ARCS pg 263 act 1,4,6

1)    1)  Scene: the crowd of fans is on their toes with excitement and anticipation whether the Mountaineers will get the must-needed touchdown to win the game. Breathing hard from nervous and sweat and the pressure of 1000’s and 1000 are of eyes watching the quarterback for the Mountaineers gets the snap. Face dripping with sweat, eyes concentrated on the pass…he makes the throw. Fans screaming as they see the pass in the air, their faces tight with anticipated pain of what is going to happen. To receive the ball they win to miss this pass the let down to moving on to the National Championship yet again. The pass was caught and the Mountaineers score!! Everybody is excited and energetic making the atmosphere ecstatic from the big win that the team just pulled off.

 

4) If you look in the paper of the DA under the help wanted, its really funny to read what the little blurbs say to catch the attention of their readers; especially college readers. They all have the job title in bold as well as how much money you can make if you apply. They usually say, “Fast Cash,” or “no experience necessary needed.” They are also those advertisements from the local bars, like today Mutt’s advertisement says you can get your picture taken with the raccoon and pumpkin from 10-12 or the Lazy Lizard has golden ticket night every Thursday that allows you to pass for free cover and free drink specials from 9-11; this is all to attract the attention of new and old customers.

 

6) I noticed reading a local article about Halloween safety tips when trick-or-treating. The article uses pejorative terms such as, “caution,” “the best way…”, “increasingly,” etc. This just shows that ethos of the article is implementing safety. The values are clear about what the community likes to read and focus there attention on which is children and their safety. So by using words that relate to safety draws the attention and the emotion that appeals to their readers. 

In Class Notes October 28, 2008

What is ethos?
-good character
-goodwill
-good sense

*1st, 2nd, 3rd person "distance" and "voice"
*active vs passive
* qualifiers
* word choec
* punctuation

Parents example pg 315.
Sharpio-
Good Sense: making the argument- "if we do x, y will happen" Examples- 1st person word choice (pairing)
Qualifier- "it is a complex matter"

Goodwill: acknowledges parents, emotions, values
- word choice confidence, grace
- QUALIFIERS (some...most)

Good Character:

• (agressiveness toward parents)
• (trust)/ (responsible)/ (fair)/ (honest)
• Situates herself as an advocate for both parents and students
• word choices
• examples (first person)

ARCS pg 230 act 1,2,6

Activity 1
In one of my English classes I have had to become an “expert” on press releases. I have looked at numerous printed and online press releases. Each writer expresses ethos by identifying their audience. Always following the 5 W’s and the tagalong H is the structure of how they establish character (ethos) in each press release. For an example, ESPN press releases have action pictures and quotes from athletes, coaches, sports analysts, etc. These quotes are the ways that project ethos in each press release, because the facts are coming right from the person. The topic in each press release is focused on generating a newsworthy article that will appeal to journalists who will cover the story in full detail.
Activity 2
Each author does not make a “close” distance relationship with their readers. In a press release it is best to leave out jargon and ego because a press release is simply to state the facts that are most newsworthy and interesting so that a news article maybe developed later on from the media, etc. The voice of the majority of each press release is geared towards the intended audience. ESPN for example uses “sports lingo” because they know that sports viewers, fans, and others who associate their time with sports will understand. The writer also uses really easy words to read quickly and uses numbers and graphics to help create a rhetorical distance for their sports fans/readers.
Activity 6
Ellen DeGeneres.
Dear program writing director,
I feel that the show needs more fun filled games to involve the audience. The doughnut game and marshmellow game is funny and entertaining. So, I have created another game that I fill will spread like wildfire for most popular games played on the show. It involves karaoke and dancing. There will be two randomly chosen audience members and they will have to pick out of a list of artists and the specific song and they will have to sing and dance like that song artists. It will be great. We can even have people send in youtube videos that could lead to a free trip out to LA and come to the show for like a “playoff.” You know how I feel about dancing so why not start my show with dancing and end it with dancing.

