I find that I quite often use disruptive modifiers. Or more correctly: I find that I use disruptive modifiers quite often.
The following is a revision of some of my previous posts fixing disruptive modifiers.
From Rhetorical Analysis: WWII Propaganda continued
In this poster, the words “This is my war too!” are written at the bottom in fairly large font. By using the larger font, the words will draw more attention than the other words…
From Free Write: Dancesport
This past week I competed in BYU’s national Dancesport competition. I competed standard events primarily… Saturday night, I watched the finals of the cabaret competition. I was astonished by this dance truly as it…
From Rhetorical Analysis: WWII Propaganda
In this picture, most of the paper space is used up with the image of the woman. By doing this, the poster draws the attention of the viewer first most directly to the lady. The result of this being that the propaganda distinguishes its audience almost immediately…
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It seems like most everybody I know from before college is now leaving on a mission. First, my cousin got a call to Korea, and I have been watching him as he goes out and buys everything he needs. Then one of my friends from highschool got a call to go to japan (which was pretty cool because japan was where he wanted to go the most) and I got to see him as he went into the MTC. Just yesterday, I got to see another one of my friends get ordained an Elder and go into the MTC. I guess one of the disadvantages of being really young is that you are one of the last people of your age group to go on a mission. I can’t turn in my papers until another month or so and I don’t actually turn 19 until mid-summer.
Filed under: English 150, Free Write on March 15th, 2007 | No Comments »
The following is a continuation of a previous post regarding an analysis of the poster.
In this poster, the words “This is my war too!” are written at the bottom in fairly large font. By using the larger font, the words will draw attention more that the other words would. This phrase combined with the picture of the woman instills an emotion of responsibility into female viewers. This poster does this through addressing the stereotypical fact of many more men joining up with the war than women. By bringing up this point, some women feel as if the men shouldn’t have to do everything with the war but that the women should get involved as well. With the use of the phrase ‘my war’, the sentence introduces a sense of ownership. With ownership of a great issue comes responsibility of that issue. Also, by saying that the war is partially owned by the women, it implies that the women have a say in the outcome of the war. This pushes the emotion of responsibility even further. The point of this poster is to create enough emotion in the women viewers to the extent that they will go out and join the army.
Filed under: English 150, Rhetorical Analysis on March 13th, 2007 | No Comments »
This past week I competed in BYU’s national Dancesport competition. I competed primarily standard events such as silver tango, gold foxtrot, and open novice standard. I also competed a little bit of latin such as the gold rumba. I made it to the quarter finals in all of my dances except open novice, where I didn’t make any callbacks, and the gold rumba, where I made semi finals. On Saturday, I watched the beginning classes compete. When the Dance 180 class competed bronze cha cha, there were 255 couples competing. I was amazed at the sheer number of competitors. Saturday night, I watched the finals of the cabaret competition. I was truly astonished by this dance as it involved a single couple at a time, but the man would lift the lady as they danced and would all sorts of amazing tricks and lifts. At the end of Saturday night, there was an invitational professional competition where four of the top professional couples from the United States competed against the others. These couples danced the five international Latin American dances accompanied by a live percussion band which played along with the music. The energy level of these professional dancers was out of this world.
Filed under: English 150, Free Write on March 11th, 2007 | No Comments »
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. When I reached the premises, I informed the secretary that I was there for an interview, and she had me sit and wait for the boss to come out to take me into a meeting room. When I entered the room, there was a panel of employees who were to ask me my interview questions. By doing this, those interviewing were able to evaluate the inter-personal relational skills and ability to cope with waits and obstacles. During the interview, I was asked a large array of questions from very abstract personal ones to very technical and specific ones. By providing this large span of questions, they were able to analyze in very specific detail that which they were hiring.
If I were to rewrite this passage using only analysis, it would go as follows:
By providing difficult instructions, those interviewing were able to evaluate and judge the practical reasoning skills of those being inteviewed. By determining how well people were able to locate the company’s office, they were able to determine how well they were able to find answers on their own. By creating a wait for the interview, the interviewers were able to evaluate patience. When performing the interview, the interviewers were able to analyze the person they were interviewing in detail through the numerous broad questions they presented.
