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Kenan Adams

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

story. I also used it in my artifact presentation, when gathering information on my artifact

because the knowledge I gathered could only be found when asking questions outside of the box

to get me thinking of different aspects pertaining to the artifact.

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.

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