The Rule of Ten (superstition)

"TIPS of CONTROLLING SADNESS ARE PATIENTS, PACE yourself and PROUD of who you are INCLUDING a nice VACATION for yourself"

The word above is about the rule of ten that I learn in my previous class which are stands for Topic, Content, Source, Audience, The rhetorical function, Purpose, Perspective, Positioning, Impact and Visual literacy. The rule of ten is used when us want to comment or criticize an opinion or article. In my opinion, it is a very good step where it teach us how to make perhaps a very good comment or criticize on something.

In the class, the example that Sir Mark use is superstition. Where all of us has been asked to choose any superstition that we know and write a comment about it. The superstition that I choose is "If a black cat jump over a dead body, the corpse will 'alive' again. We learn on how to built a topic based on the title that we choose and it's better if we make a general statement before we go to other part of the title.

It's really interesting as we learn how to make a better comment as compared before this. I'm not saying that we are not that really learning before this but, with this rule of ten make me more understand on how to make better comment on something. Besides, I could understand more as we choose our own title as it make us more understand about what we are trying to learn that day.

When we move to content, we has been asked to not just rephrase the title but perhaps to make a new statement based on the title that we have choose earlier. So, it something like this, "Many old folks believe that if a black cat jump over a corpse, the corpse will come back to live". After that, we go to the next part, source, where we should state where we know about the title and after we have identify the source, we think about who is the audience.

Second last, we think of one or more about the rhetorical function about what are the reason why the superstition exist and last but not least, the purpose of why the superstition is exist or being told by the elders. With the help of the rule of ten, I believe that it could help me in built a good comment on an article later on.

*22 Jan 2010 : Friday