What was the process for choosing your topic for this project? What was the most interesting part of the project to you?
The process I used to choose the topic of this project was to examine each of the commercial closely in order to see what claims I will be able to make. I chose the one that I ultimately thought would be the easiest one to work with or argue. I chose the commercial with the most details that I could work with. I think the most interesting part of the project was being able to convert 30 seconds of a piece into to entire article. It seemed cool that I was able to expand on a text and analyze it. I really liked to read a commercial in depth.
What is the significance of rhetoric for an audience? What about for the presenter?
Rhetoric is important because it is the way that the audience is introduced to an idea. Rhetoric is important for the audience to be convinced of a certain thing or to realize the importance of a certain thing. It is important to analyze rhetoric as part of the audience so that you can uncover the ways that the author is trying to persuade you. It is important to take into consideration as a presenter or as an author rhetoric as it is important to connect with your audience to effectively get your point across. you can convince someone effectively if you don't make a plan to persuade them to do something according to pathos, ethos, and logos.
In what ways does rhetoric challenge your personal beliefs?
Rhetoric challenges my personal beliefs as it exposes me to the other sides of arguments. Rhetoric is a way of getting your point to be taken seriously. Rhetoric is the methods of getting people to hear an argument, some that might be against what you currently believe. Rhetoric challenges your beliefs because it gives a diverse set of background and opinions that may be able to change you thinking. it is a really good thing to have your beliefs challenged because it means that you are growing as a person. When you realize that you don't know it all, that is moment you start to learn, the only thing I know is that I don't know.
Discuss some of the different styles and voices in the content you selected. How can you learn from and implement rhetorical strategies in your own life?
I had the choice to select many different styles in the rhetorical analysis. I untimely chose to be informal because I didn't do a strict analysis, but more informal. I wanted to make a connect with my reader, especially because I was talking about the Covid-19 pandemic I wanted to make a special connect. I could learn to use rhetorical strategies in my own life to convince people to listen to my opinions. maybe I could you it to convert an audience of my research and why that I am not full of bologna. Being able to write and speak can really help you in life it helps with work, and study.
What were some of the challenges in selecting the best fitting topic for your research? How did you overcome those challenges?
Sometimes it can be hard to determine what to write for research. Some of the challenges in selecting the best topics is to paying attention to details, seeing what little things matter and what doesn't matter. What questions are good, and which are bad. You can overcome these by outlining a topic and trying to relate things together. You can pose a question by coming 2 questions from the same domain and pose a new question of research.
How is academic writing rhetorical? Did learning about rhetoric change the way you interpret content?
Academic writing is almost always rhetorical. a person is making a claim and providing evident to back up that claim. the use of evidence with the explanation is called logos appealing to logic. But wait there is more: the author is usually a doctor and states their credentials to appeal to ethos. The academic article also uses a combination of pathos and logos emphasizing the importance of their work and the impact it will have in their domain and the broader society as a whole. I think that learning about rhetoric allows you to see what the author is trying to do, it allows you to clearly see what their goals are what methods they are using to accomplish them. Learning about rhetoric also allowed me to look for misuses in rhoetic such as fallacies, making me better at reading for the truth.
What is the purpose of the project you created?
The purpose was to gather evidence supporting the claim that exercise helps not only mask the symptoms of depression but to prevent depression in general. Mine goal would be to deliver this as an article saying the importance of exercise something that is often already said topo much. I think also I did it to try to motivate myself. I actually recently started to exercise and have noticed how good it makes you feel mentally, I want to reinforce this idea in my head, hopefully I can keep this streak up and exercise more. to be honest I really saw no point in exercise or sports until recently and kinds wish that I was able to do those things when I was younger, because how beneficial they are.
Who is the audience? How did this impact your choice of wording and organization? In other words, why are the choices you made in your annotated bibliography the best choices for your audience AND purpose?
My audience is young adults, I wrote this in a logical way to appeal to them. but I also included the use of emotional appeals, through images. I know that a lot of young people today struggle with depression for a variety of reasons, especially after the pandemic. I wanted to make the organization easy to read, by not including too much jargon but to basically summarize the basic points. I wanted to include easy to digest works, easy to understand. I really just want to tell them that it actually makes a difference. I think that the way I structures it made sure to hammer ing the point that exercise is important.
What were your impressions of the articles you selected? How do they address your topic?
