Friday, December 4, 2015
Beyond Written Text
The addition of music, voice overs, an written words made Obama's "yes we can" speech so much more powerful. Unlike just listening to Obama give an already compelling speech, music, voice overs, and written words just made the speech really stick in your head. The music put a tune in my head making me sing to myself "yes we can." The voice overs made it memorable because i saw so many artists that I like. And written words also added to the visual aspect of it thus making it even more memorable.
Page 100
1. Katherine Sprigs convinced me that this topic matters by using her own experiences. She taught me about her home town and what it was like growing up. The topic became important because it benefits your town and it benefits the sustainability of the farm and the world. The small farms cause less waste and damage to society. This would also reduce the cost of every day things, like fuel. The long term advantages of local farms are much larger than the disadvantages.
2. Sprigs touches base on how people who do not agree with her argument validate their own. She uses Alex Avery as an example, and gives an appropriate response to his view. She also used the industrial issues as a counterargument, and then brings in facts from a reliable source to prove that they are wrong. She continues to comment on how even though the global effect has some negative outcomes, like children losing jobs in Bangledesh, the United States would be demonstrating how people can change the environment and the government.
3.The last paragraph is effective because she uses a clear position. She uses a response to a counterargument, and gives us a reason why the topic matters. Her reasoning is about how food tastes better when grown in certain seasons, and she taps into peoples values by talking about how food is something we should enjoy and cherish.
4. The photos contribute to her argument by giving a better visual to her works. She shows a smaller, poly culture farm next to a large mono culture farm to show better how these look. It looks like the smaller farm is more fresh and delightful where as the large farm is more dry, and industrial. She also shows interstate trucking to comment on how expense it is to have to pay to move food sources from one place to another.
2. Sprigs touches base on how people who do not agree with her argument validate their own. She uses Alex Avery as an example, and gives an appropriate response to his view. She also used the industrial issues as a counterargument, and then brings in facts from a reliable source to prove that they are wrong. She continues to comment on how even though the global effect has some negative outcomes, like children losing jobs in Bangledesh, the United States would be demonstrating how people can change the environment and the government.
3.The last paragraph is effective because she uses a clear position. She uses a response to a counterargument, and gives us a reason why the topic matters. Her reasoning is about how food tastes better when grown in certain seasons, and she taps into peoples values by talking about how food is something we should enjoy and cherish.
4. The photos contribute to her argument by giving a better visual to her works. She shows a smaller, poly culture farm next to a large mono culture farm to show better how these look. It looks like the smaller farm is more fresh and delightful where as the large farm is more dry, and industrial. She also shows interstate trucking to comment on how expense it is to have to pay to move food sources from one place to another.
Topics
Position paper topics:
Should baseball be in the Olympics?
My position: Yes because if was in years prior and it remains one of the top sports in the world.
Does teen pregnancy have a positive or negative affect?
-Negative
Should college athletes be paid?
Yes
Should sex education still be taught in schools?
Yes because it is important but they should teach a certain type of sex ed.
Should baseball be in the Olympics?
My position: Yes because if was in years prior and it remains one of the top sports in the world.
Does teen pregnancy have a positive or negative affect?
-Negative
Should college athletes be paid?
Yes
Should sex education still be taught in schools?
Yes because it is important but they should teach a certain type of sex ed.
"The Last Text" Summary and Analysis
An argument is a way to express yourself. You argue for or against something all the time without realizing it. It is important to understand how arguments work to make sure you can write the best argument you can. Arguments can be found everywhere in the media, and can sometimes be seen as manipulative. The purpose of an argument can be many things from trying to make someone understand a certain point of view or to more a decision on something as simple as where to eat. Religion, facts, statistics and personal testimony are all things you can use as evidence for an argument. It is important to keep in mind your intended arguments even though it can be perceived in many ways. What you wear and what you use to represent yourself give off a certain impression on who you are. You should make sure to think carefully about your argument and what you are trying to say. Make sure the source is a reliable one when looking at arguments of others. You should dig deep to find where it came from and if it is important to your argument as well. Make sure your stance comes across clearly and that it is reasonable and knowledgeable. If your argument matters to you, you should make sure it matters to others as well. Your claim should be strong and clear. A thesis can help support your claim. And make sure to appeal to all audiences.
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An argument is a way to express yourself. You argue for or against something all the time without realizing it. It is important to understand how arguments work to make sure you can write the best argument you can. Arguments can be found everywhere in the media, and can sometimes be seen as manipulative. The purpose of an argument can be many things from trying to make someone understand a certain point of view or to more a decision on something as simple as where to eat. Religion, facts, statistics and personal testimony are all things you can use as evidence for an argument. It is important to keep in mind your intended arguments even though it can be perceived in many ways. What you wear and what you use to represent yourself give off a certain impression on who you are. You should make sure to think carefully about your argument and what you are trying to say. Make sure the source is a reliable one when looking at arguments of others. You should dig deep to find where it came from and if it is important to your argument as well. Make sure your stance comes across clearly and that it is reasonable and knowledgeable. If your argument matters to you, you should make sure it matters to others as well. Your claim should be strong and clear. A thesis can help support your claim. And make sure to appeal to all audiences.
