Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Nov 3rd. Makeup Assign.

Rhetorical analysis really lets us look into the voice and tone of writings. Analyzing papers has really allowed me to be a better writer. Understanding the audience can really help determine how you would like your paper to be written.

I'm going to be honest. I don't have much time to write this.

Nov. 10 makeup assign.

My list of possible topics prior to writing research paper.

1. Current wolve problem through Idaho and western Wyoming. The wolve problem as far as I understand is currently a hot topic of debate. Ever since the wolf was declared endangered, and a bunch of wolves were transported into the area, the population has ground immensely and is killing off a lot of farm animals in the region.

2. The water controversy related directly with the golf courses in dry areas. Many people are complaining that the water used on golf courses in dry areas is limiting the amound of water in the urban areas.

3. The three gorges dam in south central china has lead to the destruction of thousands of species, relocation of people and ruining much of the landscape. The dam, though large and effective in producing energy has never been more harmful on land than any other piece of man made structure.

4. Something that owuld be easy to find a lot of information on is the el nina affect. This is another topic of controversy. many people blame this for the different weather pattersn that currently exist througout the world.

Monday, December 8, 2008

last assign.

Our group, because we are very interested in sports will make a brochure about byu athletics aimed at non mormon students. Our audience for this brochure will be all non-lds athletes who have interest in playings sports in college. We thought of several different topics before coming up with this decision. I wanted to do the option of just general academics. I wanted to show off all of byu's great academic departments and put in their rewards and honors, which would really show off byu's great academic success. We later decided that we all know a lot about the athletic programs at byu and that make for the best brochure and it's something we have a lot of interest in. We decided we could get a lot of pictures from the different athletic facilities that would attract these athletes. Coloful pictures and creative wording will be the most effective.

Audience is so important when writing anything whether it is an editorial or research paper. If you can't think of who the audience is, there is no way to write the article to target that group and completely defeats the purpose. Audience can be a deciding factor when an author is deciding what tone or voice he will be using for a paper. I learned in this class that before writing anything, the audience must be completely clear. You need to have a distinct audience before writing a paper.