In Class October 23, 2008

* my computer glitched, so my notes were unsaved till this point in class *

If evidence does not fit the defendent, then you must acquit the defendant.
- Grounded in community values (major premise: unstated)
-The glove is evidence (unstated minor prmise)
-The glove doesn't fit the defendant (stated minor prmise)
"If the glvoe doesn't fit, you must acquit"

Video-
- Someone needs medical help
- A doctor is certified to help with medical emergency problems
- Holiday Inn guests are smart
"A holiday inn guest is smarter than a doctor"

Major Premise(general class): Smart people are the best people to handle difficult situations
Minor Premise (specific case): People who stay at a Holiday Inn Express are smart
Argument: We need someone who stayed at the Holidy Inn Express to help this man

ARCS Act. 3 pg 186

“Elvis has left the building”
- Elvis has moved to a different place
- Elvis has performed his last show
- Grand finale

ARCS Act 1 pg 186

The first sentence of the article I thought used Enthymematic proof because it had the “thus it follows that” indicated by “therefore;” plane crash kills and injures passengers therefore investigations by federal aviation officials are investigating accident.

A NTSB Public Affairs Officer Petter Kundson used an example of maxim in his quote which read, “Oftentimes, we find that as we collect more information, the picture changes.” The quote uses a wise saying that everybody generally understands and accepts its analogy. It clearly deals with human actions that are being chosen on what is happening and what to do with the problem at hand.

The last paragraph talks about the only two survivors of the plane crash and uses signs to help identify its logical proof. The text claims that the two passengers, Travis Barker and DJ AM both experienced plane crash accidents which was the real event in the sign and now their state of affairs are they suffered severe burns because of the crash.

Article-
Shredded Tires, Debris Likely Caused Travis Barker's Plane Crash:
Federal aviation officials looking into last month's crash that killed four people and critically injured Travis Barker and DJ AM are focusing on bare tires and debris on the runway as the causes of the fate of the doomed Learjet and those onboard. The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that the aircraft's wheels had very little rubber remaining and its brakes were severely damaged. The plane crashed upon an aborted takeoff around midnight Sept. 19. "Oftentimes, we find that as we collect more information, the picture changes," said NTSB Public Affairs Officer Peter Knudson, who said the physical evidence of the crash – such as skid marks and the condition of the brakes – is being analyzed. The cockpit voice recorder indicated that crewmembers expressed their belief that a tire blew as the jet was on the runway. Having both suffered severe burns in the crash, Barker, 32, and DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein), 35, are now expected to recover fully.
The wreckage of the Learjet carrying Travis Barker, Adam Goldstein and four others Photo by: Brett Flashnick / AP

In class October 21, 2008

Analyze Data

Faigley's Social Perspective:
-Coding Data: reading all the collected data, looking for patterns, themes, similarities/differences to emerge

Intertextuality (Bazerman):
1)Direct Quotation
2) Indirect Quotation
3) Mentioning another document
4) Commenting on another text
5) Using recognizable phrases

"Tracing Writing Process" (Prior):
A) Analyzing Texts:
-Same between drafts
-Slightly revised
-Added
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B) Thinking aloud
-differentiating the various types of comments

Influence of Workplace Culture on Writing/Revising:
-Kleimann's four categories of revision comments
- Editorial comments

Analyzing Genres:
-Prominent Linguistic Features
ex- uses active verbs
- presents concrete details
-Rhetorical Features
ex-Progress report that has an argument throughout the report. What is the person doing to make an argument in the report.
-Organizational Features
ex-Chronological order

Speaking-Writing Connection:

Rhetorical Theories:
-Definitions/concepts can serve as lenses to analyze what is happening in texts


Free Write- What I am going to do about re-analyzing my data:
- I am probably going to focus more on the Analyzing Genres: the organizational features and rhetorical features.
- If my person I am observing writes evaluations and creates projects then what type of order does that person deliver throughout the evaluation?
- I will be looking for active verbs and indirect quotations. From there that could lead me to re-analyzing what type of argument was that person trying to perceive in the evaluation; was it more of an argument or agreement?

