Refelection On Project Three

Below I will be answering questions that will show my reflection on my Project Three writing assignment.

1. From one draft to the next, I provided new information that was more relevant to the total subject of the paper. As well, I focused more on activism in the drafts after the first.

2. I reconsidered the organization of my paper a few times. It was important to see that the information was provided at the correct times and followed each bit correctly.

3. I was told that the my information was not placed in a way that would make my paper coherent, so I was forced to change organization to make it better.

4. These changes do not afect my credibility to be an author at all.

5. These changes will allow the reader to rccieve the information they need to hear in a way that will connect with them personally.

6. I didnt spend a lot of time considering sentence structure.

7. Sentence structure does allow the reader to view and understand the total subject of the sentence and overall paragraph easier.

8. Seeing as my piece was more opinionated than most, I had to avoid certain conventions that would show me not showing true opinions.

9. I am not to sure if a reflection helps me reconsider my identity as a writer. it is possible that it may, but I am not sure.

Publishing Public Arguement

MY ARTICLE

1. Mark with an "x" where you feel your target audience currently stands on the issue (before reading/watcing/hearing your argument) below:

←-----------------------------------------------x-----|--------------------------------------------------------->

Strongly                                            Totally neutral                                                    Strongly

agree                                                                                                                          disagree

2. Now mark with an "x" where you feel your target audience should be (after they've read/watched/heard your argument) below:

←-------------------x---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------->

Strongly                                            Totally neutral                                                    Strongly

agree                                                                                                                          disagree

3. Check one (and only one) of the argument types below for your public argument:

         _______ My public argument etablishes an original pro position on an issue of debate.

         ____x___ My public argument establishes an original con position on an issue of debate.

         _______ My public argument clarifies the causes for a problem that is being debated.

         _______ My public argument prooposes a solution for a problem that is being debated.

         _______ My public argument positively evaluate a specific solution or policy under debate (and clearly identifies the idea I'm supporting).

         _______ My public argument openly refutes a specific solution or policy under debate (and clearly identifies the idea I'm refuting).

4. Briefly explain how your public argument doesn’t simply restate information from other sources, but provides original context and insight into the situation:

5. Identify the specific rhetorical appeals you believe you've employedi n your public argument below:

Ethical or credibility-establishing appeals

                    _____ Telling personal stories that establish a credible point-of-view

                    _____ Referring to credible sources (established journalism, credentialed experts, etc.)

                    __x__ Employing carefully chosen key words or phrases that demonstrate you are credible (prxoper terminology, strong but clear vocabulary, etc.)

                    ___x__ Adopting a tone that is inviting and trustworthy rather than distancing or alienating

                    ____x_ Arranging visual elements properly (not employing watermarked images, cropping images carefully, avoiding sloppy presentation)

                    _____ Establishing your own public image in an inviting way (using an appropriate images of yourself, if you appear on camera dressing in a warm or friendly or professional manner, appearing against a background that’s welcoming or credibility-establishing)

                    _____ Sharing any personal expertise you may possess about the subject (your identity as a student in your discipline affords you some authority here)

                    _____ Openly acknowledging counterarguments and refuting them intelligently

                    _____ Appealing openly to the values and beliefs shared by the audience (remember that the website/platform/YouTube channel your argument is designed for helps determine the kind of audience who will encounter your piece)

                    _____ Other: 

Emotional appeals

                    _____ Telling personal stories that create an appropriate emotional impact for the debate

                    _____ Telling emotionally compelling narratives drawn from history and/or the current culture

                    _____ Employing the repetition of key words or phrases that create an appropriate emotional impact

                    _____ Employing an appropriate level of formality for the subject matter (through appearance, formatting, style of language, etc.)

                    _____ Appropriate use of humor for subject matter, platform/website, audience

                    _____ Use of “shocking” statistics in order to underline a specific point

                    ___x__ Use of imagery to create an appropriate emotional impact for the debate

                    ____x_ Employing an attractive color palette that sets an appropriate emotional tone (no clashing or ‘ugly’ colors, no overuse of too many variant colors, etc.)

