"Bootstraps: From an Academic of Color"

    I believe he switches the perspective to describe different things. The third person perspective seems to deal more with the setting and the outlook on situations. The first person perspective seems to deal more with personal things and his feelings about people and his college work. I was taught that is in incorrect to switch back and forth in perspective in writing. You wouldn't write a paper and continuously switch up your stance on an argument. My teachers always stressed continuity. 

Villanueva defines Rhetoric as the conscious use of language. He says that Rhetoric would include everything that is conveyed through language. I've never tried imitating the writing moves of others, but of course I've observed them. In order to do the kind of imitation Villanueva describes you would have to study a writers work and see how they write in order to be more like them. He talked about doing this with professors, because he felt if he wrote like them maybe they would like it more or understand it easier. I understand completely where Villanueva is coming from about the writing just coming to him. I find it much easier to just start writing about a topic then go back through and edit things out or in, rather than go through all the phases. I can write whatever comes to mind, then go back and put things in or take things out as I see fit. This way I write the first thing that comes to mind while the topic is still fresh and I can always come back to it when new ideas emerge. I suppose it isn't too different from just going through the steps of writing an essay, but this way has always just seemed easier to me. I guess it depends on how you're taught to do it and also just what you feel more comfortable with.