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A Walk In My Life
by kaiserjr18 on Oct.27, 2014, under Essays
The walk down the isle was a heart pounding moment. As soon as I crossed the threshold of the door that led into the auditorium, and was able to hear the sound of graduation music as me and my Partner strolled in perfect cadence through a crowd of smiling yet teary-eyed parents as they snapped […]
Communication within the Jazz Band
by kaiserjr18 on Oct.06, 2014, under Jazz Band
There are many genres of communication within the Jazz Band. Most of these, due to the fact that I am a Rat, I have not seen or been apart of. These genres include emails, texts, flyers, and information put online. I myself have only participated with communication dealing with email. Email is a semi-formal to […]
Interview of Patrick Shahverdian
by kaiserjr18 on Oct.03, 2014, under Interview
Patrick Shahverdian is a fellow classmate here at Virginia Military Institute. An interesting fact about him that would confuse allot of people as to why he is attending VMI is that he does not plan on commissioning. One may ask, “Why would you attend a military school if you did not plan on commissioning”, or […]
Rhetorical Situation
by kaiserjr18 on Sep.15, 2014, under ERH 101
My email is an article from my daily life that showcases the aspects of the rhetorical situation. When I type an email it includes text, audience, and a communicator. The intended audience from this email is the Corps of Cadets. This is apparent because of the use of statements in the email that would appeal […]
Characteristics of a discourse community
by kaiserjr18 on Sep.08, 2014, under Discourse Communities
There are six characteristics of a discourse community according to John Swales. In this blog I’ll be defining these six characteristics and finding examples of each from my own discourse community experience. The discourse community my examples will be coming from my milsim (Military Simulation) team that I was in during high school. The first […]