week 2 thlog

This week, I learned more about conventions from the homework and review that we did in class. I really don't mind doing the homework because I feel like I'm becoming better at understanding rhetoric and making parallels with what we are learning in class to the real world. It's really cool! I thought identifying all of the conventions of the three different genres for pb1b was a bit more challenging, but I liked it because it made me better at analyzing genre. I also learned that while analyzing genre, we can look for patterns both structural and with content. When Zack went over the genres for pb1b, it really helped me understand how these things relate to understanding conventions on a deeper level because he made it clear to me that there are all kinds of ways to look at conventions. We can derive meaning, content, format, intentions etc.. I'm stoked on the new material I'm learning in this class and excited about what the rest of the quarter has to offer.