Blog one post to determine the following things for today’s text (Palmeri):
- Who is talking/writing?
- Who is the primary audience for this text?
- What does the text say (or imply) “rhetoric” is? What does this text say (or imply) “genre” is?
- What is the main argument or message of this text?
- What does this text say about the importance of rhetoric in other fields like law and medicine?
“When Discourses Collide” is written by Jason Palmeri, who is a doctoral student in English at Ohio State University. I think the primary audience of this text is the academics of rhetoric, more specifically those in the fields of health care and law. Palmeri explains how he thinks it can be difficult to conduct experiments or researches with only one specific field doing the research. He thinks that collaborations between fields can be greatly beneficial towards research. The article written presents a case study of collaboration between nurses, attorneys, and professional writers for law firms. Palmeri thinks that a roster as versatile as this, should be able to solve a majority if the problems thrown their way. This is a good strategy to tackle different experiments or research and can be very beneficial for future research. The rhetoric in the different fields coincide together and each field uses their own rhetoric to work together.
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