Jacy Johnson

(Pg.107-118, QDJ 1,2,3,&4)

1.)           He is definitely creating a big, extravagant story with this effect. If you’re not paying attention, it can definitely be confusing, but I think he is using this to capture his audience, and intrigue him.

2.)           He defines rhetoric as “the conscious use of language”. He also says that “rhetoric becomes a way of studying humans. It becomes the complete study of language, the study of the ways in which people have accomplished all that has been accomplished beyond the instinctual.”

3.)           I’ve tried imitating some creative writing but no matter how hard I try, I can never quit grasp the “creativeness”. I need to find better techniques on how to write in a more intriguing and captive way.

4.)           This resembles my processes as in, I can stare at a blank paper for hours on end, and the words will never come to me. I am not a writer, so actually having to sit, concentrate, and write creatively is very hard for me.