In Class Lab 11/19

Both of our articles and Spriggs made their positions clear not only in the introduction but also in the conclusion. The writers of our articles determined the importance of the argument by invocating Paris attacks and 9/11, while Spriggs instead invoked what could happen. Our articles also explicitly state their positions when they explain how they believe that taking certain steps will help prevent terrorism. Spriggs used anecdotal evidence more than our articles, citing her families farmer friend. She also responded to varying views more often, such as how buying local can have negative environmental effects. All of them mentioned articles and statistics from other reputable news sources in order to support their stance, such as Spriggs citation of CNN. Spriggs first paragraph talks about how Americans can eat fruit that naturally would not be in season which by turn of causes consequences to local farms and the worldwide environment, our other articles acted similarly for their own stances, one of them claiming that lax gun control laws contribute to hundreds of deaths every year. Spriggs was also better at showing how things have changed over time, such as how the number of cows a farm milks has increased drastically from industrialized farms, something that other articles mostly neglected, instead focusing on more recent times. Sprigss also appealed to the values of the readers by citing how local farms create 10% more jobs than large ones, our articles appealed to the viewers values by mentioning the expensive toll of the Iraq and Afghanistan war, in terms of life and wealth.  The author of our articles also uses the ignorance of the general public concerning the word "terrorism" to springboard his own stance and condescension towards detractors in opinion to develop a tone of authority while Spriggs developed a tone of authority through proving her competence, not by capitalizing on condescension.

Pg 80

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/18/terrorism-gun-control-immigration-refugee

Pg. 100 Questions

1. It is clear the topic matters to Katherine Spriggs and she has done a good job at convincing me that it matters through use of statistics and logic. Spriggs establishes the importance of her topic through tying it to things such as global warming and local economies that most readers will find very important.
2. She considers the view that food she bought from where it best grows because it saves time and energy and she agrees that is true in some cases but that people should strive to buy as much food locally before buying food from elsewhere.
3. When Spriggs says "If strawberries were sold only in the summer, they would be more specfial and we might even enjoy them more," her argument is rather ineffective because it has no real support or logic to it. Whether or not we would enjoy them more or see them as more special is completely subjective, the best evidence she could provide for this would be anecdotal.
4. For example, the two pictures that feature a poly culture and mono culture farm, respectively, do a good job at contrasting the two styles. While the mono culture farm appears lifeless and boring the poly culture farm has people outside and a close up of the crops, making it far more interesting and casting poly culture as a much more humane and relate-able system.

Pg. 70 Question

Recently in my English 101 class I was required to write an essay the analyses 3 ads. The motivation for writing and my position are made very clear. In the introduction I have a well defined thesis that outlines the message of the essay. This thesis is then supported and reiterated throughout the rest of the essay. Finally in the conclusion I once again restate the thesis to make clear what motivates writing and my position.

Yes We Can Blog Post

Taking snippets of Obama's Yes We Can speech and having them repeated and sang not only brought them back to the watchers mind multiple times during the video, but even after the video finishes the messages replay in the form of a catchy song. Written words like "Hope" and "Yes we Can" helped to solidify the message the video was sending. The black and white color scheme added to the atmosphere and the addition of more people singing as the video goes on contributed to the theme of people coming together to complete their goals.

Argument Topic Ideas

Whether or not Universal Health Care should be incorporated into America

Which candidate should become president

Whether or not free college should be incorporated into America

Whether or not women should be banned from certain US military combat roles

Whether or not women should have stricter or looser physical tests for joining the military

Two Sisters Tragedy In Class Lab Summary

From the video about the Two Sister Tragic, it had an emotional appeal because in the first line it established that the video was about grief. Secondly, they establish an emotional aspect to it they always have the parents “red-faced” with tears with the dog and with clips from their childhood. This video also had a logical appeal because the bottom line is that drunk driving kills and promotes driving lessons and they provide free transportation to insure safe driving throughout teenagers. This video showed ethos through the use of the video clips of their childhood to show that these people are just average and normal people, and that this can happen to anyone.