I would like to write my argumentative paper on how a person’s diet influences and can contribute to the decline of the environment and the atmosphere. I will focus on two major contributing factors to do so: overconsumption of meat and dairy & eating locally grown, in season fruits and vegetables. I am also considering …
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Corporation Blog Post
Birkenstock claims that their shoes are made from sustainable resources, but I have always wondered how sustainable leather can be? On their website they explain that their cork is naturally regenerative at the rate in which it is harvested. They also proudly display on the page in bold letters that “98% of their adhesives are …
Rhetorical Meme
This meme is meant to explain that compostable plastic cannot be composted, despite what the packaging says. It can only be composted when exposed to air. I used to work in a restaurant where we had to go through the trash and pick out the “compostable” utensils from the compost. Most of them cannot even …
10/2 Class Participation Discussion Questions
1. What have you taken away/ what can you tell me about Rhetoric? From writing a rhetorical analysis I have discovered that rhetoric is truly involved in everything we do and everything we are exposed to. It is not just in advertising and tv commercials; in fact we may use ethos, pathos, and logos unknowingly …
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“Are You Arrestable?”
The Cleanest Line This article follows a woman, Sarah Hartigan, environmental activist, peaceful protest training with a program called Extinction Rebellion in Studio City, California. When signing up she was asked if she was willing to be arrested; she answered “yes”. From this article I learned you can be arrested and face serious punishment in …
September 18-20, 2019 In Class Work
18 September 2019 Rhetorical Situation My little sister watches a lot of different youtubers and they will talk about how you can be part of their “family” and you can help them by purchasing their merchandise. It is very manipulative because they know that young children are watching their videos and they often make them …
“Backpacks VS Briefcases”
The main point of “Backpacks vs Briefcases” was to introduce rhetoric, explain its significance, and explain the ways in which we are persuaded (ethos, logos, pathos). I took a rhetoric heavy English class my senior year of high school so digesting this article was relatively easy for me to do. However, there were some things …
National Geographic: “Geography”
When reading this piece on the history of geography it reminded me of an article I read for my anthropology 111 class about the history of anthropology and how it came to be. In a way I think that the way in which people approach studying the earth and its history is very similar to …
The Cleanest Line: “A Measure of Hope”
When I first started reading this article I was depressed. I already know all the wrong we have done as humans and how we have hardly any time to fix it. However, I soon realized that I was going to get a solution– I always find this uplifting– even though I already do more than …
“What is Academic Writing?”
Summary: Academic writing is essentially writing with purpose, integrity, and in a compelling way. It is less about format (not that format isn’t important) like it was in high school and more about effective argument. When given a writing prompt it is crucial that you gather the necessary knowledge to execute your argument in a …
Dara Williams (English 130) 