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Lynn Raymond
November 2, 2017
Multi-Modal Project
In other projects, rhetorical knowledge is always used in every single one I have done so
far. The use of different strategies to acquire new knowledge is always needed when researching
things you do not know about. I have used rhetorical knowledge most in my genealogy project,
due to the nature of the research needed. Dry research would not make interesting stories, so I
had to ask more colorful questions using previously acquired knowledge to piece together a
because the knowledge I gathered could only be found when asking questions outside of the box
I think the studio where we talked about a portion of our family history that we wanted to
research more really peaked my interests. I did the studio on the old architecture of the old
family house still standing on our property, and I was fascinated with all of these different
building techniques and materials used. I never once thought that I would be into learning about
boring old houses and everything to do with them, but after learning about my familys history
and how it relates to the house I wanted to learn more. The main element that pushes me to learn
more about it is the element of family. If I know that my family had anything to do with
something or went through an event I always want to learn more about that thing. This also leads
to the next question, because wanting to look into certain family members could challenge my
critical thinking skills when there was little information about that family member. Having to
piece things together and fill the gaps with educated guesses were hard.