In Class Lab: Ads

In the ad, there are two men who have different phone companies. The man on the right has Verizon, and he appears to be judging the man on the left, who has AT&T. The man with Verizon is more kempt and put together, whereas the man with AT&T is a bit disheveled, with a sour look on his face. The maps above their heads represent the coverage of their respective companies, with Verizon’s being more filled in. By looking at the setting and background we can see what seems like a college campus with people walking, eating or hanging out. It’s likely Verizon wanted to have College students to see this Ad. It’s likely a College student would be attracted to the difference between AT&T and Verizon and likely go with Verizon. College students in general have so many classes and so little time for anything in between. College students will likely find this appealing and possibly convenient due to the similarity of the setting and how the ad in itself is focused on the college and/or University setting. The ad, in comparing the two men, is subtly saying that if you have verizon, you are more well put-together and probably have a better handle on life than if you have AT&T. If you’re using the competitor's service, then you are less likely to look attractive, and definitely won't be able you use your phone nearly as much.

Verizon has more coverage than AT&T, due to their mass amount of cell towers. AT&T’s towers is more open to their smaller brands. This causes AT&T’s towers to be slower in speed, unlike Verizon who does not share their tower as many with smaller or prepaid phone companies; this is why they both have different speeds. Verizon Wireless has had a long time record of having good coverage and reliable networks while AT&T just behind them, so much so, that Verizon has beat all competitors. James Geddes, of Tech Times stated, “Verizon beat out all the competition in network reliability, speed and data and call performance. but AT&T was nipping at its heels, with a score of 79.5, just below Verizon’s 81.6 showing.” Micheal Hodel, a Morningstar Analyst said, "Verizon Wireless' continued strong customer loyalty indicates that a large percentage of customers choose the firm for attributes it controls directly, including its network reputation ... the separation between Verizon and second-place finisher AT&T was small." later stating that AT&T is coming out with a policy for customers paying too much to be moved to a lower plan. With this kind of support, Micheal Hodel says it "continues to produce strong customer loyalty, with customer defections remaining at a record low level" (qtd. in Geddes).

The sibling rivalry between AT&T and Verizon started in 1982. Both companies started out as one: the Bell Telephone Company in 1885. It held a monopoly over all telephones until it was split into different companies because of its monopolization. Ever since, Verizon and AT&T have fought to out do each other, with verizon being ever so slightly more successful. Verizon’s coverage caters to 280 million Americans, compared to AT&T’s 233 million (NBC article)

One of Verizon's slogans,"There's a map for that," is a play off of the Apple Incs. catch phrase, “There’s an app for that.” It’s building off of a catchy, already established motto from another company in order to spread the information about its wider coverage.

AT&T’s slogan, "Your world delivered. Connecting you to your world, everywhere you live and work" makes it seem like they have a lot of coverage and that, no matter where you are, you’ll be able to communicate with anyone you want. As you can tell from the ad, that’s not true. Verizon has more coverage, especially in places that are more remote, not just cities and highways, which is what AT&T covers.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/34154174/ns/business-us_business/t/att-verizon-face-tv-ads/

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/20437/20141118/verizon-vs-att-who-has-the-most-loyal-wireless-customers.htm

Bidding Farewell to Arms

Quoting Paraphrasing and Summary

1. A man named Roman Skaskiw asked himself a question, "Are you still in the army?" He explains about being "a name on the list" and saying, "at the eight year mark, I would have been allowed to resign my commission and irrevocably separate myself from the military, but my number came up at the seven year and two month mark, mobilizing me, as the letter said in all capital letters, (FOR 545 DAYS UNLESS EXTENDED)." later after he had done the "545 days," he came across a most difficult choice for him at the time between "remaining part of the I.I.R, or resigning for honorable discharge."
2. Roman Skaskiw a man part of a reserve unit thinks about his life now and what it could be, as he questions him self he is then deployed and later after deployment continues to question him self and finding things to occupy his time, but came to the point of resigning from the military. 
3. Roman Skaskiw tells of his life in the reserve unit and how he got deployed in moments notice. he then finds daily experiences to pass the time and questions himself until he finally resigns from the military. 

