Sunday, September 28, 2008

rebuttle for love


Love is not a burden, it is not something to dread. Love is a great thing to have and experience. It is not something to make you miserable if you do not have it. If you have it then, great. But if you do not have it is not supposed to make you feel like life has no meaning. When people love each other they want to do things for mate, they do not think of it has a burden because when you love someone you want to do things for them, you want to make them happy because you love them and you want to let them know that you love them. Love is not something you experience for a short amount of time and then get bored and sick of it, and it just ends. It is something that you can enjoy for years, for the rest of your life.

Love takes time, so if you are willing to wait that time to get love, you should know that love is time, love is not short, it can last a life time. When you are married you are not just stuck with them and you get fed up with or bored with your relationship and all love and intimacy gradually declines, now some marriages unfortunately do come upon that, but just because some do does not mean that all do. A couple can enjoy being with each other for life and can show it. It is capable to have a long-lasting, intimate, fun relationship. My parents are one example of that. My parents have been together 25 years and married for 21 and to this day they still have all the love in the world for each other. They still have fun with each other, they still laugh, you can still see the love they have for each other. They also, like doing things for each other and to this day still enjoy making the other happy. My parents and plenty others out there feel this way have that. They see love as a gift not a burden, and that how it is.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Notes on Rhetoric

Arrangement
  • how an essay or individual paragraphs are arranged
  • is it organized in the best way to achieve the purpose
  • how a writer structures the argument depends on the purpose and affect

The Classical Model

  • five part structure for a speech or an oratory
  • introduction or exordium, which in Latin means "beginning a web" introduces reader under discussion
  • introduction draws the readers attention by challenging them
  • a lot of times the introduction is where ethos is used

  • narration (narratio) this is factual information and the background material.
  • the narration beings the development
  • often appeals to pathos, because writer is trying to evoke an emotional response

  • confirmation(confirmatio) usually major part of text
  • has the proof or development to make the writer's argument
  • most specific and concrete detail in text
  • confirmation strongest appeal to logos

  • refutation(refutatio) addresses counterargument
  • bridge between writer's proof and conclusion

  • conclusion (peroratio) brings essay to a satisfying close
  • usually pathos and reminds the reader of the ethos said earlier
  • brings writer's idea together and answered the question, so what

Patterns of Development

  • another what to consider arrangement
  • is writer's purpose to compare and contrast, to narrate an event, to define a term
  • each suggest a method of organization or arrangement
  • include a range of logical ways to organize an enitre text or individual paragraphs or section

Narration

  • refers to telling a story or recounting a series of events
  • can be based on personal experience or on knowledge gained from reading or observation
  • chronology usually governs narration
  • includes concrete detail, a point of view, and sometimes dialogue
  • a story that supports your thesis
  • often writers use it as a way to enter into their topics

Description

  • closely allied with narration b/c both include specific details
  • emphasizes the senses by painting a picture of how something looks, sounds, smells, or feels
  • often used to establish a mood or atmosphere
  • often not an entire essay is descriptive
  • but description that is clear and vivid can make writing more persuasive
  • by asking readers to see and feel what you see and feel, they can empathize with you, your subject or your argument

Process Analysis

  • explains how something works
  • how something works or is done
  • how to improve a difficult situation or assemble a something
  • the key is clarity
  • important to explain a subject clearly and logically
  • with steps, stages, or phases of the process

Exemplification

  • providing facts, specific cases, or instances, turns a general idea into a concrete one
  • makes argument clear and more persuasive to reader
  • giving an example
  • Aristotle taught that examples are a type of logical proof called induction
  • which is a serious of specific examples that leads to a general conclusion

Comparison and Contrast

  • juxtaposing two things to highlight their differences and similarities
  • to analyze information carefully, often leads to insights into the nature of the information being analyzed
  • often required on examinations where you discuss the subtle differences or similarities in the methods, purpose, or style of two texts
  • can be organized in two ways: subject by subject or point by point
  • subject by subject the writer discusses all elements of one subject then turns to another.
  • point by point us organized around the specific points of a discussion

Classification and Division

  • important for readers to be able to sort out materials or ideas into major categories
  • by answering the question what goes where and why readers and writers can make connections between things that may otherwise seem unrelated
  • ready made categories such as single, married, divorced, or widowed
  • could be asked to analyze and essay that offers categories or to apply to them
  • mostly a writer is to develop their own categories to find a distinctive way of breaking down a larger idea or concept into parts

Definition

  • may lay the foundation or establish common ground or identifying areas or conflict to make sure the writer and audience are speaking the same language
  • defining a term is often the first step in a debate or disagreement
  • some cases it is only a paragraph but in others it is the purpose of the entire essay

Cause and Effect

  • analyzing causes that lead to certain effect or the effects that result from a cause is a powerful foundation for an argument
  • casual analysis depends on crystal clear logic, it is important to carefully trace a chain or cause and effect to recognize possible contributing causes
  • don't want to jump to conclusion that there is only one cause or result
  • don't want to mistake effect for an underlying cause
  • often signaled by a why in the title or the opening paragraph

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Examples of appeals from "Pride and Prejudice"

Logos- "My Faults according to this calculation, are heavy indeed! But perhaps, these offenses might have been overlooked, had not your pride been hurt by my honest confession of the scruples that had long prevented my forming any serious design."- This is an example of Logos because Mr. Darcy says that what Elizabeth is saying may be true, but then states his opposing argument. He demonstrates that he considered what Elizabeth has said before saying what he believes.

Pathos - I perfectly comprehend your feelings, and have now only to be ashamed of my own." - This is an example of Pathos because Mr. Darcy clearly states his feelings.

Ethos - "I have no wish of denying that i did everything in my power to separate my friend from your sister, or that i rejoice in my success. Towards him I have been kinder than towards myself." - This is an example of Ethos because Mr. Darcy is saying this things and acting as a concerned friend. He is appealing to Elizabeth that he was looking out for his friend to make him better off.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

Ethos- Someone that is trying to encourage kid's to go to college and how important it is, they might appeal to them as college graduetes and say that they would not be anywhere near to where there are in life today if they did not go to college. that expresses Ethos.

Logos- If someone was constantly being told that their job is not worth what they are putting into because the pay is to good. A person who apeals logos would say it may be bad pay, but they enjoy doing it and they feel more rewarded with the satisfaction and happines out of it.

Pathos- Someone that is trying to display the dangers of smoking may use photograph's of smokers lungs to appeal to pathos.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Comparing The Great Gatsby and Fast Food Nation

The Great Gatsby and Fast Food Nation are similar because they are both books who have movies of the book as well. They both also tell about liars in a sense. The Great Gatsby tells about Jay Gatsby who tends to lie and exaggerate about most things and Fast Food Nation tells about all the fast food companies and manufactures that lie about their food. For example, how the food is made or what it is made with.

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