My first impression of the texts can be explained in one word: Jargon. But the more I read the documents the more that they made sense, to be honest I did mostly meta-analysis's which obviously would have less jargon because they are just summarizing the previous work of other papers and seeing if the claim is valid. I also selected videos and piece of art that I think were relative jargon less but still effetely contribute to the claim. I did like the use of jargon in the videos, because they explain the jargon. In my opinion, it adds to the credibility of the video because you are learning from them, and they sound like they know what they are talking about.
What rhetorical moves are being made in these articles by the authors that you can learn from and implement in a future project?
I really like the technique used by many of the videos: Explain the topics, so that the audience is able to understand and that they build trust in you. I am trying to think of a way to do this, but in writing I don' think that the explanation is as effective because the explanations don't have any visuals so it might be more confusing. maybe instead of me employing that technique, what I can do it is: use more videos that use the technique effetely. I really think that education via video is great way to learn, and along with learning and understanding comes a certain respect or honor for that person because you see that person or author as source of knowledge.
What rhetorical decisions did the authors make that impacted your decision to use these articles?
I think the rhetorical devices that impacted my project were mainly logos and pathos. Most of the research article provide the data that support the main claim, allowing for logos to be used because they give evidence to suggest something. The videos were amazing at logos they picked apart an argument and make it easy to understand and allowed for argument to be absorbed by the audience, through the educational route. The picture provided mostly an appeal to pathos, they were able to quickly convey a message that exercise bring you positivity and a mood boost, confidence that curbs depression, and can lead to a more rounded self.
What were the challenges you faced putting this project together? How did you overcome these challenges?
I think that the biggest challenge to be honest is finding a topic. It really took me a while to find a topic with viable publications that I could use to argue a claim. I also think that another big obstacle is finding research paper that I could understand in it entirely because they are really jargony. I liked the fact that I was able to incorporate video into to my project because they are made for the general public and are more understandable, and they assume that you know nothing. That is a good thing because that make accessible education, it is also ultra scalable. I think that the biggest way to overcome the jargon and finding a topic, is just choosing a general topic and trying to relate it to something else, make a connection between topics.
Where did you look for your sources? Why? Where else could you look for more information on your topic?
I look for academic article using google scholar. Google scholar is really easy to use and helps you find academic article really quickly. One thing is that the search engine isn't as powerful as regular google it get a lot of things that are not what you trying to search for, so you have to learn to game the keywords. I also search YouTube for videos, it was really easy to find videos that are related to my topics, and that are really interesting. for photos i used google image search because that is the fastest way to find images you like. I think that an additional place that I can look for materials is through the Zimmerman library databases because I can use certain databases that are only for one field on knowledge.
What else would you want your instructor to know about the project and your choices?
I think that this project was pretty fun. I also believe that this is a good way to plan for an essay or paper. it really allows you mind to dwell on a certain topic and to work on making a cohesive story without words to ties them together, so that when come, it stabilizes a rock-solid argument that can't be broken. to be honest I think that it was also a learning experience for me, because i chose a topic that I was mildly interested in because you said not to pick a project that you are passionate about because of burnout. I really think for my next paper I will do a not so strict version of this then use the information from the article to form my argument for the next time.
Discuss your takeaway from the process of collecting and analyzing sources. Why did your sources work for your chosen topic?
I think that my key takeaway from the process of collecting and analyzing sources is to try to be as detail oriented as possible, because some sources, have details that maybe beneficial to certain parts of you research paper. I think that my sources worked well for my topic because they were the direct sources for certain mathematical ideas or algorithms. I listened to one of my professors who said that Wikipedia for math is okay just make sure to use it as a starting guide to find link to better sources. I think it is also important to be organized when collecting sources. being organized is as simple as writing a simple sentence on what exactly the resource is about.
Explain your process for organizing your document and bringing it all together for your presentation.
My process for making my document is first to brainstorm an idea. Once I had the idea, I looked for resources and put it in a word file. I then wrote an outline to organize it into topics. I gradually expanded on each of the topics until it was a good length. I then made transitions and did the final revision. I made sure to stay organized so that the structure of the document is sound and clear.
How did everything we have covered in class so far contribute to the creation and execution of this project? What skills have been the most valuable to you?
I think that the most valuable skill that I learned in this class was the process of writing. writing isn't something that should be done from introduction to conclusion in one sitting but needs to be done in and organized and well thought out fashion so that it is coherent and makes good argument. I think the biggest thing that helped me was the textbook reading on the writing process I really learn how to make sure to stay organized when writing a paper in particular. I really value the structure that I learned to write with in this class.