                    _____ Use of music to create an appropriate emotional impact for the debate

                    _____ Use of sound effects to create an appropriate emotional impact for the debate

                    ____ Employing an engaging and appropriate tone of voice for the debate

                    _____ Other: 

Logical or rational appeals

                    _____ Using historical records from credible sources in order to establish precedents, trends, or patterns

                    _____x Using statistics from credible sources in order to establish precedents, trends, or patterns

                    _____ Using interviews from stakeholders that help affirm your stance or position

                    ___x__ Using expert opinions that help affirm your stance or position

                    _____ Effective organization of elements, images, text, etc.

                    _____ Clear transitions between different sections of the argument (by using title cards, interstitial music, voiceover, etc.)

                    _____ Crafted sequencing of images/text/content in order to make linear arguments

                    _____ Intentional emphasis on specific images/text/content in order to strengthen argument

                    _____ Careful design of size/color relationships between objects to effectively direct the viewer’s attention/gaze (for visual arguments)

                    _____ Other: 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chevy-ends-sustainability-plan_564df5fde4b031745cf0164d?utm_hp_ref=business

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-day-care_564f4b12e4b0879a5b0ab4fb?utm_hp_ref=business

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/spotify-parental-leave_564de6c7e4b08c74b73483fe?utm_hp_ref=business

Reflection on Project Three Draft

I reviewed Hallye and Swati's rough drafts.
I am only aware of one person who reviewed my paper. That person was Lawrence Wolf. I felt that his intuition and insight into my essay was very helpful. I am taking the advice and notions he made to heart. I feel that the most needed work is on my centered purpose of my essay. it is all over the place as i have noticed. I am feeling good with the overall direction of my essay so far with all the help that I have received thus far.

Draft of Public Argument

I will Link my article below this paragraph. I would like the readers of this rough draft to know that I will be adding photos and hyperlinks later. As well, this draft will not be nearly as long as the final product most likely as there will plenty of information to go over and include in the coming weeks.

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Discussing Visual Elements

The blog below will discuss visual elements involved within my own upcoming essay. My paper and subject is more generally textual and statistical but I will be discussing the amount of visual elements involved as it stands.

Do the different visual and textual elements come together persuasively as a whole, or are there elements that seem disconnected or out of place?

Typically within this subject, it is needed for all textual elements to come together as a whole to make coherent sense. Visual elements don't play a huge factor in helping the essay to come together.

Is the visual-rhetorical tone of your project consistent? \

I thoroughly believe that all visual-rhetorical tone involved in my outline is completely consistent with each element involved. The visual-rhetorical elements involved within my outline are discussed minimally but do still seem to remain consistent with each other in the overall context of the papers outline.

If you are calling your audience to take specific action, is this call specifically developed? Do they know what action they can take or what steps they can take?

The call I am making is actually specific to the audience I am attracting. The audience will be told in the paper of what they should how and what they should do to complete this action. This essay is meant to create the call to action.

If you are calling your audience to take action, are the consequences of not taking action and benefits clearly expressed?

Throughout my essay I will be elaborating what could be and what is actually happening because of outsourcing. Through this, the audience will be able to see what benefits and consequences not only them, but others could go through and receive if they do or don't take action.

Looking back at your images,  are they placed or sequenced in the most persuasive way?

My essay does not contain any sort of supporting images. However, should there have been any sort of images involved, it would be extremely important to place them in the most persuasive way possible.

Do too many visual images make your text seem busy and disorganized?

This is all a matter of opinion. If the images are placed in a smart and easily understandable way, they should not be an issue.However, if they seem to serve no real purpose, than they would make the text seem busy and disorganized.

