7 Examples:
In Relationship,
The phase 10 deck of cards was a good tie in, because she mentions it at both ends of the story, which seems to emphasize that it is an important part of her discussions with her friend.
The description of the birthday scene is extremely vivid, both in detail of the events, and of her feelings, which creates a strong appeal to our pathos.
The description of her feelings when she lied to her mom was especially good, since we can all relate to what it feels like to betray the trust of someone that important to us.
In Mistaken Procrastinator,
The use of a direct ending, when she addresses the reader, was very helpful because it helped finish off the essay in a way to make it connect to the readers.
The Show and tell example was also a good one, because readers can relate to it.
In Don't take it for granted,
The bathroom example was a good one because it furthers her point that people see our actions as who we are.
I liked the description of the events with Doyle. She describes his "Doubtful" expression, but then he ends up going with her, which reinforces her point about friends.
5 things for my essay
I may go into more detail about my fight with the "Lady," or I may take it out completely. It doesn't really do much for the story as it is, and i don't really see what it could add to it.
Im going to add more description of the jokes as they were outside of plot, and outside of the group.
I'm also going to insert somewhere descriptions about the jokes other members of the French group had to endure, even though they weren't actually French.
I may include a description of how I felt when they decided not to include the French into the story at all, even though it was my last year and they knew it was important to me.
I think i'm going to do what Mistaken Procrastinator did, and have a direct ending where I make a plea to the four heads of fair.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Drinking research + thesis
Hanson, David J. "The Legal Drinking Age: Science vs. Ideology." Alcohol Problems and Solutions. State University of New York, 1997. Web. 02 Aug. 2011. <http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/1046348726.html>.
This article will be useful to develop my Ethos, and it includes a lot of Pathos ideas I can either quote or use. He uses a lot of facts, and I can use this as a base from which to research more.
NYRA. "Drinking Age Solutions." National Youth Rights Association. NYRA, 2005. Web. 02 Aug. 2011. <http://www.youthrights.org/dasolutions.php>.
I can use this website to find facts that will appeal to both of my audiences: legislators, and teens. It provides alternatives to the current system, and offers ideas on how to educate teens about safe drinking.
Streppel, M. T., M. C. Ocke, H. C. Boshuizen, F. J. Kok, and D. Kromhout. "Long-term Wine Consumption Is Related to Cardiovascular Mortality and Life Expectancy Independently of Moderate Alcohol Intake: the Zutphen Study -- Streppel Et Al. 63 (7): 534 -- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health." Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. BMJ Journals, 2009. Web. 02 Aug. 2011. <http://jech.bmj.com/content/63/7/534>.
This website is the most informational of the three, and I will use it to back up my claims about the health related issues/benefits of alcohol consumption. It’s very straightforward, and offers comparisons between people who drink and people who don’t.I am evaluating “drinking red wine with your parents from a young age” as a good thing because 1)it is healthy for you, 2) it teaches you to drink in moderation, and 3) it stop drinking from being a novelty in order to establish that France’s approach to teaching kids how to drink is better than the American approach of just making them wait until their 21st birthday.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Cultural Icons
* Think of three cultural objects of interest. Freewrite about why you think it is good of bad (or the epitome of mediocrity). What does it mean to you? Why are you interested in it? What are people saying about it. How have people reacted to it. Where has it been taken up and used or repeated? Where has it made the most impact? How and why?
Heavy Metal
Heavy metal music is relatively new in the music industry. It involves making as much noise, and having the least amount of sensible lyrics possible. Thankfully enough, heavy metal seems to be going out of fashion, but a few years ago, it was played really loudly in a lot of places. To me, heavy metal is as much crap as Lady Gaga's videos. It's just noise, and the quality of the sound makes it hard to hear people after you've been listening to it for a few minutes. Generally speaking, most heavy metal groups were American, although I have heard quite a bit of German heavy metal as well. (And the change in language didn't help this styles of music's cause at all) I think lately there has been a lot less interest in this industry, probably because there are better and quieter things to listen to.
