Welcome to my e-portfolio!
This portfolio is my place to show off my best academic work and demonstrate my achievements from this past year. I've had the opportunity to work in a wide range of mediums, including blogs and audio, in addition to formal essays. While putting this portfolio together I have realized just how important rhetoric is to every form of communication. Rhetoric comes across in every choice a person makes while communicating: from the words or images he uses to the media itself. What's more, working on the projects highlighted in this portfolio have shown me how much rhetoric surrounds us in every aspect of our lives, though we barely notice it. Movies, T-shirts, buildings, body language, and even the layout of this website can be considered rhetorical because they work to shape our opinions and are designed to make a specific impression on us.
In this portfolio I will be highlighting the rhetorical aspects of my blogs and various other projects as I have come to see them. I have tried to tailor each piece as much as possible to portray my message clearly to my audience. This manifests itself in the formal, succinct language of my essay, and the fun but informative language of my blogs. I have used visual rhetoric to enhance my audio essay as well as my blogs, and tried to use the images to magnify my message by immersing my audience deeper into my topic. Rhetorical skills are important life skills that are transferable to and necessary in nearly every aspect of life: from professional projects to talking with friends. I believe the projects in this portfolio encompass a wide variety of rhetorical techniques and demonstrate how I've learned to interact with the world.
In this portfolio I will be highlighting the rhetorical aspects of my blogs and various other projects as I have come to see them. I have tried to tailor each piece as much as possible to portray my message clearly to my audience. This manifests itself in the formal, succinct language of my essay, and the fun but informative language of my blogs. I have used visual rhetoric to enhance my audio essay as well as my blogs, and tried to use the images to magnify my message by immersing my audience deeper into my topic. Rhetorical skills are important life skills that are transferable to and necessary in nearly every aspect of life: from professional projects to talking with friends. I believe the projects in this portfolio encompass a wide variety of rhetorical techniques and demonstrate how I've learned to interact with the world.