What I have really learned well in this class is that there are many ways to look at something than just one. You can look at a piece of really anything and see it directly, any symbols that are within, submissive messages, etc. I used to just look at something and see it one way or maybe even two if it was a good day. For example when we were analyzing the ads that had the submissive messages. I would have just looked at those ads and though wow they are submissive, laughed, and moved on with my life. But I would not have thought on why they are submissive or what makes them that way. This class did not actually teach me this way of thinking but instead brought me back to it and it made me show myself that I really do look and think this way and I needed to be reminded of it.
Another thing I have learned is when the time to be reflective is put in front of me, I need to go all out with it because I will not usually be given that option in school or in the workplace. And if I just write the boring "crap" that I write all the time then i will think that same "crap" as well. It will not get me far in life or the workplace later in life if I think in a simplistic and boring way. Life is too short for that and I need to take advantages of that opportunity.
Comments:
Bryan: I totally understand where you are coming from. I did not look into things that much before I took this class. I think that from now on, whether we really enjoyed the class or not, we will look a little deeper into things as life goes on
Dana: The writing about our own topics really has strengthened our writing skills a lot. I never realized that we can use this skill towards scholarships and I might actually try to think in the ways that I learned from this class toward a scholarship essay!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Blog 11
The artifact that I am going to use for my paper is a video of the Marching Chiefs marching out for pregame before the FSU vs Oklahoma game earlier this year. The video is taken from a 1st person perspective of a saxophone player
The main rhetorical technique that I am going to focus on for this paper and with this video is the setting of the video. And the setting for the video does not just mean the place (which is Doak Campbell Stadium), but the sights and the sounds are what make the setting as extraordinary as it is.
The target audience for this video is by far the Marching Chiefs themselves. It appeals to them because they are college students so therefore they enjoy loud noises, intense situations, and adrenaline running through their veins. At the beginning of the video you can see them jumping up and down, screaming at the tops of their lungs. The "elephant door" is the only thinking blocking them from the excitement and craziness on the other side. Since it is a night game, which is uncommon for most college football games, the darkness adds even more adrenaline. And once that door opens, the stadium energy falls directly on us. The sights and the sounds is what gets us to react the way we do. Every mouth of a Marching Chief drops and either whispers or yells holy **** or other variations of it. It is not every day that you have 80,000+ crazy fans screaming and cheering you on while you "go cadence" (basically running while marching). The intensity of the noise in the stadium was beyond unbelievable. It was one of the loudest noises anyone can hear inside of a football stadium or anywhere else for that matter.
The intensity of the screaming fans, the excitement of marching out to intense audience, and the sight of all the fans is what gets Marching Chiefs to go back and watch this video not just once, but over and over again.
Comment to Kate:
You did an awesome job! I really agree with everything and I like how you applied it to Ethos, Pathos, Logos. It looked difficult to be able to find how it fits to all 3 but you made me realize that all 3 were in fact there.
Comment to Kristen:
Coke commercials are always hilarious.They appeal to me as well because I love to drink Coke haha. You analyzed it perfectly in my opinion and pretty much if someone watching had any sense of humor, they would enjoy watching this commercial and watch from the beginning all the way to end.
The main rhetorical technique that I am going to focus on for this paper and with this video is the setting of the video. And the setting for the video does not just mean the place (which is Doak Campbell Stadium), but the sights and the sounds are what make the setting as extraordinary as it is.
The target audience for this video is by far the Marching Chiefs themselves. It appeals to them because they are college students so therefore they enjoy loud noises, intense situations, and adrenaline running through their veins. At the beginning of the video you can see them jumping up and down, screaming at the tops of their lungs. The "elephant door" is the only thinking blocking them from the excitement and craziness on the other side. Since it is a night game, which is uncommon for most college football games, the darkness adds even more adrenaline. And once that door opens, the stadium energy falls directly on us. The sights and the sounds is what gets us to react the way we do. Every mouth of a Marching Chief drops and either whispers or yells holy **** or other variations of it. It is not every day that you have 80,000+ crazy fans screaming and cheering you on while you "go cadence" (basically running while marching). The intensity of the noise in the stadium was beyond unbelievable. It was one of the loudest noises anyone can hear inside of a football stadium or anywhere else for that matter.
