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Group Members: Amina, Ahmad, and Lillian

Link: https://theweek.com/political-satire/1005275/illogical-logic

Description: 

-> We chose the “Anti-mask Logic” political cartoon by Drew Sheneman because it is a cartoon that portrays our society right now. 

-> The image depicts a large kitchen stove in flames while the chef, dressed in red, says “fire extinguishers are for the weak. I refuse to live in fear.”

Effectiveness:

->Draws in the audience to understand why it’s silly to not wear a mask when it protects you from Covid (Anyone would use a fire extinguisher to put out a fire). 

-> In this cartoon, the cartoonist chose to use irony when the kitchen is on fire while having the chief say “fire extinguishers are for the weak.” This is ironic because it is common sense for someone to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher when there is a fire. This serves as a mocking tone on the people that don’t wear masks because the cartoonist is comparing the fire extinguish example to people who don’t wear masks. The cartoonist is highlighting that not putting out the fire with a fire extinguisher is equivalent to not wearing masks during a pandemic. 

-> By using this situation (in which the vast majority of people would agree to use a fire extinguisher to put out the fire for safety reasons) to call attention to the irony of anti-maskers, the cartoonist portrays anti-masker ‘logic’ in an illogical way

Today, I read Yarinell and Jash’s posts. Both of them used the same examples where they discussed Jason Collin and the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s speech. Their posts were similar to each other because they mentioned both examples and their impact on their audience. On the other hand, the examples I used were different from theirs. I chose to talk about media about arguments and stylistic features. Specifically about the “product pitches”, “manipulating style”, the gun control speech, and the beauty and the beast movie poster. Although I used very different examples, both Yarnell and I talked about how we found the “manipulating style” interesting.

Group Members: Nardos and Lillian

Original text from the book: “Reaching out to faculty and peers for academic and cultural support and regular participation at social events become key factors to help international students mitigate culture shock in U.S. colleges and universities.” (Gebhard, 2010, P.23) 

References 

     Boise, I.(2011) Interview by telephone with Helen Mar, who is Chinese, about her experiences as an international student. June 30.

     Gebhard, J. G. (2010). What Do International Students Think and Feel? Adapting to U. S. College Life and Culture. University of Michigan Press, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Page 23. 

     Janice C. (2006) Simpson’s article, Chronicler of Culture Shock. Time; Academic Search Premier. May 8, 2006, on p. 156. Obtained online Feb. 9, 2007. 

     Mack, T. (1997). Culture Shock, Published in Forbes magazine. May 1997. pp. 188– 90. p. 188. 

     Wright, R. (2005) “ Going to Teach in Prisons: Culture Shock” Journal of Correctional Education, Academic Search Premier. Volume 56, issue 1, Retrieved on December 15, 2010. pp. 19– 38. 

I grew up using the MLA citation format so I am trying to see the differences between the APA and the MLA formats.

The APA includes a title page while MLA doesn’t. There is one little difference that I need to beware of, and it’s the in-text citations. MLA only sites the author’s name, for websites, and for books/texts, it cites the author’s name then the page number. On the other hand, APA cites the author’s name, the year it was published, and the page number. The work cited page, which APA citation called references, is a little different.

For an article essay, MLA always has the heading on the header and page number on the bottom right-hand corner. But, APA has a heading for each page and no header. Plus, the page number is in the top right-hand corner. MLA citations also only cite at the beginning or the end of the sentence while APA cites right when resources were used.

Group Members: Yuka, Yari, and Lillian

Passage 1:

A man from the city came to visit a small farm and saw a farmer feeding a pig in a very strange way. The farmer would lift a pig up to a nearby apple tree; the pig would eat the apples directly off the tree. The farmer would move the pig from one apple to another until the pig was full, then he would start again with another pig.

The man from the city was pretty puzzled. He watched for quite a while and finally said, “What a strange way to feed pigs! It’s a waste of time! You could save a whole lot of time if you just shook the apples off the tree and let the pigs eat them from the ground!” The farmer looked puzzled and replied, “What’s time to a pig?”.

Passage 2:

At the bank, a young man was waiting in line and developed a loud case of hiccups. The hiccups got worse every time. By the time he got to the teller’s window, he could hardly talk while handing the teller his check to cash.

The teller tapped numbers into the computer while momentarily looking up and frowning. “I can’t cash your check,” she said.

The man was shocked. “Why not?” he asked.

“The computer indicates you do not have sufficient funds to cover this amount,” she said. “In fact, our records show that your account is overdrawn by more than $5000.”

“It can’t be!” cried the man. “You’ve got to be kidding!”

“You’re right. I am.” she smiled. She started counting out his cash, “You will notice that your hiccups are gone though!”.