Class Lab: Advertisements

1. Animal Activists, people who are against cruelty towards animals: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Mercy for animals, and Freedom For Animals.
2. These advertisements are intended for animal lovers, pet owners, people who shop at Walmart, and people who buy cosmetics.
3. We can tell by the subjects and the strong messages that the imagery conveys.
4. The purpose of these texts  in order to generate support and provide awareness. Their creators want to stop animal cruelty and give every animal a good life.
5. PETA appeal to pet owner’s emotions by using a photo of a dog and his owner with sad expressions. Mercy for Animals made an anti-cruelty ad for cruelty against farm animals using the picture of a caged pig. They used words like please, suffer, and crammed to appeal to the viewers
6. The images are sad, graphic, and upsetting, with words such as suffer, crammed, and cruel to make the point that these animals are suffering. In the picture for Mercy for Animals, “Walmart Does” is a key phrase that relates to many people world wide due to the popularity of the store.
7. The ads, as a group, appeal to the viewers emotions by using the words crammed, suffer, and cruel in order to convey an anti-cruelty towards animals message.

Class Lab: Rubin's Essay

Advertisements R Us

Melissa Rubin, an English major and graduate of Hofstra University wrote an analytical essay on how an Ad reaches its desired audience and enchants them in a way. Her Essay also focuses on a Coca-Cola Ad in the 1950's and breaks it down in to an analysis that explains how the Ad targets the audience and also goes into detail about the historical background of the ad itself. She informs the reader of the different obstacles people in the 1950's faced and why the Advertisement related to them so much. Melissa also takes into account, the Symbolic "Sprite Boy" that is hovering and almost the more dominant thing to be seen second to the almost overwhelming Coca-Cola Machine, Suggesting it is hypnotically drawing you in and persuading the viewer. The article also indicates that Prejudice and segregation was still a big deal and that was why there were only white people. Also indicating that women played a small role in the era this Ad took place showing only a few women in casual dress wear. The Author concludes saying "theirs is a life to be envied and emulated, so drink Coca-Cola and live that life yourself." By ending the essay like this it gives the readers a desire to maybe try the product themselves leaving them in wonder.

("Advertisements R Us," Melissa Rubin, Everyone's an Author, Pg 176-181)

Rubin's Essay

In the Melissa Rubin's Essay she analyzes a 1950's Coca-Cola advertisement and breaks it down to how it targets specific consumers. When she talked about the ad she mentioned that it was targeting the culture and people of the 1950's "Blue collar workers and Patriots," and further explaining "The group, overwhelmingly male and apparently all white includes blue-collar workers in casual clothing, servicemen in uniform, and businessmen in suits in the foreground." When she talks about targeting this group of people in the 1950's she then talks about contribution of the environment around them, in her words, "In this advertisement , the buildings surround the people, symbolizing a sense of community and the way Americans had come together in a successful effort to win the war." With what Rubin's Essay talked about she explained an analytical thinking on both the culture of the targeted ad and the people whom the ad is targeting. Another way to approach an analytical view of the ad is what tone it displays or what medium it uses to display the ad and why. Considering this ad targets people in the 1050's when World War II was still fresh and Working class men were pushing through industrial phases, if I were to suggest a target today for a Coca-Cola ad I would want to target Educational Schools and Universities. Students in College mostly fore they undergo hardships in this day in age by mass amounts of tests and workloads, like the ad suggests by Rubin, "Coca-Cola will make a hardworking [Student] feel refreshed while [they] work and become part of a larger community." Having a nice cold Coca-Cola after a test is a really nice feeling and makes me feel "refreshed."
("Advertisements R Us," Melissa Rubin, Everyone's an Author, Pg. 176-181)

Class Lab: Analysis

2. Analytical thinking is another way of saying rhetorical thinking. It’s breaking the writing down into parts to better understand the contents of what you read. By breaking down text and phrases we can then figure out where the author stands, author’s point of view, author’s tone and so on. Many stories may hide their meaning but upon deeper analysis we find greater meaning.

