Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Response Note- Number 4

Summarizes the reading you have done for this class. Include points made by the book, as well as the web-sites posted on this page.

10 comments:

Unknown said...

for my ENC-1101 class, i need to read a lot of materials in order to acquire the knowledge and the ability to analyze rhetorical strategies in professional writing and demonstrates
understanding of how the author espoused the context as cultural, gender, etc. also how to employ different persuasive appeals with effectiveness.
After I had have read many documents, readings, looking information on the web- sites, web-pages sent from the professor,different researchers, I can summarize that I have learned how to applied rhetorical strategies that writes can use to convince audiences by arguments. There are three elements we can use to support a position in writing, speech, etc. they are ethos (credibility), logos ( logical), pathos emotional).As well how to organize an essay from the beginning to the end.
Reading the chapters from the book suggested for the professor, i learned that I need to go step by step to make my essay effective.
Most of the step are:
* looking for researches.
* Analysis on the others essays
* Brainstorm: Let the ideas 'flow"
* Working thesis statement.
* Uses clusters.
* Introduction: Need to grab the readers attention.
* conclusion: Making quick wrap-up sentence. I can't use the word conclusion any more, just leave the idea of the end!!!!!! I want to say thank you; professor for your support while answer all of my questions to help me clear my mint.

Unknown said...

Chapter one in Models for Writers discusses understanding your assignment. It helps you to determine if you will be telling a story and showing that the story has more than one perspective. It helps you in determining whether you will be analyzing your topic and that you need to understand it, define it in your own words and demonstrate with examples so that your reader understands it. The third way to write your essay is by taking a position on your subject or topic. That you should research, consider the evidence and take a position or stand of your own. It also provided help with how to choose a subject, establish a thesis and learn how to write one. Know who your audience is and determine which one of the methods above your assignment needs to be captured in. It’s important to ask questions of what you viewed or read, develop clusters, write information down that hits you at the moment and use them to expand on your essay. Chapter two discusses how to write your first draft. You start by creating your title. Focus on your introductory and conclusion paragraphs. Once you have something on paper, you should edit the information you have written. Review punctuation, subject verb agreement, pronoun antecedent agreement, verb tense, misplaced and dangling modifiers, and diction and tone. It also takes you from reading to writing. Once you have written your essay, you should be able to know what’s going on in your essay, figure out why the writer made the changes he or she made to sharpen the essay and decide whether the changes helped or did not help in terms of delivering the message within the essay. To do this you need to prepare to read the essay, read it again and make notes in the margins about key points, central topic, unfamiliar words or questions you have about a point and be able to answer them. In addition to the above, I utilized the following web pages and links provided by our Professor as follows to work on my essay:

Ad Analysis Example
Analysis Questions
Thesis Help
Thesis
Articles about Cultural Lens
Paragraph and Topic Sentences
Writing Introductions and Conclusions
Writers help from Chicago University
Basic Appeals

Ana Perez said...

Pages 9-14 talk about understanding your assignment. Knowing the topic and what you’ll be writing about. Analyzing your thesis and expiring the thesis in your own words. Giving examples to help explain. Pages 18-20 talk about writhing a rough draft. To start you create your title. Give plenty focus on your introduction and conclusion. Start revising your paper one you’ve completed the first draft. Step away from your paper in order to edit with a fresh mind. Get the opinion of others while revising. Editing is done once you feel that everything is in place and everything intended was said. Correct your mistakes in grammar, punctuation mechanics, and spelling at this point. Pages 43-48 talk about moving from reading to writing. To do so one has to learn how to analyze what is read. Figure out what’s going on in the essay, what the writes trying to get across and know why the write is writing in that specific way. On the web page was in formation about how to write a thesis statement and questions to help you write a thesis. Analyzing examples on ads and questions on analyzing. An article about cultural lens. Basic appeals, writing introduction and conclusions, and writers help.

Ana Perez

Unknown said...


The first day of class I learned what logos is logic, Ethos is ethics, Pathos is emotions and Kairos is timeliness. In order to analyze our first essay we must identify the role each, if not one take place in our advertisement. When analyzing the ad one should do an outline.
Ask questions=? (ethos, pathos). how the ad attempts to get your attention, who is the target audience.
Brain Storm= What do you know about the subject?
Research= take notes (Google, library)
Cluster= circle with ideas
Think Creatively= Fresh ideas (outside the box)
When writing the first draft don’t look at grammar or punctuation since this can interrupt any ideas you were thinking about. Your title should be one that hooks the reader’s attention. The thesis should only be one or two sentences. It should be the last sentence of your introduction paragraph and should be specific. The conclusion is always the hardest. When it comes to editing an essay, it is important to check for grammar and punctuation. Often we create run-on sentences that are two independent clues that can stand alone. Never place a weak verb next to a strong verb. Look for weak nouns and verbs when editing your essay. An example from the book is that instead of using the noun vehicle, instead we should use a more specific one such as jeep or SUV. MLA is what one should use when writing a paper. Conjunction words should not be used, don not use the word “impact” instead use affect or the word “you” it’s better to say we.

Unknown said...

when attending my enc 1101 class I learned a few things so far that will help me with my writing skills. I read about ethos,pathos,logos which are terms that we use to peruse an audience. ethos is the ethical appeal which means the audience will be convinced of the persons credibility. When portraying ethos an person has to choose there vocabulary words that will fit the crowd its for. logos which means logics, when using this it must be backed up by facts, such as an historical analogy's. pathos is the emotional appeal, trying to convenience the audience with sympathy. I read online about analyzing ads when doing so the viewer must look into deeper with details in the ad. an Rolex commercial will be targeted for an upper class or upper middle class men witch will be generally white, that place race in the factor. gender in commercial you will see that they try to employ women n the ads for house hold item because the marketer know they are the ones that goes shopping. so/far I learned about analyzing as, ethos, pathos, logos, gender, race, and sex.