Star trek
Star trek was a great series of films, especially considering the budget/resources they had to create them at the time. I've watched most of the series, and then I watched the new one when it came out. Although they altered a lot of things, the producers of the new movie were pretty faithful to the story of the original star trek series, though with a lot of cooler effects. Unfortunately, Star trek is going out of style with the newer generations. Although the plots were amazing, our generation won't watch anything that doesn't have good graphics these days. I believe Star trek inspired a lot of the Star Wars films who are a bit more popular with the younger generations because of the newer three films, the last of which only came out a few years ago.
Hummers
Hummers are the bane of the environment, and people's wallets. These heavy vehicles were originally designed for the army, and were so heavily plated that they consumed as much as a small tank. However, even without all the anti rocket armor plating, these vehicles, adapted to the civilian sector, still weigh more than other comparatively same sized vehicles. They became extremely popular for a short while, (though this popularity never left the U.S) but soon their bad environmental reputation outweighed the all american feeling of "Bigger is better." Another reason why Hummers may have fallen out of the spotlight is their mileage. Hummers have to be constantly refilled, although for most people who own hummers that may not be an issue.
Heavy Metal
Heavy metal music is relatively new in the music industry. It involves making as much noise, and having the least amount of sensible lyrics possible. Thankfully enough, heavy metal seems to be going out of fashion, but a few years ago, it was played really loudly in a lot of places. To me, heavy metal is as much crap as Lady Gaga's videos. It's just noise, and the quality of the sound makes it hard to hear people after you've been listening to it for a few minutes. Generally speaking, most heavy metal groups were American, although I have heard quite a bit of German heavy metal as well. (And the change in language didn't help this styles of music's cause at all) I think lately there has been a lot less interest in this industry, probably because there are better and quieter things to listen to.
Star trek
Star trek was a great series of films, especially considering the budget/resources they had to create them at the time. I've watched most of the series, and then I watched the new one when it came out. Although they altered a lot of things, the producers of the new movie were pretty faithful to the story of the original star trek series, though with a lot of cooler effects. Unfortunately, Star trek is going out of style with the newer generations. Although the plots were amazing, our generation won't watch anything that doesn't have good graphics these days. I believe Star trek inspired a lot of the Star Wars films who are a bit more popular with the younger generations because of the newer three films, the last of which only came out a few years ago.
Hummers
Hummers are the bane of the environment, and people's wallets. These heavy vehicles were originally designed for the army, and were so heavily plated that they consumed as much as a small tank. However, even without all the anti rocket armor plating, these vehicles, adapted to the civilian sector, still weigh more than other comparatively same sized vehicles. They became extremely popular for a short while, (though this popularity never left the U.S) but soon their bad environmental reputation outweighed the all american feeling of "Bigger is better." Another reason why Hummers may have fallen out of the spotlight is their mileage. Hummers have to be constantly refilled, although for most people who own hummers that may not be an issue.
Gaga Post
The main article about Gaga brings up a lot of different singers and composers to pit them against her. Both authors argue that Gaga is part of a disappearing kind of compositors, and that her pro sex iconism is starting to disappear. I really liked how the blog was in a way an echo of the main article, since Gaga is referred in it as a "monster," and a "trickster." However, the difference between the two responses is that Paglia is trying to discredit Gaga completely, and does a good job of it, while Cohen is trying to twist facts to agree with her reality, which doesn't seem to work out very well...Paglia mentions on multiple occasions how Gaga's sex appeal has gone way down, until it has reached the "asexual" level. She mentions Gaga's facial expressions, and seeming lack of emotions as a way to distance her from the rest of the population. Cohen, on the other hand, is obviously a Gaga fan, and is trying to argue for multiple meanings to her video. I watched the video, just to see what Cohen was talking about, and I must say I agree a lot more with Paglia, and instead of enjoying the video, I became scared for the future of pop music.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Peer review 7/28/2011
Wednesday's review wasn't as helpful as the other ones.
