...Cover Letter Dear reader, My purpose of writing this essay is to decide whether Anne Feldman’s article, “STEAM Rising: Why we need to put the arts into STEM education,” was effective, ineffective, or both. I came to the conclusion that she was effective. I believe I did an effective job at analyzing Feldman’s article by analyzing her sources she uses as evidence and breaking down how she uses a personal anecdote to use in order to use the rhetorical appeals to persuade her audience. At first when this paper was assigned to me I was terrified by the idea of starting it but as I moved along in the process it became apparent to me that writing is not a scary process. After struggling I became attached and writing became quite pleasant, but stressing none the less. The toughest part about this essay was definitely begging it and ending it. The easiest was writing the third body paragraph since it includes a personal experience. Since I am biased towards my grade I would reward my self with an A and although someone else might not think it is I wont go lower because part of my lifestyle is to never put my self down. In this essay I focused on capitalization. In the future I hope to improve on my grammar. I look forward to see my writing improve this year! STEAM vs. STEM “STEAM Rising: Why we need to put the arts into STEM education,” authored by Anne Feldman, an article whose purpose is to push the audience, those invested in the hard sciences and educators, to integrate...
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...When delegates from twelve states arrived in Philadelphia during the month of May, 1787, our confederacy found itself unaware and ignorant of the fact that behind these closed doors delegates completely overturned the Articles of Confederation instead of revising them, and created a whole new plan of government due to supposed conflict. These delegates were well-educated and well-off white men that got together to improve the strength of our current “league of friendship,” through important revisions of the Articles of Confederation. The delegates soon decided to trash the Articles and create a new form of government. James Madison, or the, “Father of the Constitution,” as some have called him, proposed that the government be made up of...
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...In Frank Rose’s essay he argues how people can get pleasure from talking about themselves. Rose uses logos to support his claim and make it stronger. He explains a study from Harvard researchers where they asked 212 people about themselves and other people. The study shows that people were more interested in questions pertaining to themselves rather than others. Rose’s use of logistical facts helps to add credibility to his claim. With the help from stats he can back up his claim and make it more reliable. Rose’s practice of logical facts defends his claim and therefore draw more people to his side. Overall the use of facts assists in making for a better argument. Another technique Rose use is visual rhetoric. Rose’s picture shows how people...
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...Diana Gioia’s persuasive article on why literature matters, brings to light and shows the importance of reading. Gioia uses factual evidence and diction paired with sentence structure to help persuade his audience of the importance of literature. Gioia’s use of factual evidence throughout his article helps the reader understand that literature is important. Gioia states that according to a survey done in 2002, “arts participation by Americans has declined for eight of the nine major forms.” His choice of placement for this fact provides a form of credibility and proof of his statements in the previous paragraph. This structure of placing the facts after his statements provides a form of emphasis on the subject throughout the entirety of the...
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...The director of the traumatic stress studies division at Mount Sinai and the director of mental health at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Dr. Rachel Yehuda specializes in posttraumatic stress disorder. She has been working with trauma survivors for over 20 years. Posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is perhaps best known as a mental health condition that many soldiers experience after war, but it’s a problem that stretches far beyond the military to affect 5%-10% of all men and 7%-14% of all women in this country. “PTSD is a disorder in which the patient responds to a watershed event by not being able to recover from its emotional impact,” says Yehuda. “The direct cause is exposure to adversity, and the more trauma people experience, the more likely they are to have PTSD.” Traumatic exposure is extremely common. “More than half of all people in the United States are exposed to the kind of event that can give you PTSD, and more than a quarter are exposed more than once,” says Yehuda. “Because so many persons experience trauma, PTSD is one of the most common mental health conditions in this country.” There are a set of common symptoms most people experience after a traumatic event. “When tragedy strikes, almost everyone will feel very shaken up, and for at least a few days there can be nightmares, flashbacks and the inability to sleep or concentrate,” says Yehuda. “PTSD is a disorder where those symptoms continue for weeks, months and sometimes years.” Not everyone...
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...You have been working on short writing assignments and exercises that practice the three individual parts of a rhetorical analysis—identification of the rhetorical situation, close analysis of the parts of the work, and a critical evaluation of the author’s moves and effectiveness. Now you will be putting it all together. You will write a rhetorical analysis on one of the speeches found on this website: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html You will identify the rhetorical situation, do a close analysis of a principle or strategy being used, and draw a conclusion on how well the author has accomplished his or her objective. Make sure you do NOT use the same speech as your peers. Assignment: Choose one of the articles. Write...
