Writing Technique: Revision

The following is a revision of a previous post:
During this past week, I competed in BYU’s national Dancesport competition. I primarily competed standard events, such as the tango and foxtrot. I competed these events in the silver and gold level respectively. I also competed a little bit of latin; the rumba. I competed this at […]

Writing Technique: Summary v. analysis

The following is a seperation of a previous rhetorical analysis into summary and analysis.
When I first heard that I was being interviewed, the company sent me some pretty abstract and difficult to understand instructions on how to reach the building. By providing these instructions, they created a method of judging the interviewee’s practical reasoning skills. […]

Writing Technique: Word Choice - Black

Black is the color of nothing. It is the absence of any live object. Black is the darkness of night that creeps into the corners. It brings with it the black of cold. It is the black of the unknown – the unknown that brings fear. The fear is black, saturated with its essence. […]

Writing Technique: Style

“Tech” ism

Abstraction of Non-essential elements

Emphasis on logical and technical areas.

As he entered the server lab, he could hear the whir of the cooling fans as they cooled the vast amount of heat generated from the hundreds of processors. He slowly made his way through the hallways of rack-mounts. He walked past the Solaris […]

Writing Technique: Building Ethos

This is written to persuade some people to go on a diet by building ethos.

Sharing Personal Information

When I used to work at the hospital, I would see dozens of people everyday come in ask me what they could do to lose some weight.

Adopting an Authoritative Voice

As a doctor, I would tell my patients what was […]

An attempt to sell a battery powered Gillette razor to a group of bearded Amish men

Do you ever get tired of having too much facial hair. Does your beard get in the way of plowing and milking cows? Well, Gillette has a revolutionary new razor which is perfect for you. The new Gillette M3 Power Nitro razor will help with that and more with its revolutionary battery powered shaving system. […]