journal entry 4

In the Introduction to They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates designed to help writers express themselves.

Specifically, Graff and Birkenstein argue that the types of writing templates they offer a base to build upon As the authors themselves put it, “helpful.” Although some people believe they discourage creativity, Graff and Birkenstein insist that it is encouraged. In sum, hen, their view is that these templates help writers organize their thoughts

I agree/disagree/have mixed feelings. In my view, the types of templates that the authors recommend do noy help. In addition, they are very general. Some might object, of course, on the grounds that templates are very straightforward and they have problems recognizing that it can be changed. Yet I would argue that the template is not permanant, only a guideline.

Journal Entry 6

1. Lloyd Bitzer states that rhetorical situation is not context,which is simply a condition of communication.
2. Bitzer states that “rhetorical situation” has three parts; exigences, the audience needs to be limited in decision and action, and this limitation needs to influence the person speaking to the audience. These three parts make up a complex situation with people, relations, objects and events that creates a problem. This problem can be solved when discourse changes people’s actions to modify or fix the problem.
3. “Exigence” is a defect or something that needs to be fixed. Exigences can only be considered rhetorical if they can be changed. Bitzer gives the examples of weather, death, and natural disasters that would be considered exigences, but not rhetorical because they cannot be fixed. Exigences that can be fixed by other means than discourses would not be considered rhetorical as well.

Discourse Analysis Jourlan Entry 7

1 What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides their work)?

Professional editors should enable researchers to better grasp the revision process.

2. What is the research methodology of this article (how do they collect their information, and how do they analyze the information they collect)?

The Author filmed six professional editors. "An analysis of their work approach strategies showed their detection strategies to consist in anticipating errors and in comparing the author's text with the editor's knowledge''.

3. How does professional editing differ from how students revise their own work?

Professional editing differs from how students revise their own work because professional editors performs his/her work on a text devised by another person.

Repurposed Draft

During the 1960's and 1970's there was a cultural revolution. This revolution of idea's lead to a new way of thinking, and changed our society to what it is today. This generation preached idea's such as peace, and equality. The Woodstock Music Festival in 1969 was the peak of this revolution. This was a 3 day equestrian music festival devoted to the promotion of peace. Such famous artists as Jimmy Hendrix, and Jefferson Airplane played their music. There were upwards of 450,000 people at this festival, making it one of the most successful peace protests in our history. This decade was fueled by the American idea of free speech. This revolution dubbed the summer of love protested the war in Vietnam, Korea, and the Cold War going on between the U.S, and the U.S.S.R. Music is a very influential form of literature, and music led this revolution.

Journal Entry #10

Persuasive strategies of spam email:

Spam email is a modern style of advertising. Once your public email address is sold to one of the companies that send these spam email, they never seem to stop coming. I feel that the strategy of these companies is mass advertise to the public without limiting to target audiences that would enjoy the products being advertised. The most target audience for these advertisements is our younger generation because of the increased use in computors, and the elderly for their lack of electronic knowledge. As proven in many modern polls, and studies this is the majority of people who use e-mail making this strategy of advertising very successful, yet at the same time very inexpensive, but with modern day technology, new e-mail services can not block spam e-mail.

Sources final paper

: STUDENT AND COURSE INFO : Student name : Mark LentiniEmail Address : lentini@nova.eduInstructor : Dr, MasonTopic : legalization : RESOURCE ONE : Database used : http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/no-index/about-ama/13625.shtmlTitle of periodical or book: Report 6 of the Council on Scientific Affairs (A-01)
Title of article : Medical Marijuana Author : American Medical AssocationFull text available : yesBibliography : noCitation from bibliography : : RESOURCE TWO : Database used : NovaCatTitle of periodical or book : Drugs: America's holy warTitle of article : Author : Arthur Benavie Full text available : yesBibliography : yesCitation from bibliography : : RESOURCE THREE : Database used : NovaCatTitle of periodical or book: Federal narcotics laws and the war on drugs: money down a rat hole
Title of article : Author : Thomas, C. Rowe Full text available : yesBibliography : yesCitation from bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p.173-178) and index.
: END OF FORM : :

Journal Entry 5

Specialization :

Specialization is a type of academic arguement where, either speaker has more knowledge than the other in a particular subject. For example; two scholars are argueing about World War 2, one of the speakers has a masters in Foreign wars, and specifically has more knowledge about World War 2. This speaker has a specialization in the subject being discussed. The downfalls in this, is that because the speaker has a plethora of knowledge in the subject, he/she may be less open to new opinions about it.

websites for project 1

http://www.balancedpolitics.org/marijuana_legalization.htm
http://economics.about.com/od/incometaxestaxcuts/a/marijuana.htm

Workshop 1 -expertise and interests

Expertise:
1. Automobile knowledge
2. Politics
3. Music
4. Skateboarding
5. Band Management
6. dating really stuck up women

Interested in:
1. Guitar
2. Drums
3. politics
4. Movies
5. real estate
6. International travel
7. European cars
8. "Muscle" cars

Entry #2

The Claim present in the article provided in journal entry #1 was a claim of fact. The data was that our governement was covering up a conspiracy about 9/11. It based this off the grounds that we did not know why we were attacked that day, and we needed a reason to go to war in the Middle East. It was backed by a poll that said 1/3 of Americans believed this theory. It rebuttled it's arguement saying that the president's father had started a war in the middle east and this could be him working through his son's administration to finish the war that he had started over oil.

Journal Entry #1

http://www.scrippsnews.com/911poll

The claim being made in this article is that the US government may be at fault for the terrorist attacks on 9/11. This claim is being backed up by a poll that says 1/3 of Americans believe that our government created these attacks in order to go to war in the Middle-East. The controversial claim being made in this article is a claim of fact. The author also brought up several other American Government conspiracy theories in order to make his claim more believable. He also used a poll to show that a large percentage of Americans believed this theory to be true. I feel that this conspiracy theory in particular is absurd.