http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/sunday/the-bloated-nuclear-weapons-budget.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
This week I read an editorial about America's nuclear weapons budget that many believe to be over-funded. The authors state that with 2,500 deployed nuclear weapons and 2,600 as backup, we spend too much on nuclear weapons. In the article, it states that the budget could rise up to $600 billion over the next decade. They propose many ideas to save billions of dollars regarding this budget. The authors of this piece are credible because they are supported by the New York Times, which is a very reliable source. Also, with the facts they bring up in the piece, they are obviously well-read on the subject. This editorial was written as a response to the believed overspending on nuclear weapons. People who do not believe, or know, that the government is spending this much on nuclear weapons are the audience of this piece. This editorial was written to make the audience believe the same thing as them. Some rhetorical elements in this piece are the ethos and logos used by the authors. They used logos through the facts and statistics that they brought to the piece. They used this logos to develop their ethos so that the audience believes their claim. This piece achieved its purpose through this very effective use of ethos and logos.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
No Link Between Mobile Phone Use and Tumors AOW #7
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020191848.htm
The article that I read this week was about a study done in Denmark that tested one of the most widely believed myths. They tested to see if there was a connection between mobile phone use and the risk of getting a tumor. This was claimed to be the biggest study ever, with about 360 thousand test subjects. The results showed that the same percentage of people who got a brain tumor between those who use mobile devices frequently and those who rarely use them were the same, proving that there is no correlation between the mobile device usage and the risk of tumors. The author of the piece was sciencedaily.com. This website offers up to date articles on all topics under the science category. The audience that this was directed to was those who believe that using a mobile device increases the risk for cancer. The purpose was to inform people that this myth was proven wrong and to tell them to live their life without worrying about how much they use their cellphone because of a believed risk of cancer. The piece accomplished this because it gave all of the information it needed to using logos and ethos. The piece used logos by going into deep detail about the experiment that proved a widely believed myth wrong. An appeal to ethos was made through the use of logos and the diction of the speaker.
The article that I read this week was about a study done in Denmark that tested one of the most widely believed myths. They tested to see if there was a connection between mobile phone use and the risk of getting a tumor. This was claimed to be the biggest study ever, with about 360 thousand test subjects. The results showed that the same percentage of people who got a brain tumor between those who use mobile devices frequently and those who rarely use them were the same, proving that there is no correlation between the mobile device usage and the risk of tumors. The author of the piece was sciencedaily.com. This website offers up to date articles on all topics under the science category. The audience that this was directed to was those who believe that using a mobile device increases the risk for cancer. The purpose was to inform people that this myth was proven wrong and to tell them to live their life without worrying about how much they use their cellphone because of a believed risk of cancer. The piece accomplished this because it gave all of the information it needed to using logos and ethos. The piece used logos by going into deep detail about the experiment that proved a widely believed myth wrong. An appeal to ethos was made through the use of logos and the diction of the speaker.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Violent Games are Emotionally Desensitizing AOW #6
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111012124019.htm
The article I read was about an experiment to see if violent video games made people want to be just as violent in real life. Their studies showed signs of the video games making the participants "emotionally desensitized". By this they mean that the participants who played the first-person shooter games did not respond as strongly with a fear element to the image shown to them because they were so used to seeing images just like it. The source of this article is sciencedaily.com. This site is a very popular website for up to date news for research that has been conducted. It establishes its credibility through referencing the University of Bonn's experiment and explaining it well. Outside of this piece, there are many arguments going on about how violent video games corrupt children and make them want to kill people. This is why this article was written. This piece wants to give the reader the true information about how these video games affect an individual. This article was written for all who relate in any way to the violent video games that this article is talking about.
The main rhetorical element in this piece was the use of logos. The majority of the paper was about the study that was conducted by the University of Bonn. Another element I saw was ethos. The author established his/her credibility through referencing and explaining the experiment. The pattern of development that this piece used mainly was exemplification. It worked well with what the article was trying to do. In the end, I believe that this article achieved its purpose because It gave the straight facts about the effect of violent video games on an individual.
The article I read was about an experiment to see if violent video games made people want to be just as violent in real life. Their studies showed signs of the video games making the participants "emotionally desensitized". By this they mean that the participants who played the first-person shooter games did not respond as strongly with a fear element to the image shown to them because they were so used to seeing images just like it. The source of this article is sciencedaily.com. This site is a very popular website for up to date news for research that has been conducted. It establishes its credibility through referencing the University of Bonn's experiment and explaining it well. Outside of this piece, there are many arguments going on about how violent video games corrupt children and make them want to kill people. This is why this article was written. This piece wants to give the reader the true information about how these video games affect an individual. This article was written for all who relate in any way to the violent video games that this article is talking about.
