Category Archives: 2nd Class Year

This year, none of my professors were requiring or even encouraging us to use ePortfolio. That being said, I began to work in VMI’s Writing Center this year and began to start saving my work for my own enjoyment and to utilize the free website to help promote myself.

Rhetoric’s Expansion

2nd Class Year, Archives, In Class Discussions, Rhetorical Traditions I

Since Ancient Athens and the Roman Empire, rhetoric has grown in that students are now challenged to not just memorize rules and organizational guidelines, but to actually pay attention to what they listen to or read in order to imitate their technique. Following Athens and Rome, much of the emphasis was placed on writing and … Continue reading Rhetoric’s Expansion →

Themes of Chapter 6 (Herrick)

2nd Class Year, Archives, In Class Discussions, Rhetorical Traditions I

The major theme in this chapter is that rhetoric may be used as defensively, to protect oneself or others, but it can also be used to attack, possibly innocent, others.  St. Augustine was deeply committed to the church after he found Christ while he was teaching rhetoric and believed in the morality of all things … Continue reading Themes of Chapter 6 (Herrick) →

Differing Views of Natural Talent

2nd Class Year, Archives, In Class Discussions, Rhetorical Traditions I, Thought Provoking

To say that someone has a natural talent at a sport or in a given area of study would be to say that there are people who do not have a natural talent in the area. Natural talent in education can be taken to mean one’s  IQ.  If interpreted this way, it means that these … Continue reading Differing Views of Natural Talent →

Issues Between Mere Belief and True Knowledge

2nd Class Year, Archives, In Class Discussions, Rhetorical Traditions I

Plato’s issue of mere belief vs. true knowledge come from his distaste for Gorgias and the sophists as a whole.  In Plato’s Gorgias, he writes of a conversation deciding who would win a senate physician chair.  Gorgias says that the rhetor would be able to win the seat over a career physician because he has the … Continue reading Issues Between Mere Belief and True Knowledge →