James's Week One Thlog

This week I learned about conventions and how identifying them is imperative in order to truly analyze a genre. Learning this has really opened my mind to the many structures and patterns of genres, and has made me look at the world differently. Identifying these patterns in the world around me has made me more skeptical while analyzing situations and I now question the rhetorical features of anything that has the potential to mislead or spin me. I feel that I am more confident in myself when making decisions based on information derived from advertisements too. This has been very beneficial to me and I look forward to learning more about rhetorical analysis un depth.