Source: M. S. Samston (2005)

Today, I read Yarinell’s reading response. I realized that both of us cover the same idea where we both explored how ethos, pathos, and logos are being used in rhetorical analysis. Both of us chose to use the Jeep advertisement as an example of how rhetorical analysis is being applied. Even though we chose the same advertisement, we talked about different aspects of the advertisement. I talked about the chapter in general and used two examples which were the Jeep advertisement and the food commercial. I only focused on a broader scale whereas Yarniell looked at the jeep advertisement in detail.

During the Peer Review, I was working with Yuka and Jash. The discussion went well, except Jash didn’t give much feedback. He didn’t write feedback for Yuka or me, but he did comment on a few points. Yuka gave an adequate amount of feedback and gave me a grade. I liked to work in a group for peer response because not only I am able to see other people’s work and how they put the essay together, but I am able to get feedback and it allowed me to reflect on what I needed to work on. I just wish that we had a face-to-face conversation and more time to discuss the essay. I realized that Yuka’s feedback was similar to what I thought needed work on. I agreed that there were moments where my voice was too soft and that I needed to speak up more. Through her feedback, I was able to see what I could keep because I wasn’t sure if my personal photos or my tempo was suitable for the essay. Turns out, my personal photos and tempo were suitable for the essay. I just needed to work on putting emphasis on some sections of the essay.

Yuka’s Feedback to my Audio Essay:

4/4/3/4/5/5

I gave the first section a 4 because she presented her predicament in a way that was rather interesting and relatable at the same time since she talked about having to study for the SATs.

I also gave the second section a 4 because she uses her own pictures in the audio essay, which I really liked because it helped make me feel more connected to her story, in a way. I actually quite liked the picture with the goats because animals help me personally with de-stressing.

I gave the third section a 3 because, at some points, her voice became a little quiet which made it a little hard to understand what she was saying. Although her tempo throughout the audio essay is very good, I think that at certain points, there could be a bit more of an emphasis/variation.

I gave the fourth section a 4 because I generally liked the music she chose. The music never became too loud to the point where I couldn’t hear her or focus on her narrative. I think the music choice was good because it had the ability to fade slightly into the back without being overpowering or annoying in any way.

I gave the fifth section a 5. There were no weird sounds whatsoever, which resulted in a very pleasant listening experience.

I gave the sixth section a 5 as well because she properly cited her sources in the last slide.

Below is a link to my audio-video essay:

https://spark.adobe.com/video/sgRobuV5ZALIM

Craig Walker of The Denver Post

Source: (Craig Walker, The Denver Post – December 29, 2011)

Photographer, Craig F. Walker presents a series of photos taken in December of 2011. The collection focuses on a home-coming retired soldier named Brian Scott Ostrom from the Iraq War. In the photo above is one of the photos of Walker’s series about Scott. This photo was taken after Scott punched through the wall of his apartment building and was panicking. At this moment, Scott is fighting his PTSD from the war. He claims that he wasn’t expecting that he would survive the war. Now, he is in a constant state of hypervigilance and he feels that “..if I get attacked, I’m going to kill”. Through this collection, Walker aims to not only highlight the issue of retired soldiers and their PTSD but also hopes that the audience has a “better grasp [of] an [national] issue” and that this collection will raise awareness to mental illnesses.

Link: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/craig-f-walker-0

Team Members: Yarinell, Lexi, and Lillian

On January 20th of 2018, Ashley Frangipane delivered a speech about sexual abuse and rape at the New York Women’s March. Her speech is based on the sexual abuse and rape that she has personally gone through in hopes that people will, once again, be reminded of the severity of this topic. Through her experiences, she aims to use pathos, ethos, and logos as a tool to help her bring her message to the audience. The most appealing rhetorical tool that she uses is pathos, followed by ethos than logos. 

Pathos: 

• She recounts an experience where she didn’t want to have a sexual encounter, but the guy said she owed him because he bought her dinner. Many women can relate to this because men often pressure women into doing things they don’t want to do.
• Halsey talks about her experience having a miscarriage, which many women may also relate to because so many of them experience miscarriages. 
• She discussed how she faced sexual assault as a child. 

Ethos:

• Halsey (Ashley) talks about her experience as a woman who has been sexually assaulted 
• She has credibility as both a woman and sexual assault survivor, so the audience can build trust with her knowing she has first-hand knowledge on the subject of her speech

Logos:

• Although logos is not the strongest argument strategy in the speech, Halsey uses the public knowledge of Ashley and Simone and Gabby, McKayla and Gaga, Rosario, and Aly to show sexual assault happens every day all around us. 

Link:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8095257/halsey-womens-march-speech-poem-a-story-like-mine-video