While he did point out some sentences that could be rearranged, and some wording that was wrong, the topic of my paper was such that he couldn't help me much.
After looking at all his comments, I was able to rethink the paper for myself and rearrange some parts.
The activity we did Thursday was a lot more helpful, since it affected my style which was somethign that has nothing to do with he topic chosen.
While he did point out some sentences that could be rearranged, and some wording that was wrong, the topic of my paper was such that he couldn't help me much.
After looking at all his comments, I was able to rethink the paper for myself and rearrange some parts.
The activity we did Thursday was a lot more helpful, since it affected my style which was somethign that has nothing to do with he topic chosen.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Dinner last night
My dinner was composed of Italian leftovers and Chinese egg rolls. The Italian leftovers I could not tell you they were made, although I do know the pasta was cooked in olive oil and then a sauce of pesto and shrimp was added unto it. Then there were pieces of chicken, but the best part was the entree. Italian "Saucisson." My friends brought it back from their last trip, and it reminded me of home, it tasted of villages lost in the rolling hills of southern France/northern Italy. The smoked quality of the meat made it hard to chew, almost like jerky, and the spiciness included set it apart. The pasta smelled, tasted, and looked the best. It was a nice green color, with infinitely small bits of pink, and smelled of olives and pesto. The chicken had been fried in a pan and "panee" (no idea how to say that in English), and it brought back memories of our home in the mountains in France where everything was homemade. The Chinese food, however, made me realize how much America doesn't know about other cultures. these things were deep fried, and then microwaved, and had almost no taste. they were shiny from the deep frying oil used on them, and didn't look very appetizing at all. They didn't smell like anything either, and they had the texture of wet cardboard. I didn't have any dessert as I was too tired to care at 10 p.m after 4 hours of work.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Reflection on three essays
Read the three essays (the two of mine posted on Angel and the gaming addiction one over at Kotaku). Then do the following:
1) Write a bit about how these essays differ from the writing you are used to writing/reading. How do they use a different structure, tone, techniques, etc?
They are a bit darker in mood, they use more examples and dialogue to pursue their main ideas. They appeal more to the pathos of the reader, and not their logos. Their Ethos is mainly that they are human beings. At least two of the reading had multiple points in their ending. (better life, girlfriend is bad, no more gaming... stuff like that.)
2) Take one of the essays and write a few sentences about the purpose and audience for the essay. What are they and how do you know?
The gaming addiction essay's purpose is to tell the story of a Gaming addiction and how bad it can be for a person. The audience for that is people who are also addicted to gaming, to tell them that there is a way out and that they shouldn't just sink deeper into their games. Another purpose could also be to educate the people who can influence gamers to stop gaming. In other words, educate parents about letting their children become gamers, and teaching people not to let the boyfriends/girlfriends be on their computers too much.
Free writes
Free write Friday:
-List memories/experiences starting as early as possible.
The earliest thing I can remember is walking around Saint-Foy les Lyon, back when I was in preschool, and seeing my school with the big blue bars all around it. I also remember from around that time going to my grandparents’ place, since they lived ten minutes away. Then I remember my second brother’s birth, though I mostly remember being in a hospital room and eric getting a stuffed animal... After that, I remember a birthday party in Chaponost, that lasted two days, one of which was for friends and the second was for family. I remember that day a bunch of us got into trouble. Same town, a few years later, My grandparents and my grandmother from my mother’s side all came to our house for Christmas and i was one of the worst years-weather wise- that we’d had in a long time so they ended up staying longer. I remember the countless hours of soccer practice in the heat, and one day playing hooky from one because I just wasnt interested anymore. I remember our very first computer for games downstairs, and how I got a bunch of star wars games that my baby brother decided to destroy within minutes of my having gotten them. I remember riding my dads motorcycle around that little village and I remember when dad got each and every single one of his cars. the Mehari he’d always had along with the deux-chevaux, then he got the d.s, and then the quatre-chevaux, and then he got a random tractor from a friend of his which he proceeded to take apart, clean, and paint. Then we got the land-rover, but that was when we had to leave for the U.S. The year before that, we went and visited some friends in Florida, and visited Disney world. Then we moved here to the U.S, and I remember Louis being born and how much bigger mom’s hospital room was in the U.S than in France. I remember learning English, countless hours of painful translating for which i now thank my mom. I remember our trips to the Grand canyon and beyond, and to the Blue ridge parkway when we went down south. then there was middle school, and then high school with all the dances, and then swing dance which brought about even more dancing and newer friends. I remember my group of five friends in middle school, we thought we were the invincible six... I remember my first date, and my last one and every one in between. I remember getting my license, being able to drive alone. I remember getting my first laptop ( with my own money, I’ve had many my dad gave me) I remember getting my swords, and enjoying putting them up on my wall. I remember junior prom, and senior prom, and the difference in the two, how I enjoyed senior prom so much more.
