Blog 9A Definition of Classification and Division

     Classification and division in an essay is when the author breaks the information into different points. These main points are the classifications. Inside of each classification the author breaks down further and explains each point in much more detail. This is the division of each classification. In order to use classification and division the author needs to first decide which main points are important, and then have enough information on each point to describe and define each point as detailed as possible.
     Classification and division is a very useful tool because it gives the audience the main important topics, and then breaks them down giving as much detail as possible so that it is easier to connect with and understand. It tells the reader why the topic is important, and why they should be aware of each point, why they need to know about it.

Definition Blog 8A

     Definition is very important in writing. It is the way that the author explains what they are talking about, why it is important to the audience, and what relevance it has to the actual audience, or why they should know about the topic. There are different patterns types in definition writings. Compare and contrast is one, this is where the author describes similarities and differences between different topics or objects. Another pattern type is showing examples. To explain the subject and then give examples that perhaps the audience can connect to, this can help them further understand what the author is talking about. Classification and division is a way that the author points out different main segments, or points, and then they divide each segment up and explain each one individually.
     The article that I chose is about how health care for the elderly is shifting away from nursing home care and moving toward PACE centers. PACE centers are facilities in which elderly patients or those with long term health care needs can receive health care both in these centers which almost serve as an adult day-care, with many services from doctors, nurses, therapists etc, as well as providing daily activities and meals similar to nursing homes, but at the end of the day the patients can go home. These PACE centers also provide in home care, and coordinate specialty care and hospitalizations, and they are also in charge of nursing home placement if it is actually necessary. These are more cost efficient for the patients and the government. With recent health care budgets being drastically cut these provide alternatives to nursing homes and are cheaper.
     With everyone in the world aging, it is important for those in the U.S. to know that there are alternatives to nursing home facilities, and to be educated on what these alternatives offer.

Blog week 7

     Subject specific rhetorical tools are very important. These are what draw the audience in and help them to connect and understand the message that the author is trying to tell. Without these tools the message could be unclear to the audience, and hold no meaning for them. It would not be able to draw them in and keep their interest. Writing would be meaningless if it didn't in some way have meaning for the audience.
     Some of the tools that we have learned about recently include the following:
          1. Analogies. This is where you take something that is familiar to describe something that is unfamiliar.   This gives the audience something to compare the unfamiliar thing to. This can help them make sense of something less understood.
          2. Using objective explanations. This is not bias, it expands only on what the audience can already see.
          3. Subjective views. These explanations are telling about something that only you know. Sometimes this needs more description because they do not have the knowledge about the subject that you have.
          4. Familial gaze. This tool creates a feeling. It reminds us of something intimate and personal to us.
          5. Consumer gaze. This is used to make someone want to buy something. To make the audience think that what they are seeing is something that they need to have.

Visual Rhetoric Compare and ContrastBlog 6A

     Every day we compare and contrast different things. In an essay you can do the same. There are two ways to compare and contrast. One way is called subject by subject comparison. In this method you take one point from each example, or argument, or in our case visuals, and you compare and contrast them one point at a time. This way can be very useful if you are having a hard time to find similarities or differences because you just take one small point at a time.
     The second method in compare and contrast is called side by side comparison. In this type of comparison you take point "A" and list all of the details and arguments for that point and when you are finished you then take all the details from point "B" and list all of those. Then you can compare and contrast their points after both sides have been explained.
      Compare and contrast is a great tool to help identify and name similarities and differences in any two related topics. It really doesn't matter which method you use, it just depends on which is more convenient for the comparison you are making.