4. The “Stay Sweet As You  Are” analysis paper fits the criteria by including the ads that it’s analyzing, breaks down the information in chronological order, and finding the main points of each ad. At the end, all three advertisements are compared and found to have the same main point: “pleasing men is the prerequisite for [a woman’s] happiness.”

5. From what I gathered from the in class group. I gathered that most think that analytical thinking is in a way same as thinking rhetorically. By breaking down and analyzing tones, design, the point of view, etc. you can then figure out what the author is conveying.

Reading Prompt Pg. 175 EAA

   In the beginning of the essay Heather Havrilesky states "Americans are constantly in search of an upgrade." by using and quoting the series Mad Men she describes how the show is in fact a representation of the American Dream and how Americans have become stagnant in their ways. As Heather states in her description of Mad Men she says, "[We as Americans are] always falling short, no matter what out resources, and we pass this discontent to out offspring." She then goes on to say how Mad Men is an exact depiction of a point in time when the American Dream was still fairly new. The title of the essay Mad Men: Stillbirth of the American Dream, and through a series of summarizing and paraphrasing she explains why the American dream is slowly coming to a stagnant point. In the beginning of the essay Heather grabs the readers attention by listing and talking about different examples of America today using both nostalgic and critical means. She says "It's a sickness instilled in us from childhood." "we're instructed to hope for much more." Not being familiar with the show Mad Men, the way Heather described the show makes me curious onto how accurate her theories are and how it relates to America today.

Class Lab

Pg. 138 question

Easy	Novice	Medium	Hard	Difficult
What to wear	How to pass time	when to say no	When to study	What to eat
What shoes to use	Leave for class	When to shop	When to sleep	Financial choice
Choice on drink	What game to play	Drinking pepsi rather than coke	What college to attend	What to write about
Writing utensil to use	When to eat	When to stop for gas	When to stop playing games	How to concentrate

Choices I make are rather simple but can be difficult as well. From Daily activities like what to wear or how to pass time to what to eat and how to spend money affectively. I place what to eat in the difficulty box because I am a person who could be content with most anything as far as food goes my preference is pretty open. And when deciding on what to get I resolve it by going quantity over quality but tends to make me a bit large for a while. My activities aside, have priorities in either hard or difficult because a lot of the time it will be difficult to decide what bill to pay before the other bill or when to study for a test so I will still retain the knowledge gained from studying.

Pg. 141 question

I looked at two different sites that rate and recommend refrigerators and came up with an analytical conclusion.

Site 1

http://www.consumersearch.com/refrigerators

Right of the bat it tells you a little about why fridges are good and what you should find in buying a fridge both efficient and low price. Shows in detail a list of fridges they would recommend and scrolling down the page you will find different kinds of fridges from compact or mini to Big and old fashioned. In my opinion this site is more suited rather than site 2.

Site 2

http://refrigerators.reviewed.com/

This site represents fridges in a unique fashion with upon entering the page you find Advertisements for different kitchen ware. By scrolling down a bit you will find list of fridges with a rating from 1- 10 with prices that are a bit high for the average person just browsing for a replacement fridge and hotlinks to the site.

Conclusion

Both site 1 and 2 are unique in their own way I would recommend site 1 due to the nicely place narrative and easy navigation through the page. Also listed beside the fridges is a short summary and review of fridge. While site 2 is a bit overwhelming with all the advertisements placed in front of you along with drop down menus. This site is in my opinion more suited for people building or remodeling their kitchen. If I were to improve this site I would want to Place the advertisements on the side of the page rather than the top of the page. 

Final draft.

Clifford Nordstrom

English 101 5:30

Dr. Sonia Begert

11 October 2015

Narrative Paper

Let me tell you about something that happened when I was in 4^th grade. Back then I was always reading books from The Magic Treehouse series and any other fantasy books that really interested me. There was a test called the AR test or The Accelerated Reader test that students could take when they finish reading a book. Books were cataloged into different levels based on grades. The average student would read a book suited to his/her level in the current grade. What made this enjoyable was that students can read books and then test their knowledge on what they read. There were many books I read and was tested on and by taking these tests I have risen up to about grade 6 as far as reading. Though that wasn’t much of an improvement cause there were other people above my grade achieving levels as far as high school. It tended to get me down at times but, I never really let it bother me so I just keep reading and testing.