Free write Saturday:
-What things do you spend your time doing?
It seems I used to do so much more with my time. Or less... I remember there was a point in mt life where all i did was read. which was tons of fun, but I'd never do it now. If I look at all last week to see what I spent my time on, i skyped with friends and family in friends a lot. I went to class and studied a lot. I did a lot of last minute editing on my paper on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. I played lots of video games including star wars battlefront I, star wars battlefront II, and, surprise, Star wars Commando. I also did read, but only about half a book in a week which I think is a bit ridiculous... I watched a lot of TV, since I work at the library I can pick up whatever looks good everyday. speaking of the library, this week I spent a bit over 16 hours there, which for me is average. I do spend a lot of time cooking nowadays, but I'm sure that will go down drastically as soon as my parents come home. I hung out with friends, which basically takes up the rest of my time. On Friday night, I baked and watched harry potter with two of my friends until midnight, at which point my friend’s brother took me to my other friends house where we played such nerdy games as magic until 5 in the morning. then, Saturday, we went shopping for 6 hours for sword parts, and then spent 3 hours making half of a sword. That’s not really typical, but I do spend a lot of time on my swords. I have created many wooden swords, and am currently working on smoothing down and sharpening a 5 foot wooden sword to make it look nicer. I also spend a lot of time researching whatever comes to my mind from nano-technology (what a shocker eh?) to looking around for good laptop prices to learning a bit more about history and its impact on us.
Free write Sunday
-When was the last time you got upset or really happy? Why? (saw victoria’s video?)
I honestly can’t remember the last time I had either of these two reactions strongly enough to leave an impression. I guess I got rather upset a couple of weeks after I broke up with my girlfriend three year ago. She had taken the news terribly and I could understand why, but it had been two weeks so I thought she would have gotten over it by then. However, she just started screaming at myself and her friends one day, me for breaking up with her, and her friends for still hanging out with me. It was bad, and one of her friends ended up slapping her in front of everyone. I just tried to stay out of it at that point. Some would call that cowardly, since it was my fault all this was happening, but I couldn’t really side with her friends against her. Good emotions, however, I feel pretty regularly, but not in extremes. I was pretty happy to finally see my sister on skype after 4 weeks of separation yesterday. She seemed to recognize me (shes 1 year old) and she smiled a lot, so I was really happy then. I remember being extremely happy whenever I go to France, seeing the homeland and especially seeing all the friends and family I left behind.
-List memories/experiences starting as early as possible.
