Week 12
When shaping an argument, it is vital that a writer uses formats and modalities. The modalities that one can use include verbal, written, and visual. Depending on audience and purpose, one modality might be more effective than another in getting a point across. Formats are used to help a writer develop their argument  through a document, letter, research poster, etc,. Formats are important in arguments because it will help structure your topic more wholly.
Much like in Chapter 10, Yancys article discusses how arguments, rhetoric, literacy, and structure are all hand in hand. Because literature is a broad subject, rhetoric exists within it. When reading something and analyzing it,there are both rhetoric and literature components. Yancys arguments further the notion that there are types of rhetoric that come within a literacy. She basically breaks down the types of composition and goes in depth for each one so the reader has a better understanding.
I did personally grow in my understanding of literacy and rhetoric. There is a lot that goes into writing reading, and there is a whole mental process behind choosing a medium, and analyzing a document so that it is structure properly and more effective. These readings showed how important it is to choose a media, and how vital it is to format it correctly.
This weeks readings impacted my understanding of multiliteracies/ literacies positively. Yancy used examples to show the reader how diverse literature really is. In chapter 10, the topic of modalities/ formats introduced me to solid understanding of why an argument needs to revolve around certain things. Because of technology, society, and other things, media is changing and so is literature, but the core principles of rhetoric and literacy remain the same.