Lunch time always came and went like clockwork. I usually enter in to the lunch room and hear almost glass shattering echoes from children either screaming or talking over other people talking. Smell of food wafts down the hallways like a wind rushing through the crowds of children making their way to the attractive smells. I usually get the first thing that comes to mind when entering the lunchroom which usually ends up being whatever is being served that day. Though the school lunch doesn’t make out to be the best at food due the plastic feel of cheese that if you ball up in to tight little ball shape would bounce as if it were a bouncy ball and the cardboard pizza that seems to smell just like pizza but is really tough to chew and generally tastes bland and unappetizing. Though the food is not the best, it does always help to wash it down with a nice pint of chocolate milk. Every day at lunch I would strive to eat as fast as possible so I could race over to the library and enjoy a good read. I had a favorite spot in the back corner of the library. I still remember every time I would walk into the library you would be hit from what seemed like a wave of warmth and smell of old books and paper. Like a mother reaching out to her child so did this warmth grasp a hold of me every day during recess time. I would immerse myself deep into the book I was currently reading at the time and just be swept away from reality until the loud bellowing sound of the bell will rip me into reality beckoning me to the classroom.

My classroom is located way back behind the actually school in one of six portable classrooms. Seems kind of ominous at times but teachers get kids to make decorative cement stones to put along the walkway toward portables. Often times you can hear the wildlife of the birds chirping off in the distance and frog’s croaking as loud as possible. While making my way toward the classroom I imagined what could happen in class today considering it was going to be time for English portion of the day. Upon walking into the classroom like the library you would always get hit by a wave of warmth and smell only this time it hit me more combined with the chill of the outside winter air and the sheer warmth of the classroom feels like a vortex sucking you in violently and dragging you into its depths. The smell like an overused piece of chalk and the long forgotten cardboard that nobody seems to use any more became my welcoming mat and my greeting was at the center of the classroom was my teacher. Like all teachers she was very warm to welcome in her students as a mother goose would welcome her goslings. With a tall black dress and short black hair, she had a very warm and gentle presence with a smile that will make you melt. While making my way toward my assigned seat it felt like every step had taken its toll and felt like I could fall asleep any moment. While the taste of milk still lingered and my stomach full of sustenance I feel at ease taking my seat. The teacher has always known me to bury my face in a book and has always encouraged me to strive higher in AR, though this time she approached me with another purpose. She asked me how I felt about reading and writing. I explained to her that every time I would pick up a book it would sweep me away to another world but writing has always been less interesting to me. She then smiled and was content, though the thought of her approach was a bit weird and so after the class which seemed to go passed in no time at all I approached her and asked her, “What if I did have an interest in both reading and writing?” She then said, “Write a story, it doesn’t have to be big but it has to be yours. Write a story that you would like to read.” After brewing over the idea of writing a story I had several ideas in mind all hitting me like a traffic jam. Later upon arriving at my designated bus stop I had the perfect idea. The moment the bus stopped at my bus stop I made my way toward the door and the moment I stepped on the coarse gravel road I raced like lightning all the way home which in reality was only two blocks away. I quickly made my way to my room and dropped everything to pull out my notebook from my backpack. My room was your average sized room with one window clouded over with dust and debris, my floor usually cluttered with clothes and super Nintendo games. My bed so messy it looked as though it wasn’t a bed but a nest made just for me a lined with many books as an outline for my nest. I grabbed the closest pencil that was your average wooden number two pencil and opened my notebook to place it on to my nest and went to work.

The topic was about a boy who was a farmer of a village whose dad ran the local saw mill. The boy had many chores to do every day and was not surprised to have his old man come home only to give him more chores. He repeated the process day in and day out. Only to rest on days his old man was either too drunk or too tired when coming home. The boy one day finds an egg while filling a water bucket at the nearby creek. This egg was about the size of his entire torso and contained a mystical dragon inside. I wrote about the many things this boy had to do to keep the dragon egg safe and when the egg finally hatch so did the boy into a man. The dragon befriended the young man and was able to talk and speak telepathically but only to the man because of the bond he and the dragon shared. The young man’s father finally passed leaving only his bad presence and smell. The boy and the dragon went on an adventure and left everything behind.

