Month: September 2020

1. Drunk drivers are involved in more than 50 percent of traffic deaths. hard evidence
2. DNA tests of skin found under the victim’s fingernails suggest that the defendant was responsible for the assault. constructed argument 
3. A psychologist testified that teenage violence could not be blamed on video games. constructed argument  
4. The crowds at President Trump’s inauguration were the largest on record.  constructed argument 
5. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” constructed argument
6. Air bags ought to be removed from vehicles because they can kill young children and small-framed adults. constructed argument 

I would like not to choose a “perfect” resource but I want to find an article that has both good or bad aspects. In the beginning, I should search for the information of the author. I want to make sure what is the purpose and why does the author write this article. I want to make a short summary along with several questions: Who is the audience for this argument? What facts, reasoning, and evidence are used in the argument? How are they presented?  separated by paragraphs and sentences by sentences and focus on is it a had fact or constructed proof.

check if it has pathos, ethos, and logos

 

 

Outline

1. the main point of the article
2. information about the author
3. body paragraphs analysis
4. conclusion

 

 

Zhiheng & Jie

Exercise 1

1. Pets are not allowed in Mr. Taylor’s building, but he owns several cats and a parrot.
2. New legislation prevents drivers from sending or reading text messages while driving; however many people continue to use their phones illegally.
3. The coroner concluded that the young man had taken a lethal concoction of drugs, and by the time his relatives found him, nothing could be done.
4. Amphibians are vertebrates that live on land and in the water, and Flatworms are invertebrates that live only in water.
5. Ashley carefully fed and watered her tomato plants all summer, so he tomatoes grew juicy and ripe.
6. When he lost his car key, Simon attempted to open the door with a wire hanger, a credit card, and a paper clip; finally, he called the manufacturer for advice.

Exercise 2

1. Jake is going to Mexico because there are beautiful beaches in Mexico.
2. A snowstorm disrupted traffic all over the east coast so that there will be long delivery delays this week.
3. Because my neighbor had his television volume turned up too high,  I banged on his door and asked him to keep the noise down.
4. After Jessica prepared the potato salad and the sautéed vegetables, Ashley marinated the chicken.
5. After Romeo poisons himself, Juliet awakes to find Romeo dead and stabs herself with a dagger.

We are living in the age of fast change. Rapid development will cause many social problems such as pollution problems, energy shortages, insufficient labor force. So what can we do to adopt an accelerated change environment?  According to Scopelliti(2018) In order to adapt to the problems caused by social development, the fourth industrial revolution is underway. “The convergence of demographically fuelled behavioral change associated with the Millennial demographic and emerging technologies associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolutionary affecting every industry and every part of our global economy. “(9). Looking back on the history of human development, whenever society develops to a certain stage, there is an industrial revolution. The fourth industrial revolution is based on the emergence of cyber-physical systems. Cyber-physical systems combine the digital technology of communication with software, sensors and nanotechnology. At the same time, the fusion of biology, physics and digital technology will change the world as we know it today.

https://spark.adobe.com/zh-Hans-CN/sp/design/video/urn:aaid:sc:US:3f5c2a00-a489-4d4b-8bad-a769ef4606e8

In the response of step 2, Jie Shi said, make sure some groups or targets as our audience, for example, women issues are more acceptable by women. I very agree with that. In my response, I also have a similar idea of finding common with your audience.  But, we still have a difference in this topic. She said using humor for respecting your audience but I am in favor of the opinion that humor makes my audience and me closer and makes them relaxed.

As she said, ethos can affect our judgment of what he says or what he writes. I totally agree with that.