In his book City of Rhetoric, author David Fleming argues that our built environment is influenced by and influences the rhetoric surrounding it. Throughout the book and his research he shares different examples and his reasoning, but it’s in the final chapters where he ties it all together. In chapter 8, Fleming also raises two new questions: “What […]
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Adams Morgan: Land of the Free, Home of the Diverse
The essay below is meant to explain and rhetorically analyze a Prezi and a video, both of which can be found by clicking here. After countless hours of researching, touring, taking pictures, re-taking pictures, drafting and redrafting, I am proud to say I have finally reached the end of my college writing journey. In […]
Mapping Commonplaces – Intro to A Story About Shaw
Greetings! My name is Cory Myrtil and as part of my freshman year at American University I took my College Writing Seminar on “Mapping Complexity: Embodied Subjectivity, Multi-positionality, and the Becoming of the Citizen-Rhetor.” Through this class I was given the opportunity to talk about the rhetoric of Washington DC using the knowledge of books […]
Mapping Commonplaces: A Story About Shaw – The Project
Throughout this semester I researched 5th & O Street intersection in the Howard/Shaw area. The reason why I had chosen Shaw was because in his book S Street Rising Ruben Castaneda had described this street intersection as a “combat zone” (105) one that was filled off strawberries, cocaine, and gang affiliated murders. I thought […]
Introduction to Website
Within my commonplace, the discussion of the Mayflower Hotel is one of great interest. The dissection of the cultural, political, social, and economic status has thoroughly been discussed to show the audience the key interests at hand. The use of multimodal instances combine word and image to bring about a new definition of the Mayflower […]
Mapping Commonplaces: Rhetorical Analysis of Text
A Contextual Analysis of the Mayflower Hotel: Multimodal Perception The Exterior of the Mayflower Hotel Within a contextual area, one can find many factors of influence that become attributes for said area. This can be deemed true when analyzing the location and commonplace of the Mayflower Hotel. Located on Connecticut […]
Mapping Commonplaces: Word Map
When contextualizing information for the Mayflower Hotel, I wanted to portray my information in a way that shared both written text and image, to provide an overall sensory impact. The words provided above are formed in a map to pan out the District of Columbia itself. The Mayflower Hotel is placed at the center; with […]
The Mayflower Hotel MultiModal: Timeline
Above is a timeline of key cultural and political that have occurred at the Mayflower Hotel. This is an example of how these historic events shaped the hotel.
Rhetorical Choices Explanation
When I first started this project, I had no idea what or where the Edgewood neighborhood was. To be honest, I chose the area because it was separated from all of the other pins on the Google Map and I did not want to pick a site that was too jumbled in with the others. […]
Built Environment Project: Judiciary Square
For my College Writing 101 class, I have spent the semester researching and visiting the Judiciary Square area of Washington, D.C. I initially chose the U.S. District Attorney’s office as my location, but noticed that there was a bigger story to be told in the area surrounding it. Judiciary Square as a whole as a narrative […]