How did you select a topic? What types of questions did you ask yourself about your topic before, during, and after this project?
To be honest I picked a topic because I am in discrete math where we were learning about algorithms and optimization, and RSA in particular. I thought a lot about Appling ML to the topic and as I looked more into the topic, I saw that it goes really in depth. I got even mor intrigued when I learned about history of integer factoring and the algorithm used to today to factor large semiprimes. The question I asked myself if ML will even be useful because I think that I definitely have my work cut out for myself.
How did you tie in different writing styles and voices from sources?
I was able to tie in multiple sources by interpreting what each of the author is trying to convey. I was able to Put their own voice and transform it into my own voice in the text. I allowed their ideas to flourish but through my voice. I was able to tie in the various source by allowing each source to have its own section so that each of the sources are able to have their own domain in which they are presented and allowed to talk. they are presented in a way that preserves the original authors words.
What new skills have you developed for collecting, analyzing, and summarizing sources?
I think that I have developed multiple skills from collecting, analyzing, and summarizing sources, particularly I think that I have devolved a greater attention to detail. in order to understand some of these papers you need to be able to really read in depth on what the paper is saying even if you don't understand every single word, you can still understand some it and it can help you make you claim and to be able to defend it.
What particular research and writing skills are you comfortable with? What needs work?
I think that I am comfortable with the research part in particular. I like to read about certain topic because the intrigue me. I think that the biggest part that I need to work on is organization of writing and having smooth language and transitions. I would like to be better at incorporating sources and to allow them to have better flow and transitions, so that I may be better at communicating my thoughts. I think that this would be benefitable to me as it would help me to better get my point across.
How has your view of writing changed over the course of the semester?
My view of writing has changed drastically over the course of this semester. I began the semester not in any way interested in writing, but grew to find it quite enjoyable. I think that taking English just a little later in my academic Carrer has benefited me. My mind feels so clear that when writing about things I enjoy it is a nice rest from the insanity of my other classes. I think that I was able to more coherently articulate my thoughts in a way that is understandable. I like to write is a good way to organize and to expand your thoughts. I think that writing is not just a tool of communicating but a tool to organize thoughts.
What were the most challenging aspects of this course? How did you overcome those?
challenges?
I think that the most challenging part of this course was time management and creativity. to be honest I struggle with procrastination, and I end up rushing near the end to get in all in on time. When I go back, I realize that what I wrote isn't readable. I think that I need to make a system to divide an assignment into many separate assignments. I think that this will allow me to have completer and more organized though and a better final product. Finally, I think that creativity also has a big impact of writing, you need to write something original if a story has been written 1,000 times; why would someone read your version? You need something to differentiate yourself in a good way, you need to be creative, and you need to be organized enough to carry out your idea.
What are some of your major takeaways from this course?
I think that the biggest takeaway from this course it the writing process. You begin with prewriting where you are able to just jot some thoughts down. You allow your mind to become intertwined with the topic. But though precious thoughts are useless if they aren't trapped and get used by you; you need to organize them by outlining. Outlining allows you to have an exposition of your thoughts, where you clearly see what is wrong and what is right. what do you need and what do you need to let go off. it helps you write you document in a way that flows. Once you write read it over again and again, you will be able to catch 90% of your errors. Then have someone else read it over they will be able to catch 90% of the error you didn't catch, leading to a better overall text. This is why it is important to follow the writing process it allows you tom to make the highest quality text.
What have you learned about yourself as a student?
I have learned that I need to be much more organized. I need to make sure that I don't procrastinate and do things in advanced so that I am not so stressed in the future. Next semester I plan to take it slow, but to be exogenously studious. I will take easier classes but exaggerate the amount to study. I need to master the basic in order to handle the more advanced. I think that I bit off more than I can chew my first 2 years old school. So, I plan to take it slow.
What advice would you give to an incoming college student that struggles with writing?
Plan the days and times when you will write, also what part you are going to write. make an intention to work ahead of schedule, do not procrastinate. Get in the habit of exaggerating the way you study as to master the basic so that as it gets harder you are able to handle the load of your classes. Think of this class as 20lbs, the first half of the semester you may have trouble, but near the end you can lift 20lbs nor problem. Next semester your class will be 30lbs. What is the best way to prepare yourself for the weight you need to carry next semester. Do as many reps as you can, build endurance so that you can handle the heavy load of next semester, exaggerate you studying to master the basics.