For my corporation post wanted to pick another clothing company. We read how Patagoina ran their operations and I was curious how other clothing companies would run how they do things. I tried to find a big company but figured other people would be doing theirs on Nike or Vans, so I tried to find …
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Memes pt. 2
The audience I was addressing in this meme would I guess be for the Baby Boomers although I doubt they’ll know what it means, but also for the younger generations to let them know it is up to us to help the planet because the baby boomers won’t be around to help. The message appeals …
Memes pt.1
When first being assigned the rhetorical meme assignment I wanted to pick a meme that was equally funny, clever, and brought up an important issue within our society. I decided to use a Spongebob template for my meme. Spongebob is arguably the most meme-centric show that has yet aired, with countless memes after memes being …
Rhetorical Meme
Class Participation 10/2
1). What have you taken away/ what can you tell me about Rhetoric? What I took away from rhetoric is that it is used just about everywhere. From advertisements to everyday conversations people use rhetoric to persuade people all the time. No matter what appeal they are using whether it’s: Ethos, Logos, or Pathos, there …
Class Discussion
9/18/19 Many TV shows used Rhetoric to influence you to feel a certain way just like politicians do. If you are watching a show like Hoarders it is going to use pathos to make you feel gross about what and who you are watching and maybe will motivate you to clean your house. If you …
Reading Response 5
For my article I decided to write about an article off of Patagonia’s “Cleanest Line” posts. We were allowed to leave class early on Friday to attend the Environment Walk Out if we chose too, and as much as I wanted to go me and my sister had plans already. With that being said, I …
Reading Response 4
When reading the article “Backpacks and Briefcases” I learned that rhetoric is a very useful and important way to persuade someone or even use in an argument. They went over an ad and also addressed the three main rhetoric types: Pathos, Logos and Ethos, each bring a diverse and unique way of presenting information or …
Reading Response 3
I learned from the article that Geography doesn’t just mean land. It means everything that is going on in that space like, governments, religious organizations and trade partnerships. Geography can be involving maps or even different types of ecosystems. The article talked about ancient geography, and how the term actually comes from the greek prefix …
Reading Response #2
For my reading response, I choose an article by Hans Ludwig. The article is titled “Block Party: A Celebration in the Long Overdue Sierra Snow,” article explains how the long awaited end of the drought was brought to the California Sierra Nevada mountains. The heavy snowfall is recalled by a Mammoth California citizen who recalls …
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