Never forget the Rhetorical Situation

For this week, we were to read about evaluating. Of course, it started out with a simple example story. I usually just skim over these, reading the beginning and ends of paragraphs because I find them boring. The reading then went on to menion the key features of evaluations. This was very helpful, since I don't really know how to properly evaluate something. Most of the key features were pretty self explanitory. Obviously, one should begin with a brief description of the subject. This is so with just about any paper that is an evaluation or analysis.
The reading then went on to once again mention the rhetorical situation. I feel this has been restated in jsut about every reading we have had to do out of this book. So once again, we must consider purpose, audience, stance, and media/design. It is good that it restates this so often, because it is clearly engraved in my brain, and I think of it often when I write a paper now.
The most helpful part of this reading was the part about ways of organizing an evaluation. Usually, when writing a paper, the part that I have the most trouble with is the part about getting my ideas organized. This was helpful. =)