Monday, September 29, 2008
Rhetoric topic
For my rhetoric paper i will either be discussing the speech from Gordon Gekko in Wall Street about the paper company, or I will be discussing the 2008 presidential debate. I know exactly how I could analyze the Wall Street one, but my only fear is that I wont end up with 4 pages on it. Please leave some feedback on what I should do. Thanks
Monday, September 22, 2008
Fallacy
The Truth commercial titled "positive" contains multiple fallacies in its duration. Truth definitely implements the "Poison the Well" tactic, in which it slanders the cigarette companies by calling them liars and mocking them. In the commercial, they use big body guards to represent the companies and have them singing about how they lied to America. They also use the "Post Hoc" tactic by singing that if you smoke you will end up having cancer in your bladder and lose your life.
-NDK
-NDK
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Mr. Wyatt,
English is probably my favorite subject because of writing. I love writing when I am given the chance to be creative and write about what I want to write, however I find it very boring when I am forced to write about a subject that is not too interesting. The piece of writing that I have most enjoyed was my college essay, which is something that I am very proud of. My sophomore teacher Mr. Icsman made writing fascinating to me, and was really the first teacher that told me I was a very creative writer. I don't believe that I am incredibly gifted at it, but feel that when the topic is right i can bust out a good essay. I believe English classes are extremely useful, and I find myself using what I have learned in many facets of life. For instance, when writing 'thank-you notes' or emails to my past teachers letting them know I survived my first weekend of college, I find myself using the same tactics thats was taught to me in Mr. Icsman's class. I am not a big poem writer, but I do enjoy writing letters and facebook comments.
English is probably my favorite subject because of writing. I love writing when I am given the chance to be creative and write about what I want to write, however I find it very boring when I am forced to write about a subject that is not too interesting. The piece of writing that I have most enjoyed was my college essay, which is something that I am very proud of. My sophomore teacher Mr. Icsman made writing fascinating to me, and was really the first teacher that told me I was a very creative writer. I don't believe that I am incredibly gifted at it, but feel that when the topic is right i can bust out a good essay. I believe English classes are extremely useful, and I find myself using what I have learned in many facets of life. For instance, when writing 'thank-you notes' or emails to my past teachers letting them know I survived my first weekend of college, I find myself using the same tactics thats was taught to me in Mr. Icsman's class. I am not a big poem writer, but I do enjoy writing letters and facebook comments.
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