Thlog 2

While I was writing PB1B, I realized that it was coming along a lot easier than PB1A. I noticed that in this PB, I was considering the advice my classmates provided in their journals. For example, ID 6 said that his/her writing process includes brainstorming for a bit before he/she writes. For PB1B, I decided to brainstorm an outline of how I wanted the structure of my PB1B to look, which ended up cutting my writing time in half.

I was also very intrigued to learn about the effects of visual literacy. At first, I thought that visual literacy referred to the details embedded in a paper that provides a visual image to the reader. For me, it was about how to show the reader instead of just telling him/her.  However, now I know that visual literacy refers to actual images and how they represent a story. I learned the each image is specific to what the author is trying to say, and any alter in an image can drastically change the meaning of the image.

One thing however, that I am still confused about is exigence. Our classmates stated that exigence is the thing that caused the piece of communication that you’re writing. I feel like I am confusing exigence with purpose. When I read, “what caused the piece of communication you’re writing,” I thought of the reason that I am writing this piece of paper. However, I know in class Zack said that exigence and purpose are different, but I am having trouble differentiating these two words. Our class mates also said, that exigence helps you understand the purpose of the writing. Which confirms to me that exigence and purpose are different, but I just do not know how. If anyone has a good example to help me understand exigence, and how it is different from purpose please leave it in the comments below.