March 2 Homework

2. A. within the scope of the class, Is interesting, Can be researched.
B. a news source, library database, textbook
C. female athletes that use steroids in the Olympic games
D. regulate cell phone use on road laws not sufficient
E. scholarly-textbooks, popular-magazines, trade-written by experts for their field, newspaper-salt lake tribune.
F. Because it narrows the topic down for you

3. I was not able to view the tutorial video. For some reason neither of the two internet browsers I have installed would open the video and play it.

4. I was not able to open the articles that I tried choosing. I don’t know if it’s something I missed in the video tutorial but I can’t get my computer to open the files no matter what format I try to save them in.

Patrick Henry Speech

In Patrick Henry’s speech to the Virginia convention he presents his beliefs very well. He uses a lot of analogy which really helps illustrate and make his argument much stronger. In this speech the reader can tell that he has conviction in what he believes in. He says at the very end of the speech “give me liberty or give me death!”. Making the end of his speech strong and summarizes his whole argument in one simple sentence.

1. I believe Patrick Henry says this at the beginning to gain the favor of his audience. It kind of gets the audiences attention. And it makes them much more likely to listen to what he has to say if he demonstrates some respect for those he intends to reach. Because if he would’ve came out and said you guys are wrong I’m right no one would’ve listened. It’s just easier to listen to someone when they start off being positive and respectful.

2. Light in this context would mean ways. Or basically everyone has different opinions and views. He probably used this wording so that it is easier to see what he means. Or he used it so as not to offend someone but just saying something like only this way is right the rest of you are wrong. But then again it could’ve just been he used the word light because that was the way he talked.

3. When he says “it” he is referring to the war with England for the nations independence. By comparing freedom and slavery he makes an analogy. This statement creates an emotional appeal probably for some. It explains his argument in plain and easy to understand terms. Either the audience chooses to fight England for their freedom or they become enslaved to England.

4. He is creating an emotional appeal or a sense of duty and patriotism. Truth to Henry in this sentence I believe means an understanding or a realization. Henry is trying to impress the urgency and importance of the issue. He uses very heavy words and strong feelings to address the situation. He also refers to God often to invoke a spiritual feeling as well.

5. Once again an emotional appeal. He is trying to separate King George and God. Illustrating that God is above King George. And that God would want them to be free and independent from King George. He also alludes to God helping them if they stand and fight because it is a just and noble cause.

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I JST GOT MARRIED & MY HUSBAND JST GOT PUT ON CHILDSUPPORT I ALSO JST ADDED HIM TO MY BANK ACCOUNT CAN THE GOV. TAKE MONEY FROM DAT ACCOUNT?

Alright this is an example that I found on http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1907142. I will start by correcting all the shorthand errors and making it a little easier to read. “I just got married and my husband just got put on child support I also just added him to my bank account can the government take money from that account?” Well in my opinion the short cut words that this person uses aren’t really making it any harder to understand. To me what makes it a little hard to understand is how alliterate it is. I also don’t see why it is so hard to put the letter “u” in just. In this question the writer leaves out the “u” when they type the word just every single time. The writer of this question didn’t really use all that many emoticons or anything like that. They just cut off a lot of words for some reason. I guess because it is easier to leave out a few letters here and there when typing something. But like I said earlier the grammar in this question makes it a little tough to understand what the writer is trying to get across. But overall the use of shorthand or emoticons doesn’t really make it harder to read for me.

Thumbspeak by: Louis Menand

The current trends in new media communication are often debated as to whether or not they will have a negative effect on the future of academic writing. Many people argue that the use of shorthand terms such as “lol” and “g2g” is somehow going to make people start to think that that is the way we spell those words. They also think that use of these terms will somehow make humans as a whole regress into alliteration. To me such an idea is just plain ridiculous. The people that believe these things are the same as the people that were afraid of the use of the automobile when it first came out. New technology and ways of communication means change. And most people are afraid of change so they label it as something bad. After reading the article “Thumbspeak” by: Louis Menand my opinion on what new media trends will do to the future of academic writing remains unchanged. My opinion is that the new media trends won’t really have much of an effect at all on the future of academic writing. As David Crystal says in the article “a trillion text messages appear as no more than a few ripples on the surface of the sea of language.” Texting and instant messaging won’t really have a negative or positive impact on future writing because slang and the use of shorthand has been around for centuries. Some facts that Louis Menand brings up in this article to back up my standpoint are “ “Luv” for “love” dates from 1898; “thanx” was first used in 1936.” (Menand Thumbspeak)

Does College Matter?

I thought that this was a very interesting blog. It really got me thinking a lot about myself and my college education and whether or not I’m studying the right field or whether I should try to find something I have a passion for. My major is Electrical Automation and Robotics Technology. Now I didn’t initially go looking for an electrical degree or anything like that I really just ended up in it because I talked to an advisor and told them I like technology, computers, and working with my hands and fixing things. The advisor just recommended this program that I’ve been doing for a little over two years. Now that I’m about done with my associate’s degree and about to start on my bachelor’s I really think that something else that I really have a passion doing would be better. I’ve always had a passion for automobiles and sketch art even though I don’t have any training in either field. I think that the writer of this blog had a lot of good points. Because I’ve always heard that exact thing my whole life that the writer talked about in the blog, that most people think that going to college is just something natural or something that everyone should do in order to be successful and happy in life. It was really interesting the example that the writer used with his daughter that was a really good student in school and after graduating high school decided not to go to college and later found out that she wanted to be a vegetarian cook. Overall I thought that this blog had a very good argument and I agree with the writer when he said that we should focus more on something that we are passionate about and not just whatever field is making the most money at the time.

Advertisement #2

This anti drug advertisement I also found at Yahoo.com. This one is very strong in it's wording. Mostly because I think this is from the 60's or something. The words it uses appeals alot to the emotional side of the reader. Like I said the words are really strong like for example shame, horror, despair, sorrow, and misery. There are alot of claims on this advertisement as well mostly for the purpose of scaring people from using any illegal drug. Claims like weed has roots in hell and doing this stuff will lead to weird orgies, wild parties, and unleashed passions. Basically this advertisement does a good job at what it was intended to do which is scare the crap out of people so they don't even consider trying drugs.

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This advertisement I found at Yahoo.com. This advertisement is one that really appeals to the emotional side of the reader. Because of what it says at the begining "are you aware of all your child's interests?" with emphasis on ALL. And then when it says underneath the pictures "Talk with you child about alcohol and drugs before it's too late.". It appeals alot to the emotional side because of how it makes the reader wonder if they really know all the interests of their children and then it makes them wonder what could happen if they don't do anything before it's "too late".