For
this assignment, I chose to write about the white paper on New
Ruralism. I chose this genre sample because I'm from a small, rural
town and I felt like I could most easily connect to this idea more
than any of the others. (Yes, it's shockingly true – I, a
stressed-to-the-max college student, connected more with farming than
binge drinking!)
I
asserted throughout my blog that New Ruralism would help make America
healthier. This was mentioned in the white paper, and I drew on this
idea and expanded it a bit. Although it is definitely considered a
positive consequence of New Ruralism in the white paper, it was
merely touched on. Believing that it was worth more than that brief
mention, I wanted to expand on it in my blog because I feel that it
is one of the most important factors to be considered in the concept
of New Ruralism.
I
began my blog from a stasis of definition so that readers would
understand what New Ruralism is. Then, I shifted to a stasis of
value because I believe that New Ruralism is something that would
ultimately help our nation become stronger in the ways that really
matter. "In addition to being a scheme of invention, the stases
can also be regarded as a format for the arrangement of arguments,
and thus a corollary principle of rhetorical analysis,"
(Fahnestock & Secor, pg. 429). Working mainly in a stasis of
value guides my argument and lets the reader know that I believe in
this theory and am willing to back it up.
I
chose to include two other sources in my blog: 350.org and the CPI
Biotech Manual. I included these sources as one to back up my theory
and one to refute. In Bazerman's article on Intertextuality, he
says, “Through such relations a text evokes a representation of the
discourse situation, the textual resources that bear on the
situation, and how the current text positions itself and draws on
other texts,” (pg. 86). 350.org is the source which helped my
theory. It helps represent where I'm coming from. The Biotech
Manual shows opposition to my theory and thus shows how I position
myself.
The
stasis in which I wrote and the intertext which I included in my blog
actually reinforce each other. Including text from 350.org reflects
how I feel about this concept, as does my stasis of value. The
opposition from the Biotech Manual asserts my position, as does my
stasis of value.
Though
this blog was completely out of my realm of knowledge and comfort, I
came at it with a winner's attitude and didn't let my dislike or
discomfort defeat me.
Works Cited
Bazerman,
Charles. "Intertextuality: How Texts Rely on Other Texts'." 83-94.
Print.
<https://campus.fsu.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-5683336-dt-content-rid-32700803_2/courses/ENC4404-01.sp13/bazerman_intertextuality.pdf>.
Fahnestock, Jeanne, and Marie Secor. "The Stases in Scientific and Literary Argument." Written Communication.
5.4 (1988): 427-443. Print.
<https://campus.fsu.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-5684226-dt-content-rid-32701820_2/courses/ENC4404-01.sp13/fahnestock_secor_stases.pdf>.
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