The earliest thing I can remember is walking around Saint-Foy les Lyon, back when I was in preschool, and seeing my school with the big blue bars all around it. I also remember from around that time going to my grandparents’ place, since they lived ten minutes away. Then I remember my second brother’s birth, though I mostly remember being in a hospital room and eric getting a stuffed animal... After that, I remember a birthday party in Chaponost, that lasted two days, one of which was for friends and the second was for family. I remember that day a bunch of us got into trouble. Same town, a few years later, My grandparents and my grandmother from my mother’s side all came to our house for Christmas and i was one of the worst years-weather wise- that we’d had in a long time so they ended up staying longer. I remember the countless hours of soccer practice in the heat, and one day playing hooky from one because I just wasnt interested anymore. I remember our very first computer for games downstairs, and how I got a bunch of star wars games that my baby brother decided to destroy within minutes of my having gotten them. I remember riding my dads motorcycle around that little village and I remember when dad got each and every single one of his cars. the Mehari he’d always had along with the deux-chevaux, then he got the d.s, and then the quatre-chevaux, and then he got a random tractor from a friend of his which he proceeded to take apart, clean, and paint. Then we got the land-rover, but that was when we had to leave for the U.S. The year before that, we went and visited some friends in Florida, and visited Disney world. Then we moved here to the U.S, and I remember Louis being born and how much bigger mom’s hospital room was in the U.S than in France. I remember learning English, countless hours of painful translating for which i now thank my mom. I remember our trips to the Grand canyon and beyond, and to the Blue ridge parkway when we went down south. then there was middle school, and then high school with all the dances, and then swing dance which brought about even more dancing and newer friends. I remember my group of five friends in middle school, we thought we were the invincible six... I remember my first date, and my last one and every one in between. I remember getting my license, being able to drive alone. I remember getting my first laptop ( with my own money, I’ve had many my dad gave me) I remember getting my swords, and enjoying putting them up on my wall. I remember junior prom, and senior prom, and the difference in the two, how I enjoyed senior prom so much more.
Free write Saturday:
-What things do you spend your time doing?
It seems I used to do so much more with my time. Or less... I remember there was a point in mt life where all i did was read. which was tons of fun, but I'd never do it now. If I look at all last week to see what I spent my time on, i skyped with friends and family in friends a lot. I went to class and studied a lot. I did a lot of last minute editing on my paper on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. I played lots of video games including star wars battlefront I, star wars battlefront II, and, surprise, Star wars Commando. I also did read, but only about half a book in a week which I think is a bit ridiculous... I watched a lot of TV, since I work at the library I can pick up whatever looks good everyday. speaking of the library, this week I spent a bit over 16 hours there, which for me is average. I do spend a lot of time cooking nowadays, but I'm sure that will go down drastically as soon as my parents come home. I hung out with friends, which basically takes up the rest of my time. On Friday night, I baked and watched harry potter with two of my friends until midnight, at which point my friend’s brother took me to my other friends house where we played such nerdy games as magic until 5 in the morning. then, Saturday, we went shopping for 6 hours for sword parts, and then spent 3 hours making half of a sword. That’s not really typical, but I do spend a lot of time on my swords. I have created many wooden swords, and am currently working on smoothing down and sharpening a 5 foot wooden sword to make it look nicer. I also spend a lot of time researching whatever comes to my mind from nano-technology (what a shocker eh?) to looking around for good laptop prices to learning a bit more about history and its impact on us.
Free write Sunday
-When was the last time you got upset or really happy? Why? (saw victoria’s video?)
I honestly can’t remember the last time I had either of these two reactions strongly enough to leave an impression. I guess I got rather upset a couple of weeks after I broke up with my girlfriend three year ago. She had taken the news terribly and I could understand why, but it had been two weeks so I thought she would have gotten over it by then. However, she just started screaming at myself and her friends one day, me for breaking up with her, and her friends for still hanging out with me. It was bad, and one of her friends ended up slapping her in front of everyone. I just tried to stay out of it at that point. Some would call that cowardly, since it was my fault all this was happening, but I couldn’t really side with her friends against her. Good emotions, however, I feel pretty regularly, but not in extremes. I was pretty happy to finally see my sister on skype after 4 weeks of separation yesterday. She seemed to recognize me (shes 1 year old) and she smiled a lot, so I was really happy then. I remember being extremely happy whenever I go to France, seeing the homeland and especially seeing all the friends and family I left behind.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Peer review 7/20/2011
Yesterday's peer review was very helpful, especially since lauren was able to point out the sentences that I needed to rewrite. It seems my argument had some holes in it as well, and I'm glad she caught them. I noticed that as I was reading over my paper, there were a lot of sentences that I overlooked when I looked over it the first time, because those sentences made sense to me at the time.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
vanity post
Read "Vanity, they Name is Metrosexual"
Briefly answer the following questions
1) How does the author define Metrosexual? How does the author relate the term to a larger argument?