Unknown said...

In this class I have read about:
Thesis: main idea of the text, the main point or argument that the writer is trying to establish. To develop it one has to analyse the topic, brainstorm about the different ideas that the topic brings up and establish an argument that can be explained and supported in the body.
Introduction: The first part of the text that gives an overview of what the topic is about. It engages the reader and explains the point of view of the writer. The introduction contains the Thesis and after reading it, one should be able to know exactly what the paper is about, what the position of the writer is and what is trying to accomplish.
Conclusion: The last part of the text, it is the summary of the main points discussed that reiterates the statement and position of the writer.
Title: It’s what attracts the reader’s attention and gives an overall idea of what is the content of the text.
Putting the ideas together: To brainstorm about the main ideas, create clusters to establish relationships between the different ideas and organize them in order to take the reader from one point to the next in a way that makes sense. The use of transition words or phrases is used to accomplish this.
Ethos, Logos, Pathos, Kiros: Strategies used to create appeals to readers or viewer in order to inform, persuade or entertain. Ethos relates to ethics and credibility, Logos relates to logic, statistics, and facts. Pathos relates to pathetic and emotions. Kiros relates to the timeliness and when the ad is shown to attract the right audience.
Revising: Consists in going over the writing once the first draft is done. It is good to move away from the paper for a few hours to get a better look with a clear mind. This is used to look for errors and make sure that the paper makes sense, it’s solid and conclusive.
Active Reading: Means to pay attention at what we are reading have a clear mind to analyse every word to understand what the essay is about.
Websites show how to do rhetorical analysis, how to look for the main purpose of the ad and how it’s doing it. What type of message is trying to sell and how it persuades the audience. It shows how to look and analyse context, words, gaze, economical status, racism, colors, body language, and words.
• Samples of essays that show the dos and don’ts.
• Ask questions to better analyse the ads
• Different techniques to apply when analysing an ad
• Cultural Lenses to identify the intended audience and effect of the add
• MLA formatting and how to

Unknown said...

For my ENC 1101 English class, I learned several things. To start with, the rhetorical devices which are, Ethos, Logos, Pathos, Kairos. Ethos is basically the credibility, showing integrity. Logos is logic, which is using facts to prove something. Pathos is emotion and using feelings as well. Finally Kairos is time. Where we are right now in the moment. I learned MLA formatting for college papers. Also that five paragraphs, with an introduction three details, and a conclusion is wrong formatting. Which was only used in high school to learn organization. I learned tips on writing an argumentative thesis. Some being that I to write a thesis that can be asked a how and why question. Not just writing what the essay or story describes. An introduction should have a hook and the thesis. For a hook, the writer has to grab the reader. For example, a rhetorical question that might get the reader to find out more or have a little humor in it too. In the Models for Writers book I learned run-on sentences and splices. Run-on sentences are two sentences without a period, a comma, or a semicolon. Also, I learned about appeals and who the essay or story targets when one is being done.

Samaria Miller said...

Models for writers is designed to help you learn to write by providing you with a collection do model essays. It explains how good writers communicates and doesn't wonder off from the topic. It also answers the readers question. Chapter one explains the writing process, prewriting, writing the first drafts, revising editing and proof reading. They give us strategies to learn from. And they are, Prewriting, writing the first draft, revising it, editing your essay, and many more. Prewriting to me is the biggest step because you get an idea on what your going to write about. Your writing can gives you ideas and information. In prewriting you should choose your subject and topic, gather ideas and information and also. Determine the thesis and organizational pattern or patterns you'll see. In prewriting you have to understand your assignment, choose a subject area, and focus on a topic, you should also get ideas and collect information. -samaria miller

Samaria Miller said...

Models for writers is designed to help you learn to write by providing you with a collection do model essays. It explains how good writers communicates and doesn't wonder off from the topic. It also answers the readers question. Chapter one explains the writing process, prewriting, writing the first drafts, revising editing and proof reading. They give us strategies to learn from. And they are, Prewriting, writing the first draft, revising it, editing your essay, and many more. Prewriting to me is the biggest step because you get an idea on what your going to write about. Your writing can gives you ideas and information. In prewriting you should choose your subject and topic, gather ideas and information and also. Determine the thesis and organizational pattern or patterns you'll see. In prewriting you have to understand your assignment, choose a subject area, and focus on a topic, you should also get ideas and collect information. -samaria miller

David Castillo said...

My ENC-1101 class has taught me what Ethos,Pathos and Logos is. How it applies to everyday use through advertisement, magazines, and the food we consume. Chapter one in the book Models for Writers explains how to understand your assignment. It teaches you how to better analyze your topic and that you need to understand before you summarize in your own words. It shows you that researching is a vital process in any essay. Chapter one also helps you with your thesis and how to write a thesis as well. Chapter two discusses on writing your first draft. You begin by creating a title for your essay, you learn how to focus on your introductory and conclusions paragraphs. Once you have a body you can begin editing the information. You are able to review punctuation, subject verbs, misplaced modifiers and tone. Although revision is important in your essay a rough draft, is not prime for revision. The purpose of a rough draft is to have an idea on what you will be writing about. Revision and grammatical errors are dealt with later to finalize your essay. In addition I also learned how to brain storm, cluster and think creatively with my work.
Our professor provided us with links to assist us in perfecting a thesis statement and finalizing an essay.

Ad Analysis Example
Analysis Questions
Thesis Help
Thesis