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...Strengths: According to the instructor feedback, my personal understanding, and peer critiques, my essay’s strengths include a solid understanding of the purpose of the article, clear development of the thesis statement and sharp recognition of the audience. According to the instructor’s feedback, my introduction is the strongest part of my paper. My introduction seems to be well-organized, clear and concise. It also contains all the necessary components for a further analysis of the article showing insights of the rhetorical choices being analyzed. My thesis statement and main points are well-defined, precise and convincing. I also did well on following the MLA style guidelines. My quotations and in-text citations are consistently well worked. I believe also that I showed relevant improvement on words choices, sentences structure and logical reasoning....
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...Erin Ryan wrote an article featured in Spotlight in First Year Writing, called “Telling it from the Mountain: A Rhetorical Analysis of Fannie Lou Hamer’s Speech before the Democratic National Convention”, analyzing the rhetorical qualities of Mrs. Hammers speech in 1964. My notebook entry will use material covered in the class text “Write about Writing” to highlight what Erin Ryan used in the rhetorical analysis of this emotional speech. In the retelling of Mrs. Hamer’s speech, Erin Ryan uses two forms of Aristotle’s proof (pistis) to elicit a response in the analysis. Reading through the article, I found two methods of appeal: emotion (pathos), and logic (logos). The emotional appeal of the article, describes Mrs. Hammers speech style....
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...Renata Bakieva Professor Carla Pastor English 1100 sec 198 10 October 2012 Back on Top In “Roger Federer arrives at this year’s US Open in the midst of a new chapter in his storied career,” Stephen Tignor uses rhetorical strategies to convince Federer’s fans that he (Federer) had won the Wimbledon title because of the successful changes he had undergone since winning the last major trophy. Tignor asserts that the influence of Federer’s mother, his twin daughters, and the hiring of a new coach were the reasons he had won the Wimbledon title (Tignor 27). To achieve his goal of convincing the audience, Tignor utilizes a variety of rhetorical strategies: description, comparison and contrast, narration, process analysis, and augmentation. These rhetorical strategies combine to convince Federer’s fans that he was able to win the Wimbledon title because of the influence of the changes he had introduced in his life. While using description as a rhetorical strategy, an author uses figurative language and sense details to support a given assertion concerning a person or object of discussion. Tignor in the article argues that Federer’s twin daughters, his mother, and the new coach were the reason why he had won the Wimbledon title after failing in the previous attempts to win a major title in tennis (Tignor 27). Tignor asserts that in his previous wins and losses, the three persons had not attended his matches; the Wimbledon win was their first attendance. Tignor...
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...Rhetorical Analysis The title of this article is “Hip hop’s betrayal of Black Women” which first appeared in 2006, and was written by Jennifer McLune a librarian, activist, and writer living in Washington D.C. Although, the author makes valid points in her response she does not demonstrate enough knowledge on the subject of hip hop culture. The author argues black women in today’s hip hop culture are unfairly made out to be inferior to their male counterparts. The article can be broken down into five divisions. The author writes in response to the “socioeconomic” (297) reasoning given for the current state of affairs. The author disagrees with Powell’s response calling it a way to silence feminist critiques of the culture. The author argues that hip hop owes its success to the ideology to women-hating and that poverty is argued to be an excuse of it. The author addresses a range of issues from contemporary artists being too inconsistent, to female artists not being as united when it comes to standing up for a change. For this reason “Hip hop’s betrayal of Black Women” should not be considered by PopMatters and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) for the top prize for persuasiveness due the author’s use of rhetorical analysis and logical fallacy in addressing opposing viewpoints In “Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women” the author uses three kinds of rhetorical techniques in the article logos, pathos, and ethos. Logos is used to show facts, reasons, and statistics...