Filed under: English 150, Writing Technique on March 2nd, 2007 | No Comments »
At the beginning of this week, in my job, we had the president of quest software come and speak to us. The meeting lasted about two hours and at the end, he introduced this lady, who he said would be coming around and interviewing many people. I thought nothing of it, after all, I only work part time so I only go in every other day. well, today I went in, having comepletely forgotten about it only to have it brought suddenly back to my memory when this lady seemingly appeared out of nowhere in my office and asked if she could ask me some questions. I complied. There was no way I was going to make her leave on a good note without an interview. She sat herself down on a chair, looked at me, and said “Wow! you look just like a baby!” Two words: awkward moment. What am I supposed to say, “Thats Right. I am a baby!”?
The rest of the interview went fine, but that first opening sentance was sure strange. but it has brought some good laughs when shared with fellow employees.
Filed under: English 150, Free Write on March 1st, 2007 | No Comments »
The following is an analysis on the given poster:
In this picture, most of the paper space is used up with the image of the woman. By doing this, the poster draws the attention of the viewer first most directly to the lady. The result of this being that the propaganda almost immediately distinguishes its audience. The lady is dressed in army garb, which is somewhat unusual as it was not generally the woman’s role to engage in warfare. By this variance, it draws more attention to the woman, thus amplifying their point. The second most noticeable feature on this poster is the American flag that resides behind the woman. By displaying the flag, it accomplishes two primary tasks: first, the flag is a symbol or type. The flag symbolizes respect, freedom, and liberty. So by showing the flag, the poster instills those feelings. Secondly, by displaying the woman standing in front of the flag, it denotes her loyalty to her country. This layout is key as the purpose of the poster is to recruit women, so by displaying a woman who is willing to serve her counter, it creates the same feelings in women viewing the poster, thus making them want to join the army.
Filed under: English 150, Rhetorical Analysis on February 27th, 2007 | No Comments »
A little less than one year ago, I interviewed for the job I currently have. In my opinion, that interview was the most difficult one I have ever encountered. This is an analysis of the rhetoric used in that interview.
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. When I reached the premises, I informed the secretary that I was there for an interview, and she had me sit and wait for the boss to come out to take me into a meeting room. When I entered the room, there was a panel of employees who were to ask me my interview questions. By doing this, those interviewing were able to evaluate the inter-personal relational skills and ability to cope with waits and obstacles. During the interview, I was asked a large array of questions from very abstract personal ones to very technical and specific ones. By providing this large span of questions, they were able to analyze in very specific detail that which they were hiring.
Filed under: English 150, Rhetorical Analysis on February 25th, 2007 | No Comments »
Ever since I got my iPod, I have found a most efficient and useful way to read book. Well, not really “read” according to the classic definition, but more accurately: listen. What I do is I will load full audio books onto my ipod, which I will then listen to as I drive to and from work, school, home, and errands. I listen to them as I walk between classes. I find this most interesting, as I am able to ‘read’ during any free time which I may have, which doesn’t come very often in large blocks. This last fact is most important as normal book reading is difficult when only given 10 minute blocks of free time, plus I am walking during those ten minutes. Additionally, listening to audio books proves to be very pleasant when performing either mindless or repetitive tasks, as it allows me to accomplish multiple things at once. Just recently, I loaded the entire Harry Potter series onto my ipod, and in the last two weeks, covered three quarters of the books solely through the means of listening. This doesn’t just apply to audio books, podcasts, lectures, and audio newsletters can all be loaded onto my ipod to be listened to. It’s all very handy.
Filed under: English 150, Free Write on February 20th, 2007 | No Comments »
When I first went to junior high, it was quite a change from the private school I attended. The private school was small and personalized which was quite the opposite of the junior high: big, crowded, and isolated. But the biggest difference that I noticed, was that my lips would always get chappy at the junior high while it happened next to never at the private school. This was primarily due to the woodworking class that I took. The dust and dried wood in the shop really absorbed any and all moisture from my lips. So, as a result, I started carrying chapstick with me to school. This easily fixed the problem, but after a year of carrying around and using chapstick, I had the habit burned into me. All throughout high school I carried chapstick with me. But something that seemed somewhat bizarre was that whenever I would go without using chapstick, my lips would get chappy again. Was this a result of daily chapstick use? I still don’t know to this day. However, as a result from constant companionship with a stick of lip balm, I started discovering new uses for chapstick. The kind I used was fairly strong, so whenever I caught a cold, I would spread some chapstick on the edges of my nostrils, and the fumes would help clear my sinuses. The chapstick worked well for light adhesive, polish, something to play around with when bored, plus many other uses. So in my opinion, a stick of lip balm is one of the best inventions ever made and one of the best investmest.
Filed under: English 150, Free Write on February 18th, 2007 | No Comments »