The intensity of the screaming fans, the excitement of marching out to intense audience, and the sight of all the fans is what gets Marching Chiefs to go back and watch this video not just once, but over and over again.
Comment to Kate:
You did an awesome job! I really agree with everything and I like how you applied it to Ethos, Pathos, Logos. It looked difficult to be able to find how it fits to all 3 but you made me realize that all 3 were in fact there.
Comment to Kristen:
Coke commercials are always hilarious.They appeal to me as well because I love to drink Coke haha. You analyzed it perfectly in my opinion and pretty much if someone watching had any sense of humor, they would enjoy watching this commercial and watch from the beginning all the way to end.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Blog 9
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Blog 8
My research paper is on the use of nuclear weapons. My focus question is "are nuclear weapons good or bad for the world?" I take the stance on nuclear weapons having a positive impact. I used three professional writers who took the stance FOR the use of nuclear weapons. I am using the fact that nuclear weapons are being used to avert wars, intimidate other countries, and by having the public feel a sense of security. I used examples from the Cold War and the part that nuclear weapons played in with that. I use statements from Winston Churchill that stated that do not let go of nuclear weapons until you are sure that there are other means for peace. And i state that weapons of mass destruction is a destiny and that if nuclear weapons were never invented then something very similar would have been invented.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Blog 7
Oelrich, Ivan . “What are Nuclear Weapons For?” Aps.org. Forum on Physics
and Society, October. 2007. Web. 30 November 2011
I found this source by going to Google.com and typed in "Positives for nuclear weapons." I clicked on a link and read the article written by Ivan Oelrich.
Annotation: Oelrich's article is an article that explains the postives rather than the negative aspects to nuclear weapons. He uses the idea of nuclear weapons being used as a deterrent but he also contradicts that idea at some points later in the article. But in reality, his tone used in his article suggests that he believes that nuclear weapons are a positive thing.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Blog 6
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Every young boy wants to become a sports hero. As for Coop and Remer they wanted to be the most epic sports stars ever but there was one problem, they are the laziest drunks mankind has ever seen. They have grown up to live in a house with twelve other "dudes" and just sit around and play nintendo. They soon come to epiphany with a brand new sport that uses their laziness to their advantages, and that sport with be called BASEketball. It is a bimbo sport with rules from both basketball and baseball. They create this sport just for their amusement and but what they do not realize is that this "backyard" sport will turn into a national phenomenon and create a national craze as well
I commented on Bryan and Donovan's blog
I commented on Bryan and Donovan's blog
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Blog 5
It's okay to say things the instructor might disagree with
I completly agree with this statement because it can add color to the essay. If you just write an essay that you know that the instructor will agree with then he/she will most likely just look at it as if it was an "average" paper and then give you an "average" grade. But if you give him a paper that makes the instructor think and makes him think ideas that contradict his own ideas. It would most likely really work out for you and get an above average grade but if you can really make the professor mad then it could back fire on you and then you get a bad grade.
You need to follow a formal structure
I do not agree with this statement due to the fact that not all essays have exactly a formal structure. There are essays that do need the typical four/five paragraph essay but what if you are writing a narrative essay that brings across the same point? You can't just put that into four paragraphs and have the flow be very well. It needs to be broken into different paragraphs because that is what fits. And sometimes the formal structure can be quite boring and if you use a non formal structure then that can possibly get you a better than average grade just because it is different.
The blogs i commented on were Bryans and Donovan's
I completly agree with this statement because it can add color to the essay. If you just write an essay that you know that the instructor will agree with then he/she will most likely just look at it as if it was an "average" paper and then give you an "average" grade. But if you give him a paper that makes the instructor think and makes him think ideas that contradict his own ideas. It would most likely really work out for you and get an above average grade but if you can really make the professor mad then it could back fire on you and then you get a bad grade.
You need to follow a formal structure
I do not agree with this statement due to the fact that not all essays have exactly a formal structure. There are essays that do need the typical four/five paragraph essay but what if you are writing a narrative essay that brings across the same point? You can't just put that into four paragraphs and have the flow be very well. It needs to be broken into different paragraphs because that is what fits. And sometimes the formal structure can be quite boring and if you use a non formal structure then that can possibly get you a better than average grade just because it is different.
The blogs i commented on were Bryans and Donovan's
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