I wrote this story and what seemed to take only moments really took 5 hours. I even skipped dinner and snack time. It wasn’t until my father came in and said good night to me that I realized what time it was. That following morning I presented the story to my English teacher whom upon reading it started to tear up. I was worried that there may have been something she did not like and I was worried I did something wrong. Hesitant a spoke but then she interrupted me saying, “I’m Alright” taking a moment to finish the story. She then said to me, “I hope you keep hold of these stories and one day become a great writer.” From the wonderful words my teacher told me I was prepared to be an inspired individual. 

Narrative Story

Narrative Paper

Let me tell you about something that happened when I was in 4^th grade. Back then I was always reading books from The Magic Treehouse series and any other fantasy books that really interested me. There were test called the AR test or The Accelerated Reader test that students can take when they finish reading a book. Books were cataloged into different levels based on grades. The average student would read a book suited to his/her level in the current grade. What made this enjoyable was that students can read books and then test their knowledge on what they read. There were many books I have read and were tested on and by taking these tests I have risen up to about grade 6 as far as reading. Though that wasn’t much of an improvement cause there were other people above my grade achieving levels as far as high school. Tends to get me down at times but never really let it bother me so I just keep reading and testing.

    Lunch time always came and went like clockwork. I usually enter in to the lunch room and hear almost glass shattering echoes from children either screaming or talking over other people talking. Smell of food wafts down the hallways like a wind rushing through the crowds of children making their way to the attractive smells. I usually get the first thing that comes to mind when entering the lunchroom which usually ends up being whatever is being served that day. Though the school lunch doesn’t make out to be the best at food due the plastic feel of cheese that if you ball up in to tight little ball shape would bounce as if it were a bouncy ball and the cardboard pizza that seems to smell just like pizza but is really tough to chew and generally tastes bland and unappetizing. Though the food is not the best school has to offer it does always help to wash it down with a nice pint of chocolate milk. Every day at Lunch I would strive to eat as fast as possible so I may race over to the Library and enjoy a good read. I had a favorite spot in the back corner of the library. I still remember every time I would walk in to the library you would be hit from what seemed like a wave of warmth and smell of old books and paper. Like a Mother reaching out to her child so did this warmth grasp a hold of me every day during recess time. I would immerse myself deep into the book I am currently reading at the time and just be swept away from reality until the loud bellowing sound of the bell will rip me into reality beckoning me to the classroom.

   My classroom is located way back behind the actually school in one of six portable classrooms. Seems kind of ominous at times but teachers get kids to make decorative cement stones to put along the walkway toward portables. Often times you can hear the wildlife of the birds chirping off in the distance and frog’s croaking as loud as possible. While making my way toward the classroom I imagined what could happen in class today considering it was going to be time for English portion of the day. Upon walking into the classroom like the library you would always get hit by a wave of warmth and smell only this time it hit me more combined with the chill of the outside winter air and the sheer warmth of the classroom feels like a vortex sucking you in violently and dragging you into its depths. The smell like an overused piece of chalk and the long forgotten cardboard that nobody seems to use any more became my welcoming mat and my greeting was at the center of the classroom was my teacher. Like all teachers she was very warm to welcome in her students as a mother goose would welcome her goslings. With a tall black dress and short black hair, she had a very warm and gentle presence with a smile that will make you melt. While making my way toward my assigned seat feels like every step had taken its toll and feels like I can fall asleep. While the taste of milk still lingered and my stomach full of sustenance I feel at ease taking my seat. The teacher has always known me to bury my face in a book and has always encouraged me to strive higher in AR, though this time she approached me with another purpose. She asked me how I felt about reading and writing. I explained to her that every time I would pick up a book it would sweep me away to another world but writing has always been a less interesting to me. She then smiled and was content, though the thought of her approach was a bit weird and so after the class which seemed to go passed in no time at all I approached her and asked her, “What if I did have an interest in both reading and writing?” She then said, “Write a story, it doesn’t have to be big but it has to be yours. Write a story that you would like to read.” After brewing over the idea of writing a story I had several idea’s in mind all hitting me like a traffic jam. Later upon arriving at my designated bus stop I had the perfect idea. The moment the bus stopped at my bus stop I made my way toward the door and the moment I stepped on the coarse gravel road I raced like lightening all the way home which in reality was only two blocks away. I quickly made my way to my room and dropped everything to pull out my notebook from my backpack. My room was your average sized room with one window clouded over with dust and debris, my floor usually cluttered with clothes and super Nintendo games. My bed so messy it looked as though it wasn’t a bed but a nest made just for me a lined with many books as an outline for my nest. I grabbed the closest pencil that was your average wooden number two pencil and opened my notebook to place it on to my nest and went to work.