"A metrosexual... is a straight man who styles his hair using three different products, loves clothes and the very act of shopping for them, and describes himself as sensitive and romantic."
She relates to the larger argument of dating guys by telling us that it has become increasingly difficult for her to see the difference between straight and gay men.
2) What is at stake in the definition of the term? How does the author make this clear?
At stake is the label that society put on this new "breed" of men. She makes this clear by providing examples of stereotypes we have about metrosexuals, and also examples of things she has noticed are true.
3) Note one other means of persuasion that you found particularly effective in the article. What about the audience does this means rely on.
She bring out extremes, and uses a bit of humor as well as personal experience to make her piece seem more attainable.
Briefly answer the following questions
1) How does the author define Metrosexual? How does the author relate the term to a larger argument?
"A metrosexual... is a straight man who styles his hair using three different products, loves clothes and the very act of shopping for them, and describes himself as sensitive and romantic."
She relates to the larger argument of dating guys by telling us that it has become increasingly difficult for her to see the difference between straight and gay men.
2) What is at stake in the definition of the term? How does the author make this clear?
At stake is the label that society put on this new "breed" of men. She makes this clear by providing examples of stereotypes we have about metrosexuals, and also examples of things she has noticed are true.
3) Note one other means of persuasion that you found particularly effective in the article. What about the audience does this means rely on.
She bring out extremes, and uses a bit of humor as well as personal experience to make her piece seem more attainable.
Definition essay take 2
Giving away National secrets and endangering our security is not Freedom of Speech
Freedom of speech is
Our right to know and spread information
Speaking your mind, not spreading rumors.
Saying whatever you want as long as it doesn't hurt other/infringes on their rights.
Speaking your mind, not spreading rumors.
Saying whatever you want as long as it doesn't hurt other/infringes on their rights.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Peer review Blog
During the peer review, I got a lot of comments about the organization of my paper, the quotes I used, the sentence structure, and the transitions.
I went back and took some of my quotes and did what people had suggested: take them and break them up.
I also went back and tried to make my sentences more straightforward.
There was also a paragraph in which I had missed Joy's point entirely, and I went back and rewrote the ending of that paragraph to counter his argument more carefully.
Apart from that, I just changed the organization and some transitions.
I think the editing was very useful, especially yours though.
I went back and took some of my quotes and did what people had suggested: take them and break them up.
I also went back and tried to make my sentences more straightforward.
There was also a paragraph in which I had missed Joy's point entirely, and I went back and rewrote the ending of that paragraph to counter his argument more carefully.
Apart from that, I just changed the organization and some transitions.
I think the editing was very useful, especially yours though.
Friday, July 8, 2011
7/8/2011
I am going to use Bill Joy's "Why the future doesn't need us" article on pages 425-433 for the rebuttal assignment.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Drexler - Smalley Response - Due 7/7
- What is the main point of contention between Drexler and Smalley?
- Smalley does not think molecular assemblers as envisioned by Drexler are physically possible.
- What is at stake in their argument?
- The future of Nanotechnology research.
- Name a few strategies they use to refute the other side.
- Drexley argues that Smalley's interpretation of his works is wrong, and that his arguments are not related to the issue at hand at all
- Smalley makes Drexley look like an uncooperative man, who doesn't want to talk about the things Smalley is trying to get into a conversation about.
- Drexley uses Smalley's own words against him to refute his arguments about impossibilities: "A scientist whose research I respect has observed that 'when a scientist says something is possible, they're probably underestimating how long it will take. But if they say it's impossible, they're probably wrong.' The scientist quoted is, of course, Richard Smalley."
- How does both Smalley and Drexler develop their ethos (provide an example)
- They cite their experience with the subject, and their previous works as well as others' works.
