Response to Mrs. Romney and Mrs. Obama speeches

Both woman presented persuasive speeches and valid arguments and appealed to several different groups of people.  They mostly related to the woman.  They both discussed the hardship about being a mother, which affects the emotional appeal of the woman of the United States.  They both described their husbands as hard workers who work for the people.  They also both uncovered their personal stories.  They shared how they met their husbands and how much they fell in love with their husbands.  Both speeches were rhetorically effective because they made the speeches relatable.  Ann talked about their love, marriage, and her husband’s characteristics.  I saw trustworthiness in her tone of voice.  Michelle described how Obama went through a hard life, but prevailed over the obstacles.  In terms of ethos, pathos, and logos; both woman predominantly favored the pathos category.  In sharing their personal experiences, it created a significant emotional reaction.  Both parties equally persuaded me and I believed every word they expressed.  I am not politically inclined and I do not belong to any specific party.  It was not difficult to listen to each woman’s speech.  The difficult part was distinguishing which side to vote for.  Even though Ann was raised in a governmental central home, Michelle had four years of experience being the first lady.  I believe they were still equal because of how they presented themselves with poise and confidence.  Michelle was more professional, but Ann felt more radiant.  The audiences of each speech were loud and uprising.  The crowd lightened the mood and made their statements even more empowering.  For example, Ann said, “ There is no else in America who will work as hard as Mitt Romney.” And Michelle said, “ My husband has not changed since he has been in office and in fact I still love him even more.”  These quotes made a significant impact, which made the decision hard to chose which candidate.              

Chapter 3 Choices 2.0 Rhetorical Précis

In the informative novel “Choices 2.0: Situations for College Writing” (2010), Joe Marshall Hardin asserts that quality narrative structure is required to keep one’s audience engaged and to appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos.  He supports his statement by providing examples such as writing our own personal experiences, citing our sources, and picking specific arguments.  His purpose was to show the different variety of narrative structures in order to promote creative writing in a structural way.  His tone gave critical thinking towards his audience while explaining each step with personal and global examples.         

Response to "The Web Means the End of Forgetting"

            The author, Jeffery Rosen, presented a great argument.  Privacy on the Internet has been a significant problem since the start of social networking.  He gave great examples and evidence to support his statements.  He stated that the Internet remembers every post and picture without deleting it; the Internet never seems to forget.  This has created problems in individual’s lives by hindering their opportunity for a job or their personal reputation.  Many jobs hire certain people to research the background of an employee.  According to Microsoft’s survey, 75% of US Recruiters and Human Resource professionals report their companies required them to do online research about potential candidates.  If they find anything suspicious, they either fire or not hire the person because of their drunken pictures or slanderous comments or posts.  70% of US Recruiters report to have rejected candidates because of their unprofessional background.  A 16-year-old girl British girl was fired for posting on Facebook, “ I’m so totally bored.”  Paul Ohmn, from University of Colorado, believes that it should be illegal to fire or to refuse to hire based off off-duty Facebook.  He feels that it is discrimination and the person’s Facebook is private and off- duty.  Another claim the author made was forgiveness.  The modern world needs to have empathy and forgive the online past.  He says that human memory ensures that people’s sins are eventually forgotten, but in the online world no one can escape from their past.  Many people have complained and wanted higher privacy settings.  The author claims that people only want control over their online reputation versus privacy setting. Although a person cannot control other people’s actions and thoughts, the person can control their own reactions.  I agree with all the author’s statements.  Privacy is personal and essential to everyone.  I believe that if the person posts pictures or comments that are slanderous to him or others, then that reputation is deserved upon him.  Even though the author provided organized logic and factual information, I could not believe all of the information until the end of the article.  I would suggest that the author states his credibility at eh beginning of his article.            

Response to Jane McGonigal's "A Gamer's World"

Jane McGonigal presented a valid argument with emotional perspectives and her logical facts.  She claimed that the world needed to play online games for 21 billion hours a week versus the 3 billion we currently play.  When she made this bold statement, the first thought was that she does not have enough credibility.  McGonigal is a game designer with a PhD from Berkley California.  She has research this phenomenon at the Institute for the Future.  She has also design three games: World out of oil, superstruct, and evoke.  This woman has a variety of education and experience in the gaming world.  She presented a good argument because of her organization of thoughts and her logic facts.  She has quality organization because she focused on four points: urgent optimizes, social fabric, blissful productivity, and epic meaning.  Urgent optimizes from gamers make them believe in themselves as the general population should believe the world can be a better.  Social fabric is the means of trust and bonds made between the gamers.  The world needs to start bonding with one another and trust will develop.   The third objective was blissful productivity, which means that the gamer is happy that he is working hard in order to achieve the optimum goal.  If everyone had this characteristic, people would work hard and push themselves to higher goal that can result in more salary.  The last point was epic meaning, which entails the meaning of the journey.  Once this journey is done, it is meaningful for the person and they have hope in higher goals.  Her points are valid and she related to the world’s population well.  Her presentation changed my outlook on online games.  Although she presents a valid argument and provides diverse examples, I still do not believe the human population should increase 18 billion more hours a week.  The online games that most of the population play are not meant to better the economy or the world.     

Rhetorical Precis #2

            In the creative article “WRITERS ON WRITING; To See Your Story Clearly, Start by Pulling the Wool Over Your Own Eyes” (2000), Kent Haruf claims that spontaneity is essential to free, creative writing.  Haruf supports his statement by providing examples of other authors with their peculiar habits and writing environments.  The purpose of this article was to promote the procedure of blind writing and spontaneity in order to exclude perfection and compulsory writing.  The author not only provided examples of the peculiar writing environments but also he presented personal examples, which made the article relatable to a diverse audience. 

Rhetorical Precis 8/24/12

In the informative book  “Choices 2.0: Situations for College Writing” (2010), Joe Marshall Hardin claims that hard work and dedication are the key to successful writing.  Hardin supports his statement by comparing athleticism and writing and how the two have the same requirements to achieve success.  The purpose of this statement was to infer that anyone could be a good writer if one dedicates the time to plan and revise his writing in order to achieve a solid writing foundation.  Hardin presents his message as a comedic tone, which keeps the reader entertain and focus on the message at hand.

In the book “Choices 2.0: Situations for College Writing,” Joe Marshall Hardin asserts that making choices about the process of writing provides a pathway to a solid establishment.  Hardin develops this formula by going in depth of each step: prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.  The purpose of his formula was to provide critical thinking in order to develop organization throughout the person’s writing.  The author provides modern examples to relate to a younger audience that struggles with the format of college writing.