The Value of Stases

 In my Advanced Writing and Editing course, we read numerous of different texts. These texts were written by experts in the rhetorical field, and with any hope, they would further our understanding of great compositions. Out of all that we read, one has stuck with me and has wove itself into the fiber of everything I had written since. This theory was that of 'stases,' which Killingsworth and Secor introduced to me. The fact that 'stases' has has such a big effect on me warrants it's own category- one that primarily focuses on this idea.

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One of the most important aspects of communication is understanding your audience- without identifying your audience's needs and appeals to those, your work will go unnoticed. That fact is what I explored as I wrote about global warming. Climate change is a highly political and controversial topic that many laymen choose to avoid. It was my goal to take this scientific information and convey it in a way that was not only understandable, but engaging. I took it upon myself to explain just why my audience, who are probably neither politicians nor scientists, should care about climate change.