Month: October 2020

Ailin and Lillah-Aaliyah could both relate to Bich Minh Nguyen’s struggle of finding identity between two different cultures, something that I never experienced, so it was good to see how other people felt about this writing. We all agreed on what Mirando’s argument was, that multiethnic or multiracial youths can struggle to find their identity.

Looking at the feedback on my Essay Two, it is clear that I need to work on my APA in text citations and my references page. I can do this by rewatching the video on APA format, and apply that to my next essay. I could also support my claim by using more evidence and adding more sources.

Some similarities between Ailin’s writing and mine is that we both acknowledged that even though Mrs. Wong is from a different background and speaks a different language, she manages to connect with her friends. Ailin also connects the story to her personal experience. This essay is different from typical traditional essays due to its storytelling and the fact that it makes its arguments through the story, not just by saying what it is.

 

Free Writing Essay Three

One topic I could write about is how producers are never credited on songs on Spotify. They arguably have the greatest influence on how a song sounds, but they are never listed as being part of the song. I’ll have to look into it some more, but it seems like it would be pretty easy to just add their name to the credits of songs.

By Ryan, Olivia, and Henry

1. My dog is not only friendly but also playful.
2. We can go to the park or dance in the classroom.
3. Jeremy likes to read historical, realistic and speculative fiction.
4. When I went to the bar, I wanted to dance, drink, and punch on the rowdy faces.
5. Buying a car is not a decision to take lightly nor be careless about.
6. Tyler is for the legalization, not the criminalization of marijuana.
7. Sally needs a new stove, dishwasher, and knives for her kitchen.
8. My first grade teacher taught me how to write, how to read, and how to play tic-tac-toe.
9. She will not admit it, nor will she apologize.
10. The whole wheat pasta is better than the enriched wheat pasta.
11. Literature classes teach students to analyze texts, think critically, and improve writing.
12. Beets are just as nutrient rich as rutabagas; even though they are not in season.
13. Drunk drivers are thoughtlessly taking the lives of other people in their own hands, risking their own lives, thinking only about their own pleasure and fun, and not considering the consequences of their actions.

14. In order to convey the information correctly, the police officer spoke loudly to the crowd, told people where they should stand, repeated the information to help people remember, and gestured.

 

In Ruby’s writing, she talks about the definition of visual rhetoric and why it is so effective. She also gives examples, from the Black Lives Matter fist to commercials about animal adoption. Ruby also talks about the pathos of visual arguments, something I wrote about as well, but besides that our writings are pretty different. I also talk about the ethos and logos of visual argument, while Ruby explains her examples in more detail, something I think I should have incorporated into my writing.

In Olivia’s writing, she explains what a visual argument is and how you can effectively make one. We both explain how to make a visual argument, and how to effective pathos can be, but she goes into more detail about the process of making a visual argument while I mostly talk about using ethos and logos as well.

https://www.instagram.com/chieffkeeffsossa/?hl=en

Right off the bat, you can tell that Chief Keef is verified on Instagram, one of the best ways to demonstrate an ethos on social media. It shows that it is a legitimate  account run by Chief Keef (or someone close to him), as does the 6.3 million followers. Almost all the photos posted are of Chief Keef himself, but some are promotional images, such as virtual concert announcements or music videos, some of the only ways artists can interact with their fans these days. Many of these images also show Chief Keef wearing expensive clothes, which convey the message to his followers that he is genuinely successful.