our very profile pictures on Facebook are a form of digital literacy. To be literate through image is to understand how to appeal without narrative. The main point of digital literacy is to evoke something using multiple forms of sensory input with doingContinue reading “Writing in Multiple Media Blog 2”

Debating another person can be intimidating. Your knowledge of a subject you feel passionate about is put in the spotlight and judged by how much you understand both about it and the other side. An argument must be based on facts, which is why a lot of the situations we consider arguments are actually not.Continue reading “Rhetoric Blog 2”