Audience
My audience might care about my topic because it is a very sensitive topic. It often is discussed into great detail about how to approach it. Many people don’t know much about this topic because it is a somewhat new issue to everyone. It has not been around that long because it has often been looked down on in the past.
Purpose
This topic fits the rubric of the assignment because it is a current and up to date topic that I believe can retrieve an abundance of information. There are many extremist on both sides of the “spectrum” that offer very convincing arguments on the subject, and I believe their ideas will come in handy in the making of my paper. This topic will expand my learning not only from the facts I learn from research, but also in my abilities of constructing and writing an applicable argument. I believe my audience will be interested when reading my paper because everyone has an opinion on the matter and some may even have stronger views than others, which makes for an excellent discussion. I believe my topic is interesting enough to entertain the audience and offers one person’s point of view which should be interesting to many people.
Context
I’m actually not so certain about the length of my paper with the topic I have chosen. I believe if I state both sides of the argument (as well as mine) and even provide background information for my audience, my paper should meet the required standards. My issue is very complex and may even provide tension for my readers, which is kind of the point of my topic. I want to go in to detail about how I feel about the topic and I really want a discussion to be created over it. That’s why I believe my topic will be so successful. In today’s America, this is a very debatable subject, which may cause many people to be upset or mad. These types of emotions really add to the fact of why I believe this topic is the right one for me.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
At A Glance pg. 91
1. Sports are an event or topic that I absolutely love. I can watch, listen, or talk about sports all day. It’s a topic that never gets old because something new always happens every day, whether it’s a good game or a fight between two teams. I always make sure I watch sports center every night so I won’t lose touch of the pastime I love.
2. I encounter a variety of things in my everyday life here on campus. I often see people using laptops in class as well as all other types of technology. I also see a lot of posters throughout campus also describing signs of alcohol poisoning and all other types of consequences that can come from drinking.
3. Something that would make me leave a conversation with a friend to go talk to someone else would be something like if someone was talking bad about me or a sports team I like. I know that’s a little sad but it’s the truth. Those two things really anger me. I feel like that team is a part of me and if you talk badly about me, I’ll probably snap and go off on someone.
4. A major topic presently in our nation right now is the destruction caused by hurricane Ike. Many people are still feeling the effects of it and the destruction it left in its passing. People are still out of homes and many have lost everything they owned. This will be a huge topic for a while and for months to come.
Thesis Excercise pg. 22
1. The ad’s focus is on the coffin and the cigarettes. By having the cigarettes inside the coffin, the reader can easily understand the message the author is trying to convey: the dangers of smoking. Also, the way the ad is situated and laid out, it resembles a smoking advertisement. The surgeon general’s warning at the bottom also adds to the effect of the picture. It attracts the eyes of smokers, much like normal cigarette ads do.
2. The picture shows the unhealthiness and fatal consequences that cigarettes can cause.
3. The picture shows how cigarettes are a bad habit and dangerous, despite their economic benefits.
4. This advertisement focuses on the dangers of smoking, despite its economic benefits, by wittily resembling a cigarette ad with its strategic placement of key items.
5. In this ad, the author conveys the point that smoking is bad, despite its economic benefits, through strategic placement and clever design throughout the advertisement.
6. The author conveys his point that cigarettes are beneficial to our economy, despite the negative effects, but the negatives outweigh the positive greatly.
At A Glance pg. 21
· http://www.notobacco.org/photos/large/photo46.jpg
1. The image does a very good job of persuading the audience. It uses pathos and logos to persuade the audience and does so very successfully. It uses death as a consequence to smokers and does so in a humorous and witty way.
2. The ad does not contain many elements to analyze but the few it has are more than enough to convey the author’s outlook on smoking.
3. The intended audience is smokers. The picture is aimed to make smokers second guess their view on smoking.
4. This image expresses the idea that smoking is not only unhealthy but can be fatal to a person’s life. The elements in the picture do a very nice job of displaying the author’s view on this deadly habit and does so very successfully.
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