Mad Men
1. Heather Havrilesky's main insight about Mad Men is that it represents the current desire for more than what we have in America. It represents the difference between the American Dream and the reality for most people in America. Paragraph four, page 171 she writes "Somehow Mad Men captures this ultra-mediated, post modern moment, underscoring the disconnect between the American dream and reality by distilling our deep-seated frustrations as a nation into painfully palpable vignettes."
2. Havrilesky establishes her authority by connecting with the readers. She starts by addressing the audience clearly as Americans, and then goes on about how we are striving for more things. She insists that stories from when we were younger make an importance to expand our dreams.
3.She appeals to the readers emotions by bringing up what it is like to be an American and grow up in a country like ours. On page 170 she wrote "It's a sickness that's infused in our blood, a dissatisfaction with the ordinary that's instilled in us from childhood." She also took the time to connect through telling about stories the general public knows. On page 170 it is said "Having been told repeated stories about the fairest in the land, the most powerful, the richest, the most heroic, (Snow White, Pokemon, Ronald McDonald, Lady Gaga), eventually we buy into these creation myths and concede their overwhelming importance in the universe."
4. I did not know anything about Mad Men before reading this passage. I still do not want to watch it because I don't find shows like that interesting. I think that when I am older I will probably enjoy it, but for right now shows like Mad Men are too heavy for me.
2. Havrilesky establishes her authority by connecting with the readers. She starts by addressing the audience clearly as Americans, and then goes on about how we are striving for more things. She insists that stories from when we were younger make an importance to expand our dreams.
3.She appeals to the readers emotions by bringing up what it is like to be an American and grow up in a country like ours. On page 170 she wrote "It's a sickness that's infused in our blood, a dissatisfaction with the ordinary that's instilled in us from childhood." She also took the time to connect through telling about stories the general public knows. On page 170 it is said "Having been told repeated stories about the fairest in the land, the most powerful, the richest, the most heroic, (Snow White, Pokemon, Ronald McDonald, Lady Gaga), eventually we buy into these creation myths and concede their overwhelming importance in the universe."
4. I did not know anything about Mad Men before reading this passage. I still do not want to watch it because I don't find shows like that interesting. I think that when I am older I will probably enjoy it, but for right now shows like Mad Men are too heavy for me.
Literacy: A Lineage
The author Melanie Luken starts Literacy: A Lineage by explaining the role her father had in her life of literacy. She elaborated on how they would go for bike rides every Sunday afternoon to a bell tower where they would read a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. As they both aged, she started to go by herself making the bike riding a tradition. Her literacy came from her fathers love of literature and her definition of literacy was changed because of who her father was. She comments on how their literacy was more than just reading and writing, but rather the tradition it held with it.
She goes on to tell who her father is. She writes about how he has tried almost every art, including poetry and song writing. At first he had hoped to become a professor, but ended up as a stay at home dad for his daughter making their relationship prosper and they became close even if it wasn't easy at times. She spoke on how intelligent and imaginative her father was and how that benefited her daily life as a child. He taught her famous quotes and when she learned to read and write she would do it as often as she could. She remembered going to the library as a child with her brothers, and the books she wrote her father for Christmas.
She goes on to touch base on how she majored in French, upholding her tradition of language. She had struggled with it because she didn't have a tradition from her childhood with French. She found that tradition had changed her definition of literacy and she wanted it to be a part of her lineage. She touches base on how she may not be rich with money or physical things but her father made her rich in love of literature and language. Even though he passed she still has these things to remember him.
She goes on to tell who her father is. She writes about how he has tried almost every art, including poetry and song writing. At first he had hoped to become a professor, but ended up as a stay at home dad for his daughter making their relationship prosper and they became close even if it wasn't easy at times. She spoke on how intelligent and imaginative her father was and how that benefited her daily life as a child. He taught her famous quotes and when she learned to read and write she would do it as often as she could. She remembered going to the library as a child with her brothers, and the books she wrote her father for Christmas.
She goes on to touch base on how she majored in French, upholding her tradition of language. She had struggled with it because she didn't have a tradition from her childhood with French. She found that tradition had changed her definition of literacy and she wanted it to be a part of her lineage. She touches base on how she may not be rich with money or physical things but her father made her rich in love of literature and language. Even though he passed she still has these things to remember him.
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