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REFLECTION

I looked back at Isaac's piece to see how we were either similar or different in our answers to this visual image based questions. I found that we were completely different. As my piece will not involve much visual elements to it, his does involve a lot of visual characteristics to help get his point across, which is where we differ greatly.

Project 3 Outline

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In this blog post I will be outlining my essay using strategies from the Writing Public Lives sections given to us.

Introduction

The best way to introduce my argument, provided by the given sections, is to connect the issue your audiences world view. The theory behind this is to appeal to the audiences political, business, financial, social, religious, and personal views on the subject at hand. By appealing to these/using this as a hook for your (my) essay, the author is able to better gain the attention of the reader by appealing to the specific views listed previously. For my argument specifically, which is based on the negative aspects of job outsourcing, this would fit well as it could appeal to political, financial, business, and social views in the audience. The topic of outsourcing could also bring the audience to recall personal experience with this topic, thus drawing in more interest to the subject.

Developing Strong Supportive Paragraphs

1. Outsourcing benefits our nations companies and the economies of other countries, has possibilities of bringing foreign based companies to America and improving both economies along the way.
2.outsourcing takes away american jobs, takes away from the american economy, increases the gap between the middle, lower classes and the upper class, creates higher unemployment.
3. The key point I would use to argue and support of outsourcing would be that it takes away jobs from hard working americans as well takes away opportunity to help support our economy.
4. Many companies nationwide have practiced outsourcing under the impression that it benefits Americans more than hurts them, however, according to public opinion among the 2.3 million who jobs were outsourced over the last decade, that is not completely true.
5. Key statistic: 2.3 million jobs taken and outsourced over the last decade.

Concluding Strategies 

The best suited conclusion idea to follow my introduction is a call to action. The main purpose of this essay will be to really get people to become active in developing and creating groups against outsourcing. I will need to develop a motivational way to say that the audience should rise to this occasion and develop these groups.

Analyzing My Genre

Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy Speaks Out On Gay Marriage


United Airlines' Outsourcing Jobs to Company That Pays Near-Poverty Wages Is Shameful


David Perdue: 'I Spent Most Of My Career' Outsourcing


U.S. Manufacturing No More Expensive Than Outsourcing To China By 2015: Study


As Hotels Outsource Jobs, Workers Lose Hold On Living Wage











- The genre is generally set within the United States of America business world. The center of my genre will focus on American Business.

-The general subject of my genre is the negative impacts on American jobs due to the act of job outsourcing to foreign countries.

-The general person who would use this type of genre are reporters and writers who focus on the development and constant news flow about controversies and who typically have a strong opinion the said controversy.

-The specific genre is used when a new controversy comes up and the media feels they need to display their own opinion and help inform the general public of this controversy and their own personal opinions. This serves as a means of helping people gain an opinion and stance on the subject.


-Content that is usually excluded is generally information that would either not give important context for the controversy or that it would sway your opinion away from where they want you to be. The media would generally include all information and wording that would sway you to their way as best as possible.

- Usually the most used rhetorical strategy is ethos and pathos. Emotion usually plays a big roll in gaining support affecting opinion. As well, pathos is very important in the selection of words to help influence ethos.

-Texts are organized specifically in a way to either information in a way that will feed information in an important way to gain full context or to gain full view of the author.

-Words chosen are usually passionate and strong as too make the controversy a lot more emotional and seem a lot bigger than it could possibly be actually.

-The genre will typically include both sides of the argument, but focus mainly on the side the author supports and will put the other side in a very negative light.

-The genre has no real restrictions on the role of the writer.

-Values and beliefs included are usually judged by what the author feels is important or not to the context of the subject.

-The genre treats the authors opinion and all information involved in it as the generally most important information.




REFLECTION

I looked at Isaac and Andrea's blogs and was impressed with what I saw. They both clearly found articles with clear correlation with each other and the genres that they have chosen. I noticed that Andrea's was more similar to min, so I had more interest and was able to take that and add onto mine because of what i've read.