   The topic was about a boy who was a farmer of a village whose dad ran the local saw mill. The boy had many chores to do every day and was not surprised to have his old man come home only to give him more chores. He repeated the process day in and day out. Only to rest on days his old man was either too drunk or too tired when coming home. The boy one day finds an egg while filling a water buck at the nearby creek. This egg was about the size of his entire tarsal and contained a mystical dragon inside. I wrote about the many things this boy had to do to keep the dragon egg safe and when the egg finally hatch so did the boy into a man. The dragon befriended the young man and was able to talk and speak telepathically but only to the man because of the bond he and the dragon shared. The young man’s father finally passed leaving only his bad presence and smell. The boy and the dragon went on an adventure and left everything behind.

   I wrote this story and what seemed to take only moments really took 5 hours. I even skipped dinner and snack time. It wasn’t until my father came in and said good night to me that I realized what time it was. That following morning I presented the story to my English teacher whom upon reading it started to tear up. I was worried that there may have been something she did not like and I was worried I did something wrong. Hesitant a spoke but then she interrupted me saying, “I’m Alright” taking a moment to finish the story. She then said to me, “I hope you keep hold of these stories and one day become a great writer.”

My Narrative Points

Event- To tell a story of my childhood story and to highlight the purpose of what sparked the passion.

Setting- The setting in short will be the classroom in which I first thought of the story.

Detail- I remember the instance in which the idea took place down to the very after taste of the food I had for lunch that day.

Point of View- The point of view would be in the view of my Past tense form and in first person.

Point- By explanation and thorough description, I will make sure to stay on the topic and story being told. 

Annotation "Literacy: A Lineage"

The person whom inspired her and the reason why she is writing; "the person who inspired and encouraged my love for reading and writing: my father." (Pg. 132 Everyone's an Author)

Vivid details she told the audience about was stated after her father could barely join her on bike trips. "Each time I arrived under the bells, I would recite the poem to myself, even when the weather was cold and my breath made the air foggy." (Pg. 133 Everyone's an Author)

For the most part from what is described she is telling the story from a Past tense perspective and some parts flash back telling certain parts of her life she cherishes while growing up. "Since we were about twelve or thirteen, he has consistently demanded that we each write a story at Christmastime rather than buy him a gift." (Pg.134 Everyone's an Author)

Point of view with in the story is the Author of the story is telling the story of herself in past tense format and telling it in a first person point of view. "I believe, because of my father, etc." (Pg. 135 Everyone's an Author)

In the beginning she stated that her father was the one person that inspired her into literacy, It was then stated through the narrative that her father has always been teaching her and somewhat strict, at the end of this narrative she stated that her father after passing gave her a special gift. "I have, however, received something from him that will last my whole life and will continue to give me joy as long as I live. He has passed on to me his love of language and literature." (Pg. 136 Everyone's an Author)

Narrative's Ahoy

1.        In the Narrative story “Lydia’s Story” a visual narrative that created a detailed picture in my head was, “She was unable to shut the door against the brown rushing water. She tried not to panic. Seeking higher ground, she climbed on top of her dining room table.”(Pg. 129 Everyone’s An Author)