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...good to one might sound awful to another. In the article “Lady Gaga’s New Album Is a Pop Rapture”, author Jody Rosen offers an illustrative, interesting look at the music industry and the appeal of music to an audience. When creating a critical piece of writing it is important to be aware of the intended audience. Rosen successfully utilizes an excess of rhetorical strategies in his writing. His writing catches to the intended audience, and it is clear who the audience is meant to be. Throughout Rosen’s article, it is clear that he likes Lady Gaga’s talent and songwriting abilities, and his language and rhetorical strategies help to show his point in a great way. When writing an article that reviews anything it is important to be aware of the intended audience. Not only that, it is equally important to successfully support the writing for the audience. In Jody Rosen’s article he clearly states his intended audience: Gaga fans. Rosen identifies his audience in a perfect manner, and his ability for description leaves the reader with a good image in their mind. Rosen appeals to this audience by describing Gaga as a music genius. He gets to the roots of Lady Gaga’s music and brings it to life off the page. With this type of writing it is easy for any die hard Gaga fan to want to blast the Born This Way album immediately after reading. To gain his audiences attention, Rosen uses a few rhetorical strategies in his article. Rosen has an ability to describe Gaga’s image and...
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...more. I had three assignments that were assigned. The three assignments included; a resume, a rhetorical analysis of a popular business article, and a positive and negative business letter. The first assignment that was assigned was to find an available job position and create a resume that would fit to the opening. I felt like I met the goals for the assignment because I followed the rubric and created a resume based on a summer internship position offered by Uline. This assignment taught me how to create a strong resume with the correct format that employers are looking for. At first the assignment was difficult because I wasn’t sure what type of resume to write, but after a little help it slowly started to come together. Peer review helped me with my resume because it...
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...Jason Francis Herbert Pimlott Rhetorical Analysis November 13, 2012 This essay argues that the Globe and Mail (G&M) article, ‘Don’t Teach Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes’ (18 August 2012), is persuasive with its primary target audience of G&M readers. Clifford Orwin, the author of this article, is a professor of political science at the University of Toronto. Furthermore, the main focus of this article deals with the fact that: “Real education requires real teachers and students, not disembodied electronic wraiths.” Through the rhetorical analysis of this editorial, this paper will demonstrate that its persuasiveness can be attributed to four key aspects: through an emphasis on the use of deliberative stasis; its use of ethos and logos; and through its effective use of rhetorical imagery. Before the case can be made for understanding how and why this article is persuasive, we need to begin with setting the context of the issue or exigence to which the article was responding and whether that response was timely and appropriate. To understand the exigence of this article, the interpretation of Orwin’s implied audience is necessary to grasp how the two concepts within exigence, kairos and phronesis, both link text, context and audience together. Through an extensive analysis of the assumptions made by Orwin, the implied audience consists predominantly of instructors. Moreover, Orwin’s motto: “Don’t teach until you see the whites of their eyes.” Also used as...
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...Finding the sources turned out to be pretty easy because I used the sources that had been provided. I chose to do my rhetorical analysis on the narrative by Sarah Louise Augustus, so that will be my primary source and then the articles titled "General Structure of Slave Narratives", "An introduction to the Slave Narrative", and "What is Literature?" will be the remaining sources. Summarizing each source proved to be slightly more difficult as some of them were quite lengthy, which made it a challenge to adequately encompass the message of the source in only a small paragraph. Originally I found it difficult to decide what style I should use when writing the summaries, but reading through the examples provided helped me determine the proper...
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...texts, explore alternative perspectives, and present a new perspective of their own; * Summarize multiple complex texts indicating understanding of the authors’ arguments and rhetorical strategies; * Develop a focused thesis that indicates their analysis and synthesis of assigned readings to arrive at their own perspective; * Use textual evidence effectively to support claims; * Cite sources appropriately using MLA or other assigned style manual; * Use syntax, punctuation, and spelling effectively in service of rhetorical purpose. Assignment: Your final essay will loosely based on the structure of a ‘literature review.’ As such, it will be either a closed-form, thesis-based structure or a thesis-seeking structure. You will choose one of the following topics and at least two of the assigned articles and create a synthesis essay based on them. Your paper should do the following: 1) introduce your research question and thesis (the answer to your research question and the argument you are defending), 2) summarize the articles from the authors’ perspectives, 3) compare and contrast the themes of the articles according to your research question, and 4) analyze the articles from your perspective and come to a conclusion on your research question using the information from the articles. Format: Your paper should be double-spaced and in MLA format, including parenthetical citations and a works cited page. It the body of the paper should be at least 1500 words...
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