Hello young ones,
I hope you are ready to write a bunch. No I'm just kidding. Overall this class was an experience for me that led to many new discoveries. The course theme was a little tricky for I would be willing to say the entire class at the beginning. However, once understood it actually opened a door to numerous ideas and discussions that I personally had never thought of. By broadening my horizon, it has allowed me to see further into myself and see what type of writer and thinker I actually am. I used to usually be a simple thinker when it came to matters of the entertainment industries. By this I'm saying that I usually never cared much at all about how things were marketed or portrayed. Now I feel as though there might be some purpose to diving into everything so deep. Hearing of how people infer stories and signs and things like that used to drive me nuts. I always got irritated at how much people tore things apart instead of respecting it as a whole. Now that I've had to do this for an entire quarter, maybe I'll change and grow to appreciate this art.
Hoping you enjoy your class
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Animal Cruelty Must Stop__Teen Ink
This article is depicted to those who still believe that standing up for animal rights is important. It goes to describe how it must be stopped in order for our nation to grow into what it should be, a peaceful place for both human and animal.
Another issue of this article is to educate the audience on the different styles of animal abuse. Right at the beginning it mentions the two separate types of abuse, passive and active. By describing these two types, the audience learns of something that someone they know or maybe even themselves are doing to harm an animal or pet.
While describing the active abuse the author talks of how serious an issue it really is. When it gave the idea of how animal cruelty could lead to a more violent future effects how the audience might have previously viewed the topic. The author even provides two different instances where animal cruelty was done prior to human casualties.
The somber and serious tone of the article leads to the idea of this being a serious article in which case it obviously is. Animal cruelty is not something that should be taken likely or for that matter ignored. Animals and pets should be, at least in my mind, considered members of the family and deserve as much love and respect as anyone.
Link to Article: http://www.teenink.com/hot_topics/environment/article/90968/Animal-Cruelty-Must-Stop/
Another issue of this article is to educate the audience on the different styles of animal abuse. Right at the beginning it mentions the two separate types of abuse, passive and active. By describing these two types, the audience learns of something that someone they know or maybe even themselves are doing to harm an animal or pet.
While describing the active abuse the author talks of how serious an issue it really is. When it gave the idea of how animal cruelty could lead to a more violent future effects how the audience might have previously viewed the topic. The author even provides two different instances where animal cruelty was done prior to human casualties.
The somber and serious tone of the article leads to the idea of this being a serious article in which case it obviously is. Animal cruelty is not something that should be taken likely or for that matter ignored. Animals and pets should be, at least in my mind, considered members of the family and deserve as much love and respect as anyone.
Link to Article: http://www.teenink.com/hot_topics/environment/article/90968/Animal-Cruelty-Must-Stop/
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Chester's Got a Brand-New Bag
When starting my Secondary Source Integration, I was looking for credible and ideally believable sources. One that I had found and used thoroughly was by a writer for Slate.com by the name of Seth Stevenson. The manner in which Stevenson approached the topic was rather perfect. He is attempting to describe a maturing character who's target audience could even be said to be maturing; the audience is going from a younger target to an older one. His dialogue and presentation of information and evidence seems to be at a point where just about anyone at any age would be able to read and thoroughly understand his opinions. Due to the short nature of the article, it does not contain a high complexity but rather a blunt statement of facts and opinions alike. Stevenson is employed by a largely credible website already mentioned, so the credibility or ethos of the article was already established. The only reason I would use a source was whether or not I agreed with its components. This article's logos was present throughout due to the fact that I could read anywhere in the text and find data and information that was able to be used in my paper. In order for a writer to gain a following, he/she has to be able to appeal to a certain audience. By Stevenson writing about something as seemingly unimportant as a trade character, he is appealing to an audience with free time and possibly an adolescent one at that. The manner in which he simply presents the information and his opinions without much complexity is also providing proof that he is appealing to a middle-class-yet-to-be-over-the-hill type of guy.
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