The main rhetorical element in this piece was the use of logos. The majority of the paper was about the study that was conducted by the University of Bonn. Another element I saw was ethos. The author established his/her credibility through referencing and explaining the experiment. The pattern of development that this piece used mainly was exemplification. It worked well with what the article was trying to do. In the end, I believe that this article achieved its purpose because It gave the straight facts about the effect of violent video games on an individual.
Unit 1 Assignment Reflection
The most helpful assignment, for me, has been the article of the weeks. The articles that I read help keep me up to date on the current news while also give me practice for analyzing documents rhetorically. In the beginning my rhetorical analysis of articles took a very long time. I had to read the article first to understand it, then go back and find each piece that I was looking for, but now, I am able to read and pick out most of the rhetorical elements at the same time. This is helping me become a better analyzer and reader alike. With the rest of the year to continue doing these article of the weeks, I feel confident in saying that by the time the AP test rolls around I will be ready to analyze anything that they throw at me quickly and efficiently.
Unit 1 Essential Question
How do speakers & writers use Rhetorical devices to communicate their ideas?
Rhetorical devices are necessary when a speaker or writer is trying to communicate their ideas. The rhetorical devices they use define how the audience interprets what the rhetor is trying to say. This proves the importance of using the correct rhetorical devices for your message. There are many devices and strategies in their disposal, but some of the more popular ones are ethos, pathos, and logos, also known as the appeals. These appeals work well for rhetors when they are trying to connect to their audience and provoke their interest. Another device would be the patterns of development. These patterns help to develop information in the best way possible to achieve its purpose.
The appeals help a speaker or writer connect to its audience and provoke their interest. Ethos is the credibility that the speaker or writer has with the audience. Appealing to ethos is done through a rhetor's diction and the logos that they appeal to. This logos that the speaker or writer is trying to appeal to is the logical reasoning behind whatever point they are trying to get across. The last appeal, pathos, is the strongest of all three. Pathos is the appeal to the audience that reaches their emotions. Emotions of the audience are invoked by personal stories that an writer or speaker can write about.
Patterns of development are the ways that rhetors organize their information to become the best it can to achieve the writer or speaker's purpose. The patterns are narration, description, process analysis, exemplification, comparison and contrast, classification and division, definition, and cause and effect. The patterns help rhetors, after they establish their point, to then develop it and connect it back to their purpose in a fitting way. The multitude of patterns allows for multiple ways of analyzing a point. All the rhetor has to do is pick the most fitting one.
Rhetorical devices are necessary when a speaker or writer is trying to communicate their ideas. The rhetorical devices they use define how the audience interprets what the rhetor is trying to say. This proves the importance of using the correct rhetorical devices for your message. There are many devices and strategies in their disposal, but some of the more popular ones are ethos, pathos, and logos, also known as the appeals. These appeals work well for rhetors when they are trying to connect to their audience and provoke their interest. Another device would be the patterns of development. These patterns help to develop information in the best way possible to achieve its purpose.
The appeals help a speaker or writer connect to its audience and provoke their interest. Ethos is the credibility that the speaker or writer has with the audience. Appealing to ethos is done through a rhetor's diction and the logos that they appeal to. This logos that the speaker or writer is trying to appeal to is the logical reasoning behind whatever point they are trying to get across. The last appeal, pathos, is the strongest of all three. Pathos is the appeal to the audience that reaches their emotions. Emotions of the audience are invoked by personal stories that an writer or speaker can write about.
Patterns of development are the ways that rhetors organize their information to become the best it can to achieve the writer or speaker's purpose. The patterns are narration, description, process analysis, exemplification, comparison and contrast, classification and division, definition, and cause and effect. The patterns help rhetors, after they establish their point, to then develop it and connect it back to their purpose in a fitting way. The multitude of patterns allows for multiple ways of analyzing a point. All the rhetor has to do is pick the most fitting one.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Welcome to the Genomic Revolution AOW #5
http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_resnick_welcome_to_the_genomic_revolution.html
In the video in the link above Richard Resnick talks about the advances in genome technology that many people are not aware of. He explained that the technology we have allows us to genetically sequence a human, and compare it to other genetic sequences to discover the source of a disease or sickness. People who were genetically sequenced and were helped in the end were mentioned to show the audience how useful this technology can be. The speaker in this video is Richard Resnick. He is CEO of GenomeQuest, which is a company that builds software to support genomic medicine. Before this, he was CEO of Mosaic Bioinformatics and a member of the Human Genome Project at MIT. He has been involved in many organisations involving genetics for a very long time which makes him very credible for this topic. The context that surrounds this speech is that we are having breakthroughs in this science that would be very helpful for all humans, but not many are informed of this or are using this science to its full potential. The audience of this speech is all humans who do not know how amazing this technology truly is. This is why the speech was made, to develop interest and inform the uninformed. The rhetorical elements used in this speech are logos, pathos and ethos. The logos was developed through the charts and graphs that project the information and predicted information that support the genetic technology and its usefulness. Pathos was in the piece of this where he tells the stories of individuals who were affected by life-threatening diseases and were saved by the technology of his company. This drew my emotions because I felt bad for the ill individuals and was happy to hear that they were saved by genetic technology. His ethos was established through all of the knowledge he gave us on the subject and the confidence in his voice. I believe that Richard Resnick did accomplish his purpose because he made me interested on this newer technology and informed me of all its amazing capabilities.
