Comp 1
Friday, November 15, 2013
Initial Response
After watching Moonrise Kingdom I was struck with a feeling of "what in the world did I just watch?!" I was lured into the movie's interesting colors and camera work. There was a lack of any clear or naturally progressing plot. It seemed to me that it was choppy, but at the same time it made sense. I was pleasantly confused and challenged when attempting to understand the purpose of the movie.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Class Participation
Megan A.
Professor Jones
English 1100
25 October 2013
Class
Participation
3. Why does reflective writing help
a student learn and develop as a better writer? How does it work?
Reflective
writing can be a painful yet revealing process for a writer. Reflective writing
makes a writer come face to face with their faults and weaknesses, which is not
an easy task for humans who exhibit an inherently vein nature. As a writer
finishes their current work, they are overcome with a sense of pride; often
they have feelings that resemble those of a mother when observing their child.
With this sense of pride the writer’s viewpoint is often skewed and they are
unable to see the faults in their essay, they begin to live out the saying “the
face only a mother could love” (metaphorically speaking of course) in relation
to their essay. When writers are forced to reread their papers with the mindset
that they are searching for their inherent faults, one can begin to develop as
a writer. The analysis of ones faults allows them to focus on those specific
issues and expand upon them. This process inherently diminishes the number of
weak points in ones paper due to the exploitation of weaknesses and the
undivided desire to diminish these weaknesses.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Political Ad Analysis
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1964
In this ad, Johnson uses red herrings and [mud slinging?] to associate his opponent to something awful, the KKK. The use of dramatic images of the KKK burning a cross in a ritual ceremony along with the dialogue where the KKK seemingly promotes Goldwater allows viewers to associate Goldwater with a negative connotation.
In this ad, Johnson uses red herrings and [mud slinging?] to associate his opponent to something awful, the KKK. The use of dramatic images of the KKK burning a cross in a ritual ceremony along with the dialogue where the KKK seemingly promotes Goldwater allows viewers to associate Goldwater with a negative connotation.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Problem Paragraph
Budweiser is known
for its “good feeling” advertisements that air during the super bowl each year. A theme of brotherhood connects a majority of
their advertisements. Budweiser uses many different elements to portray their
product as a drink that is part of a happy life, not just something to drink at
parties. Through the use of rhetorical devices along with the strategic use of
color and sound, Budweiser portrays its product as a timeless drink that
facilitates bonding.
I am awful at writing introduction paragraphs.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Paper Outline
Megan Anglin
Professor Jones
English
27 September 2013
Outline
I.
Intro
Thesis: Budweiser
uses somber setting and colors with horses in the advertisements to appeal to
the audiences emotions.
II.
Compare color scheme
III.
Compare pathos
IV.
Compare meaning
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Rough Draft Paragraph
"A human’s visual
sense allows them to form an opinion on the subject that they are viewing
quickly. Publishers and teenage girls realize this fact and focus their
appearance on that. First the publisher must decide who their target audience
is. From here they will pick a cover photo and write a short but intriguing
description in an effort to draw readers in. Just as a teenage girl posts
beautiful pictures of herself with any flaw edited out in an effort to appeal
to boys and jealous girls, a publisher for In
Focus will post a picture that pulls in a curious reader. In Focus chooses
their photos based on obscurity, the fewer questions it answers the better.
Although their photos are often obscure in their ability to tell the readers
the meaning, they are vibrant in colors and interesting to look at. The photos
on a teenage girl’s Facebook page and those found on In Focus’s home page often
contain similar characteristics, vibrant colors, a seemingly effortless beauty,
and they of course arise some form of appeal to its target audience. Along with
the features of the photos, the publisher must consider their layout."
This paragraph shows my weakness of elaboration and failure to introduce a paragraph well. I need to find more evidence from In Focus to incorporate in order to complete my elaboration and support my statements.
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