2.        A Dialog that stuck out to me was her resolve and strength during the event. “As Lydia was telling us her story, I heard strength and resolve in her voice. She was proud that she had “kept her head,” which had saved her life. She knew that she didn’t have a home to return to, that everything in it was probably destroyed.”(Pg. 131 Everyone’s an Author)

3.        A sensory description from the same story that stuck out to me. “Lydia waited, cramped on the top shelf of the linen closet, until the water finally began to recede. When we asked if she got hungry or thirsty, she said that she didn’t remember feeling that way. Her tongue became dry and her lips were cracked, but she only was aware of being terrified of the water.” (Pg. 130 Everyone’s an Author)

4.        Topic- Thinking back I remember doing a Story unrelated to school or anything. Was only in 4^th or 5^th grade and told my teacher I wanted to just write a Fantasy Story about mythical dragon and a Hero becoming friends.

5.        Purpose- Retelling a childhood story and exploring a bit of the past.

6.        Audience- Would be a select few who share the same kind of memory I had as a child.

7.        Stance- Since I was really passionate about this short story when I was a kid, I feel like Reminiscing about it would jog memory.

8.        Media/Design- The Narrative would most definitely be in print with possible sketches to go along with it.

9.        What do I see- Classroom portable, full of children and Teacher up front with her desk strategically place by the door.  

10.    What do you hear- Constant chattering of children, birds chirping outside, Deep billowing of the Air conditioner connected to the Portable.

11.    What do you smell- Kind of smell you would find when combining a mix of card board and chalk, with the sweet smell of pine trees.

12.    How and what do you feel- Passionate about Fantasy and Myths, cold steel of the desk, Teacher’s somewhat gentle aura always welcoming you into the classroom like a hen to her chicks.

13.    What do you taste- taste the taste of after noon snacks and the after taste of school lunch.

14.    People around me and image- Children around me have bobbed haircuts and casual clothes, boys mostly had short hair and messy clothes from playing at recess. Most notably though was my teacher who wore the tallest black dress you would every see. Like a nun outfit without the white trim and the cap. She also had a short shoulder length black hair as straight as possible. Often times she would use outdated humor that didn’t seem funny. But we laughed to be considerate.

15.    What happened- as I came in from lunch the Teacher was welcoming students into the class. As I made my way toward the desk I am assigned to the feeling of eating too much and the taste of milk still lingered in my mouth. While everyone was slowly but surely flocking in, she stated that today was going to be a free day due to the fact of completing an essay. I had just talked to a peer about this cool story I had in mind when the teacher over heard the conversation and came over. Knowing at how passionate I was talking about the story she then made the idea of writing it and elaborating on the topic. Having this story apart of my life has been an asset knowing that I can truly be creative and express words in my own way.

Rhetoric comments

By looking at some of my classmates definitions I came to the conclusion that most of the ideas that we share are similar. Whether it getting your point a crossed or standing up for what you believe in through a heated debate. The Blogs I looked at all shared similar traits on thinking rhetorically, especially giving credit, where credit is due. They also explain how to approach a rhetorical situation and how to use the knowledge gained from just listening before engaging.

Examining the word Rhetoric

My definition of the word Rhetoric is, The art of effectively persuading or deceiving people through a means of writing or speaking. Looking back in history there are many ways to use rhetoric writing or speech. Martin Luther King Jr's great speech that moved an entire nation to a Presidential election for the next president of the United States of America. Rhetoric can be used to create movies, Propose ideas, solving scientific theories, etc. There are also different devices that can be used with rhetoric ways of speaking or writing. A few of these devices are simple means of repetition, (Antistrophe) or in other words, repeating the same word or phrase. Another, one of my favorites, Euphemism, substitution of an agreeable/non aggressive word that can be offensive or unpleasant.
  Another way to look at Rhetoric is through a rhetorical point of view, another words from the outside in. Seeing a project in English class and you are assigned to the topic of why do Chickens cross roads. Taking into account of the Topic you can then start your writing process through means of what you want to write about. Different writing processes help with different situations, though people tend to stick to what they favor most. Clustering is an excellent way to start this process do to the fact that you can have your topic be in the center of a page and then create a spider web of ideas and facts to then write and create an essay. Another way is to Free write and just write what comes natural though researching tends to help sway your reason.
  Lastly some of the quotes I found while reading is most important when going through any kind of writing process.
"Put in your Oar," thinking about the situation rhetorically before entering in on the topic at hand.
"Give credit, where credit is due," always when borrowing information and writing on a topic reference where you have gotten it from.


