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Week #9

Posted by Tanvir Youhana on

So last semester I was given a assignment to choice a social issue and write about it. I was given the option on what would be the focus of my essay, which was a research paper. So, I choice the social issue of air pollution in China and focused on a particle in the air that was able to be breathed into from the air and cause lung damage. I first started off with the type of genre that I wanted to put my research paper in, but before I do that, I needed to know who my audience was. I choice my audience to be middle age work class citizens of China. The reason for this was because they were the ones that were greatly affected by it and had some voice in the government. This also caused me to think were they would most likely read about this and that gave me the idea of putting this on a newspaper in the form of an article with pictures. This way they can read it while going to work in the morning. I was able to create a good thought process using rhetorical analysis and this helped me to get started on a solid foundation. Before all this, I had to find articles that support my claim and viewpoint. So, I had to rhetorically analyses about 7 to 10 articles that support my claim and see if they matched in terms of what my audience was and if my audience would be able to understand what I was citing from my resources. I made a chart of who the audience was, where and when was it written, to see how reliable the data is. All these and more gave me a good idea of how to begin my research paper and how much background info is needed so that I can get my message to the audience in a clear and precise manner.

-Tanvir Youhana

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Zhi Hong Li Response #9

Posted by ZhiHong Li on

Finishing the reading Backpacks vs. Brief cases,  I think the rhetoric explain most of our action and the view of other in the society. For example, parent want their child to get better education and tell them that better education will give them better opportunity and jobs. Which is the idea of logic and emotion that most parent put on their child. The idea that religious people spread out and the new article that spread idea is also part of rhetoric which is the logic and reason. Each person also have their rhetoric toward the event or things that happen around when they are facing it, such as when two of my friend asking me to help, I will chose one that I feel good about and helping that one first which is the emotion leading for the action to take place. For must people, we trying to do things according to our feeling but we might not realize that it is some how related to the rhetoric that we talk in the English class. The emotion which is including in the rhetoric, which I think as human being we can never escape from having emotion. In other word, we are using rhetoric every moment, even include the time you feel depress about the event that happen around you or all the emotion that you keep it to yourself and thinking that no one will ever understand you. Thinking about the crying voice from the baby, think about the laughing voice when you grow up watching cartoon, thinking about the disappointment when you making your parent mad and everything that happen around us. It is all related to rhetoric in my opinion, we never know that rhetoric is not only using in the speech, writing but it always exist as part of our life and society.  

Week #9 Response/Week #9 Response

QianXing’s Weekly Response #9

Posted by QianXing Ou on

After reading Backpacks vs.Briefcases, I feel like rhetoric is amazing.  Before reading this, I thought rhetoric are only exists in our English assignments, but right now I notice that rhetoric can be anywhere in our life. For example, speeches, youtube videos , medias, articles and newspaper. Also, when you start analyzing people for the first time, this is also rhetoric. I also feel surprise after I read this article, because I am not a type of person who is really good at using rhetoric while I am doing my homework assignments, but I am really good at analyzing people which is also a type of rhetoric. When I first meet a new friend, I will always observe them.  I will observe the way they dress, the way they speak, and the way they behave, and by doing that I will have some sense about this person. I will avoid people who are wearing improper clothes. I will avoid people who talk really loud because I think those people are very offensive in a way which is taught by my parents. Usually my predictions are very close to their personalities because just like what is mentioned in the article, I have enough data to prove it inside my mind. Sometimes I don’t want to do this kind of predictions because I don’t want to judge people based on how they dress,look,or speak. I want to spend time with them and know who they are, but I can’t stop doing it. I just do it without me knowing it.  Additionally, one thing I really hate about myself is that if I meet a person that I have never met before, I will judge their character based on how they look. If they are good looking, then I will think they are good people. If they are not, then I will try to avoid them. I feel like a lot of people do the same thing. They judge people based on how they look. Something with Ad. If I see an Ad with colorful pictures, bigger texts, I would likely to be attracted by it because I like colorful pictures with bigger words. I judge the Ad base on their looks. If they look bad, I wouldn’t bother to read it . Other than observing people, I have also practice rhetoric by taking speech class last semester. I feel like this entire course is about rhetoric. I have to use elements like pathos, ethos, and logos in my speeches in order to persuade my classmate. Also, my professor made me talk at the beginning of the class about what we saw and what we experienced. I feel like this is one of the element included in the rhetoric. Overall, I have been practicing rhetoric without myself knowing it.

Week #9 Response/Week #9 Response

Week 9

Posted by Carlton Yuan on

Backpacks by Laura Bolton Carroll is a essay about the history of rhetoric and how it is used in everyday life. Through multiple examples, Carroll explains how rhetoric is used everyday without you realizing it. One example that Carroll talked about that I felt was relatable is when students analyze the professor the first time they see them. Students often analyze their professor to see what kind of person they are which could determine how the class is going to be like. I remember the first day of college I was in my pre calc class. The professor came in dress professionally, with a nice purse and a lot of papers. Based on my observations, I thought that my professor was going to be a very strict teacher that was going to give out a lot of homework and grade test harshly. I was proven wrong throughout the semester. She turned out to be a very flexible professor that gave a lot of partial credit on test and gave homework occasionally. This was before I learned about rhetoric in my English 101 class. One thing that is mentioned in the essay is the importance of learning to analyze rhetoric. I agree with this because learning to effectively make judgement and decisions based analyzing situations is a really useful skill. Another way to use rhetoric was in my English 101 class. I made a political cartoon and advertisement to bring awareness on deforestation in the Amazon Rain forest. In order to make the cartoon and advertisement, I had to consider my audience and purpose. I decided I wanted to reach teens and adults which is why I decided to make a political cartoon and advertisement. They usually appear on social media, newspapers and public transportation which many teens and adults use. I also used logos in my advertisement by putting some statistics. I also used ethos in order to make the audience feel bad and want to protect the Amazon.

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