In Class Notes October 16,2008

Ideology: Sets of beliefs, values, ideas that shape how someone views the world
ex-feminism, conservatism, humanism, communism, capitalism, and enviormentalism

Common Topic: specific procedure/set of questions for generating arguments (heuristics)

Common Place: unstated ideas, statements that help to shape an ideology
- unstated premises that help to construct an ideology

*Common Places are frequently resorted to popular rhetoric
*They provide the terms within which American discourse works

Ideologic: Arguments that are made by stringing together common places

"Keep Austin Weird"
1) An "ideal" city is a "weird" city
2) A weird city has lots of different people, different shops , different ideas, different cultures
3) Austin is a werid city
4) Homogeneity is not weird
5) Npx stpres corp. promote homogenerity
6) Gov't should promote what is unique in a city rather than what is "the same"
7) Austin policy should keep local stores here rather than inviting in corp.

"Guns don't kill people; people kill people"
Government should create legislation that targets criminals alone not the tools they use to commit crime
Guns don't do anything on their own
People are inherently good or bad
Good people will follow laws. Bad people will ignore laws
Responsible people should be given rights; unresponsible people forfeit their rights
Government should protect community

ARCS Act. 4 pg 153

My topic is going to be over TV violence.

Common Topic of Conjecture:
- There is parent lock on television sets
- All kids will inevitable be exposed to violence one way or another
- When there was not any televised programs there were comic books that had violence
- There are TV ratings to help get an idea of what is going to be on the show, just like how there are movie ratings

Common Topic of Degree:
- Not all TV is bad. PBS, Disney, and other kids network shows use fun and entertaining ways to even help educate kids while watching the program
- TV violence may be bad in the U.S. but not as bad as in other countries who do not even have a TV to stem ideas from violent programs aired
- Violent TV programs may cause a reaction to kids giving off the vibe of hurting others is actually not all fun and games
- There is always going to be a disclaimer on violent shows, it is up to parents to reinforce that disclaimer

Common Topic of Possibility:
- Maybe violent programs will only air past a certain time where kids would be asleep or at school. Example- Adult Swim on Cartoon Network starts running their “violent” and “adult” cartoons at 10 p.m.
- You can never take away TV programs and the violent shows that maybe aired. There will always be violence and there will always be a show that airs that violence

ARCS Act. 5 pg 153

ARCS Activity 5 pg 153

After researching the news and internet for something that sprung away from the “meltdown” of our economy debate, I finally found two articles comment on the SNL skit over Alaskan Governor, Sarah Palin. Looking at Time, which is a liberal point of view and USA Today; a conservative view point I noticed some interesting differences between the two news websites.
The whole story behind SNL and Sarah Palin, was SNL’s cast member Tina Fey who has created the identical Sarah Palin keeps airing on SNL and people are starting to complain that SNL might be using the “Sarah Palin” skit as a political campaign.
The USA Today version of the event was really laid back and relaxed. The article took the commonplace theme of saying that SNL has never had an impact on the nominees for a political presidential race. The article talks about how everybody knows that SNL is for fun. They even have Sarah Palin commenting on how funny Tina Fey really is and how well she can pull off looking like her identical twin.
Times do not like the idea of having SNL as a commonplace for political satire to actually make news. Times article starts to talk about how this is not good for Palin’s stance in the political race and how it will affect voters. The article goes on by saying that voters might even get mixed up feelings on who is the “real” Palin.
I do not know much about politics and I am no genius with defining what truly is ideological, but from reading these two articles over a little political humor I get a deeper understanding that the ideology of shows and skits over things that people care deeply about will always have a bigger influence on the party that is left in the dark. The ideology of shows is feeling familiar with the way it’s ran; like SNL, everybody is familiar with not taking the show out of context; that is why SNL has Tina Fey saying things like “Katie (Couric) can I use one of my life lines?” (making fun of when Palin went on the Katie Couric show).

October 14, 2008

Ideology: beliefs, attitudes, values. Ways of thinking/viewing the world that defines a group
pg 130 ARCS

Common Places:
examples- "protecting and preserving families" or "strengthing communities"
-Mode of thinking/often unexamined beliefs taht make up an ideology
-Short ways to reference larger ideas/beliefs/values (a retorical advise)

Class Update

The readings on intertexuality was really interesting to read about because now when im writing i am observing my work as go through my process or writing. Today, in class visually looking at the progress reports I will use the layout structures as the examples.