The speaker, Amy Cuddy, immediately got the audience to participate by encouraging everyone to evaluate their current posture. She appropriately arranged her statistics after the participation aspect in order to get everyone to pay attention to the data. She also applied visuals of well recognized politicians in a humorous situations related to body language. Cuddy also intentionally makes the gestures …
Choosing a Slide for Georgie’s Persona
This in class assignment required much flexibility and reconsideration in relation to our first slides that we previously did in class. The persona we, (Iman, Ellie, and myself), chose to address was Georgie. He is a ten year old child that is described as naive, yet optimistic. He is a very imaginative child that is not particularly driven to do much …
Reading Response #4
Chapter four of Pullman’s work focuses on the skills that are necessary for academic argumentation. When drafting an argument of this nature, the author must be aware of possible opposing views that the audience may have. These arguments require one to “assume a skeptical audience.” (pg.229) This section of the chapter encourages one to pay special attention to what they …
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Cynthia Argument Google Slide
Cynthia Persona Activity
“Cynthia” Persona Description 1. She values success, punctuality, hard work, independence, and solitude. 2. She takes criticism poorly and blames herself for most problems. She is hurt since she takes criticism poorly, but she is also driven because of it. 3. Looks matter and aesthetics are very important, but it is not everything to her. 4. She is a controlling …
Activity 1 (The APP)
Topic: Campus Carry Bill Points of View: The Bill allows access to self defense Lack of strict gun law regulation on campus Offers a new variable to campus environment Campus carry allows us to live in a carry state.
Midterm Questions
What are the five canons of rhetoric? Explain the five. (Short Answer) What, in your opinion, is the most pivotal/ important rhetorical canon? Why? (Long Answer) According to Pullman, dialectic rhetoric follows what pattern? (Short Answer)
Persuasion in the ER: Trip #1
About two weeks ago I woke up with excruciating abdominal pain. The pain had started the week prior, however, it was mild and subsided within a couple of hours. The pain was unlike anything I’ve felt in the past. When I was eight years old I developed Crohn’s Disease, which is a genetic gastrointestinal disease. With most cases of Crohn’s …