Winter Break Opportunities!
It would be totally lame if you decided to blog about English, rhetoric, and research over winter break... right? I won't judge you. In fact, I'd love to use this thread as an opportunity for easy extra-credit points. Simply point out something English, rhetorical, or research-based that involves your winter break! Posts that address this prompt (and are dated prior to 1/2/06) will receive up to 5 points (max.) of extra credit (let's just see who actually reads this thing).
P.S. don't forget that the extra essay (to mitigate oral test scores) is due the day we come back to school.
P.P.S. happy winter solstice. if you happen to read this today, stand an egg up vertically. it will hang miraculously as it defies gravity...
posted by D. Robin @ 12/21/2006
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Over break I attended a holiday party at a friend’s house. After playing Taboo (which grew older as Moy and I destroyed everyone), we decided to play human knot. I immediately thought of that ball of yarn we threw across the room. There were about 10 of us, so the knot was pretty intense. Every person was directly connected to two others and then indirectly connected to the other 7 people. I began to think about proximity. Those closest to the spot in which we were attempting to untangle were literally in the most pain. After a while we became even more tangled than we were before and consequently became closer. In certain cases (especially one involving Moy and Hilary) maybe even a little too close for comfort. Even though we were even more tangled we somehow became more closely linked. This can again be related back to proximity. After a tragic event, such has September 11th, things become chaotic. People become confused and jumbled up, but they also become closer to each other. Since every person in somehow linked to every other person, a single event can be somehow felt by every human being on the planet. I know that this is simply a theory based on a game involving 10 people holding hands, but it really can demonstrate what happens in the world. People closer to an event or action are more emotionally and physically involved than those who are farther away, however, those farther are still some how impacted by it, even if it is only slightly.
- Kelsey
( A hint for future knot players, don't wear a skirt)
I can't believe you just cited Alan Thicke in a post. LOL! Let us consider what kind of audience would fall for this ethical appeal...
My nieces are plagued by the dark side of rhetoric, especially the holiday season. They eat very little, too little in my sister's eyes (she's a nurse) In order to get them to eat, we use all sorts of tricks and games. They were over at our house, and the little one didn't want to eat. We told her if she didn't eat she wouldn't get any presents for Christmas and we'd call Santa to take away the presents she already had. I picked up the phone, searched through the caller id so the phone would make a noise like I was dialing, and then pretended to talk to Santa. She started eating really fast then and finished her meal, except for the last bite, which stayed in her mouth for half an hour. This was only made possibly through rhetoric, because as adults, everyone at the table had high ethos, and it was a direct appeal to her pathos, since she was scared she would not get any presents. Logos was the general idea, since she would have to eat to get presents, and if i was talking to Santa I could tell him not to give her presents.
She got her presents of course and came over on Christmas day to make a mess with her tea sets, blocks and stickers that she decided to bring with her.
I'm just wondering how much fun her daddy is going to have building that big play kitchen they got. It looks really complicated.
MEOW Holiday!
Emily, you rock!
=)
So, for a sleepover over break I was watching Prison Break and the Cason variety of Emily, her sister, and I were discussing how totally convenient everything is that happens on that show. For example, someone is trapped under a big log in the water. We have a motorcycle. What can we do with that to save the trapped person? Oh look, there's a convenient piece of rope lying on the ground. Despite weird random plot holes like that, the show is ridiculously good at pulling people in because the people on the show are likeable and good-looking and the plot is just so crazy. Thus, once again rhetoric is used for marketing. I, for one, am happily pulled in by their ploys.
Gosh, that was lame. Oh well.
~ Emily Clar
Logos -> After December 31st, a New Year arrives.
Pathos-> The anticipation of the countdown to New Years makes one nervous and excited.
Ethos->Parents trying to succeed in throwing a good party without alcohol.
^The Rhetorical Triangle of New Years! =)
Hope you had a good Xmas and New Years Mr. Robin!
~Jen Arredia
Soo during break my friend got me addicted to CSI, and this entire week Ive become a CSI maniac. So of course after watching umm lets say about 15 episodes you kinda start to think like the detectives, and I found myself rhetorically analyzing every murder and suspect in the show. For instance one of the murderers purposely left the murder weapon with a red finerprint on it so I started thinking about the color red and how it is the most noticable color and I started paying close attention to the body language of all the suspects which completely gave them away. Honestly I think I tired myself out with all that rhetorical stuff.
~Vikki M.
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