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Everyone's An Author

Narrative Rhetorical

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•   For the first question, we all said that the main point was the essence of hope and determination, and that it was stated in the last paragraph.
•   For the second question it was primarily Lydia’s point of view. It made us feel scared for her life.
•   Third. terrified,destroyed: used to put the reader into a state of fear. Could feel the hope in how she kept fighting to survive. “cramped on the shelf of the linen closet” “had an abscessed tooth”
• Anyone who’s interested in health affairs/life changing stories. sophisticated people who know about disasters. the tone helps cause a movement for help through sympathizing.

3. Jan Brideau used the rhetoric that we learned about in chapter two to write Lydia’s Story. She kept her audience in mind, that they’re going to be people who are more sympathetic to victims of natural disasters like hurricanes. Her primary goal was to affect the emotions of the readers and to give people courage and motivation. Jan uses descriptive words to affect her tone. It made me think about how I can use descriptive words to affect my audience. Charlotte said that you have to portray your attitude towards the topic for your audience using rhetoric and the guidelines from the book.

7. Stories about car crashes, friends, co-workers, crazy cats/dogs

10. Think about friends who are part LGBT community and how hard it is for them to just be themselves.

You don’t have to be afraid to be yourself-message to everyone

the different emotions and aspects of the people

12. Video-see the raw emotion

Text-have to use words to portray emotion/more time to think over what you want to say

Video to text- lose some affect bc you don’t know the words to explain the emotion

Text to video-like a play; have to determine the emotions

The tone would change: how you were affected would change

Questions

In the Story "Lydia's Story" by Jan Brideau, I read about a women who survived 2 hurricanes and was rescued 5 days later with no food or water. With in the story, highlighted at the end of the essay, the Author describes the fate and reality of a double hurricane and how through the tragedy and devastation there was, in the Authors' words, "An essence of hope and determination." In the eyes of the women who has survived the devastating event the reader is grasped with the sense of fear. While telling the story and using words like Rushing, Struck, Terrified, etc.the author was able to create a setting where the reader can freely imagine the situation and in away get the feel everything. The author this story published in, "Health Affairs," so more than likely the people reading this would be people who are interested in National Public issues with both present and future qualities.

Chapter 2 Prompt

The pieces of writing I have done last week would be; Texts, Blogs and a Memo. These three ways of writings alone are different in many ways, but each in their own way have the ability to nail a key purpose whether it be wanting to hangout with a buddy through texting or formally stating an opinion via blog posts.

   Texting: Simple phone to phone message anywhere from 2- 255+ letters. Texting can also use simply words and abbreviations along with poor grammar slang and silly faces.
The situation I faced was simply to hang out with a buddy. Knowing he was my only target, I did not need to use any big words or complex words, but instead a laid back yet casual message stating a purpose of hanging out.

   Blogging: A website or page that is updated regularly. A blog is composed of an informal or conversational message that is usually ran by one person or a small group of people. I have made quite a few blog posts in the past week. One in particular would be an answer to a question I have received from a book; "Is Everyone an Author." Since my target was not anyone specific I wrote in a somewhat formal yet informal way of speaking. I started right off the bat, by stating first and foremost what the meaning of an Author meant, along with a little background of where the meaning came from. I then broke down in three parts while explaining why a person is considered an Author.

   Memo: Short and very brief statement or message both informal and formal. Usually posed as a reminder to a group of people or workplace sent buy one person or department to another. The Memo I wrote was to remind people to grab supplies and driving instructions and meet at a party. The message I wrote was a formal and brief to get the message a crossed and to deliver the goods.