Blog Post 2

1. I have never thought of this idea before, but it makes sense. While I have thought of the author attempting to convince the reader to take their opinion or take action through persuasion. I would say the difference between talking and negotiating is that talking is more casual and friendly while negotiating is more about finding a solution to a problem that is common between at least two individuals. Talking is writing about a story or facts that are presented by scientific means or other similar fields. The facts are important because they don't bring in opinion and only presents the truth, or what is thought to be the truth. I think what you are writing about or for would determine which style you should write in. In a children's book you should write as if you are talking, and if you are writing a discussion or a rebuttal to someone else's statement or opinion you would want to write in a negotiating voice. You can do this by being very convincing and always have the audiences interests in mind as you try to share your point of view.

4. Simply put, constraints are means to prevent the rhetor from getting their points across to the audience. However it is stated that the authors should use the constraints to their benefit by constraining the audience and better persuading them with the authors idea. Examples of such constraints could be family or cultural traditions, books, common knowledge and facts, an other such ideas. They can be used to convince the audience of an argument quicker if they are reminded or taught these so called constraints. There is also the problem for authors of what to do when they are presented with constraints. There are positive constraints, which can be used to help persuade the audience, and there are negative constraints which can hurt the authors basis of argument.

7. First the discourse is needed, because it was preempted by an event or situation which needs to be discussed and presented to the audience. An example of this is when a football coach must address the team about an event like a big loss to their rival. He must explain what happened and what they must do to move on and get better. This leads into what is the discourse trying to accomplish? In this example the coach is trying to fix mistakes and not let moral of the team and the players individually get low so they collapse and won't overcome this obstacle. The discourse is trying to explain the rhetors objective and present the ideas that he feels important.