- "I have a 20 year history of technical publications in this area and consistently describe systems quite unlike the straw man you attack [Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct., 23, 337 (1994); Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London A, 353, 323 (1995)]."
- Point to at least one logical fallacy used on both sides and explain why it is fallacy (see GRs pg 17-19)
- Either-or fallacy by Drexler: "...one must either choose different conditions (different positions, reactants, adjacent groups) or choose another synthetic target." Those are not neccessarily the only two options
- Oversimplification by Smalley: " You are still in a pretend world where atoms go where you want because your computer program directs them to go there." That is not exactly what Drexler is saying. Drexler is saying we can use machines to organize some compounds which will affect the molecules we want to affect. It is much more complicated than just telling the milecule where we want it to go.
- Which side to do you think was more convincing and why?
- Drexley seemed more convincing to me, as Smalley sounded more like an angry little kid who was trying to win the argument by pushing the other away. Drexley used logos a lot more, while Smalley used pathos, and that is why in a sense Drexley was easier to believe in a talk about scientific research.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Post 2
I would like to use the Nanomachines ethicality interview pages 434-439.
Nixon impeachment issue:
Context:
He mentions that at the time Nixon was under investigation.
He also mentions that this was not just a private speech, but that it was to be televised to the entire nation.
He gives us the setting telling us that Nixon was republican while most of the Senate was Democrat.
4th:
In context, the fact that she was the first African-American from the south to ever serve in Congress could have played a major role in the way she delivered her speech. Such a feat gives you a certain amount of credibility, and people would have been willing to listen to her.
Text:
He notices that she establishes her Ethos by making herself out to be a concerned citizen.
He emphasizes the point that she uses words that will accuse the president not only in their meaning, but just in the way they are used. Words that we do not "want to hear describing the actions of [our] president".
He then points out that Jordan then made it seem as though the Constitution itself was under attack, which she knew would be something important to the American people.
4th:
She keeps her paragraphs short and to the point, which in spoken form would add to the delivery. she cites her examples, backs them up, and then moves on. She comes back to the really important ones near the end, and repeats over and over her most important point: That what the president did was unconstitutional.
Nixon impeachment issue:
Context:
He mentions that at the time Nixon was under investigation.
He also mentions that this was not just a private speech, but that it was to be televised to the entire nation.
He gives us the setting telling us that Nixon was republican while most of the Senate was Democrat.
4th:
In context, the fact that she was the first African-American from the south to ever serve in Congress could have played a major role in the way she delivered her speech. Such a feat gives you a certain amount of credibility, and people would have been willing to listen to her.
Text:
He notices that she establishes her Ethos by making herself out to be a concerned citizen.
He emphasizes the point that she uses words that will accuse the president not only in their meaning, but just in the way they are used. Words that we do not "want to hear describing the actions of [our] president".
He then points out that Jordan then made it seem as though the Constitution itself was under attack, which she knew would be something important to the American people.
4th:
She keeps her paragraphs short and to the point, which in spoken form would add to the delivery. she cites her examples, backs them up, and then moves on. She comes back to the really important ones near the end, and repeats over and over her most important point: That what the president did was unconstitutional.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
My English History
My English classes began during 5th grade. I came over from France at the age of nine, not knowing any English. Arriving to a State College middle school in which I was expected to speak and understand English was, therefore, a problem. I took ESL classes for six months, and then followed the same classes everyone else took all through middle school. The one difference being the Speech class I took last year, which was a mix of composition and public speaking, with some focus on learning to write to the intended audience, and trying to introduce our feelings into our styles of writing. Although I am not science oriented, writing has never been my area of expertise, or of interest for that matter. I spent countless hours reading, but the only thing I have ever written for myself (that was not required by some class) was a book that I never finished into which I incorporated a lot of my dreams. For my future careers, or at least, those I wish to enter, I know and understand that i will need to do a lot of writing. I would like to work on making my writing flow more. I find that as I write, ideas just come pouring out without a lot of transitions, which can make reading my writing much harder.
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