In the video in the link above Richard Resnick talks about the advances in genome technology that many people are not aware of. He explained that the technology we have allows us to genetically sequence a human, and compare it to other genetic sequences to discover the source of a disease or sickness. People who were genetically sequenced and were helped in the end were mentioned to show the audience how useful this technology can be. The speaker in this video is Richard Resnick. He is CEO of GenomeQuest, which is a company that builds software to support genomic medicine. Before this, he was CEO of Mosaic Bioinformatics and a member of the Human Genome Project at MIT. He has been involved in many organisations involving genetics for a very long time which makes him very credible for this topic. The context that surrounds this speech is that we are having breakthroughs in this science that would be very helpful for all humans, but not many are informed of this or are using this science to its full potential. The audience of this speech is all humans who do not know how amazing this technology truly is. This is why the speech was made, to develop interest and inform the uninformed. The rhetorical elements used in this speech are logos, pathos and ethos. The logos was developed through the charts and graphs that project the information and predicted information that support the genetic technology and its usefulness. Pathos was in the piece of this where he tells the stories of individuals who were affected by life-threatening diseases and were saved by the technology of his company. This drew my emotions because I felt bad for the ill individuals and was happy to hear that they were saved by genetic technology. His ethos was established through all of the knowledge he gave us on the subject and the confidence in his voice. I believe that Richard Resnick did accomplish his purpose because he made me interested on this newer technology and informed me of all its amazing capabilities.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Kia Soul Commercial AOW #4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zJWA3Vo6TU
This commercial is for the Kia Soul. It depicts what looks like a war between two races of robots. These robots are destroying everything in sight, until a Kia Soul rolls into the picture, and out popped 3 hamsters. The hamsters started doing a dance called shuffling to LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem. This song and dance brought the two nations of robots to peace and the war ended. The hamsters then drive off in their Kia Soul, where Kia also adds good facts about their car. Kia devised this commercial for the american car buyers, specifically targeting the younger crowd who are in a constant battle to become, or stay, "cool". This commercial applies to that genre of people because it takes a very popular song, at the moment, and shows hamsters dancing to it. The hamsters dancing adds humor to the commercial to connect even more to the younger audience.
The obvious purpose of this commercial was to make people want to buy the Kia Soul. The way that Kia attempted to reach this goal was to appeal to mainly pathos and little bit of logos at the end. They appeal to pathos through depicting these hamsters as the cool people that every person (or robot) likes. And since everyone wants people to like them and be cool people, it brings emotions of wanting to the watcher. It appeals to logos at the end by adding facts about its machine. I believe that this commercial, for the most part, reached its purpose because it made the Kia Soul look like a cool car to drive.
This commercial is for the Kia Soul. It depicts what looks like a war between two races of robots. These robots are destroying everything in sight, until a Kia Soul rolls into the picture, and out popped 3 hamsters. The hamsters started doing a dance called shuffling to LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem. This song and dance brought the two nations of robots to peace and the war ended. The hamsters then drive off in their Kia Soul, where Kia also adds good facts about their car. Kia devised this commercial for the american car buyers, specifically targeting the younger crowd who are in a constant battle to become, or stay, "cool". This commercial applies to that genre of people because it takes a very popular song, at the moment, and shows hamsters dancing to it. The hamsters dancing adds humor to the commercial to connect even more to the younger audience.
The obvious purpose of this commercial was to make people want to buy the Kia Soul. The way that Kia attempted to reach this goal was to appeal to mainly pathos and little bit of logos at the end. They appeal to pathos through depicting these hamsters as the cool people that every person (or robot) likes. And since everyone wants people to like them and be cool people, it brings emotions of wanting to the watcher. It appeals to logos at the end by adding facts about its machine. I believe that this commercial, for the most part, reached its purpose because it made the Kia Soul look like a cool car to drive.
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