Keep Your Eye on the Prize!

The TED video we watched in class today was a very inspirational video. While watching it I found it hard to make notes because I was so drawn into what Brain Stevenson was saying. He was very good at getting his point across. He told a powerful story, a story that inspired him to never drink alcohol, and 52 years later, he still hadn't. He told this story to get the point across, and that point was your identity matters, its what can change the world. He then also says some scary thoughts, that our identity is at risk. He says they are at risk because of not caring, and that we can strenghten our identities by paying attetnion to suffering, instead of ignoring it. He says we must be brave, because this way of finding a identity is a hard path to go on, but the most rewarding. You can not give up when your tired, and when your tired, you can actually change in a way you never thought you could. Keep you eye on the prize, that is the key of this speech, as long as you can do that, you will do very well in this world. Keep your eye on the prize!

Mitt Romney Style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTCRwi71_ns

Who Won The Debate?

Governor Mitt Romney won the debate. Romney had some great moments during the debate and it seemed to outshine President Barack Obama. Even though Romney was assertive with answering his questions, that seemed to prove that he will go the distance to get what he wants in the election and when he becomes President. People said that many people didn't show up to the debate, including Barack Obama. The debate was totally, hands down in Romney's favor, but I wouldn't count Obama out yet!

New Rules

In the article, New Rules by Thomas Friedham, he expressed how far behind America is going in the world with technology. He expressed how America keeps on using the old sayings such as "work hard and play by the rules, and you will succeed." Those use to work in the older days, but now we need to change our ways of thinking. This article brought many ethos to the paper, Bil Clinton, Barack Obama, Alun Toffler, and Van Tun-Quinlvan. The logos of the article was brilliant to. He expressed again of how the unemployment rate is really low, and that Shanghi in 2010, beat the rest of the world in everything academics. He also played on the emotions with using many quotes, one saying that illeratcy is changing. This article opened up my mind to what the world is becoming.

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The video I choose was Barack Obama's Promises Kept, I chose this video because it really stood out to me than the other videos. This video was about Barack given his nomination speech back in 2008. I found this very interesting because throughout the video it showed everything that he promised that he had accomplished. The music in the video fit the video ever so perfectly, uplifting in the right spots, it was great. The style of the video was really great to, it was very fluid and it seemed to just flow ever so smoothly, it felt like I wasn't watching a campaign video, but a movie in theaters, which I thought was great rhetoric because everybody gets burnt out on politics, so they incorporated into a movie feeling to get rid of the politics feeling, but at the same time, also giving people politics. This video was by far the best one that I saw, and I really liked it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lA2fCs-_fyo

Visual Analysis Questions

• 1) What visual elements grab your attention first?
  
  

  The visual elements that grabbed my attention first, was Barack Obama standing behind 

  the stage, looking like any normal person who is getting ready for a speech, it stood out to me because its a very good rhetoric strategy, because it showed that he is exactly as us, also the music was non, existent, any sounds to be particular, which added dramatic effect. 

  
  
  2) What other details reinforce that impression? How? 
  
  

  Other details that reinforce this statement, was how he wanted to grab every ones attention, and it did so, he started the video by saying, i will accept your nomination for presidency, which surely grabbed peoples attention, also the music was quite uplifting, which was a great contrast.

  
  3.) What is more important? Less important? 
  
  

  What's very important in this video, was all the things Obama had planned in 2008 that he would do as president, and throughout the video it showed everything that he did, what was less important was probably nothing about the video, it was really well made, that it focused on what he did, and how they incorporated into a speech that he did years ago. 

  
  4.) What about color and style? What impact do they have on your impressions? 
  
  

   The color of the video was bright and uplifting, they really chose great colors to be used throughout the video, the style of the video was very fluid and I really enjoyed it. 

  
  5.) How does the image direct the viewer’s eyes and reinforce what is important? 
  
  

   It did so in a very unique way, they incorporated his speech he did from years ago into a video, showing pictures of all that he has done, which I thought was a great reinforcer. 

  
  6.) What text is included? How does the text relate to the image? 
  
  

  The text included fit the video very perfectly, reinforcing everything you should and wanted to see.

  
  7.) What argument is being made?  
  
  

  The argument being made was to make you want to choose Obama, which the video did so well. They showed everything that he promised and did into one video.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age Précis

In the article Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age by Trip Gabriel explains how easy it is plagiarism is now days. The author supports this by explaining the accessibility of copy and pasting on the computers and Internet. The authors purpose is to explain why people plagiarize and he uses this in order to inform students that plagiarism is bad. I feel that the purpose of the article was to help inform students on how to make sure you don't own the source, you need to give the right credit. 

"Why Aren't We Comedians?"

When I was looking for a picture to visually analyze, this one stood out the most. This picture stood out the most because it was different than all the others on the page. The first thing that grabbed my attention was the face. The face was a bugged eyed, inflautuated person with starry glazed twinkled eyes. Then the saying took my attetnion next. After analyzing the picture more I noticed that the important parts of this picture were the saying in black and the face. I say this because you can read the black saying, then you start to think about your best friend and then you see you the face and you have you remmeber a memory that you shared with your best friend. Even though the red says "why the hell aren't we comedians" it can mean many other things to different people. To me it reminds me when me and my buddy are playing CoD Black Ops Zombies and we are doing great and we have excellent teamwork, and we look at each other and think, why isn't there a zombie apocylpase cause right now, we would be surviving. The way the face is placed is great for visual looking. Our eyes automatically look to the right first and it make sense for this picture. The arugement being made here is that you and your best freind will always have memories that you will always cherish and this picture might remind you of it.

Analyzing Visual

The first thing that grabbed my attention in the videos were the music. Romney's music was a bit more happier sounding and had a more upbeat tone. Obama's music was really sad a depressing, and it made you think of the poor people out there scraping by. The rest of Romney's video the music got even happier and his video got happier, along with the stories he told and the interviews. Obama's video stayed at  a very sad tone and the clips they used were darker looking pictures. The important things that stuck out of these videos were the message. Romney's message was to show that he can make things happier and shows his commitment with his marriage. Obama's message was to show that he is working hard and he shows what he has done that was good and bad, and what he will do to see his plans through. The colors of Romney's video were more lively than Obama's. A lot of Obama's were darker and more calmer, while Romney's had fireworks and was a lot more energetic.

Ann Romney and Michelle Obama Speech

The two speeches that we watched were not very powerful speeches, but emotional speeches. When I say powerful I mean by using ethos, logos and pathos. There speeches were almost exactly the same. They both used a lot of pathos, and hardly any ethos or logos. The only credibility they had in there speeches were themselves or there husbands. They had no logos either. Ann said one thing that gave some logos, but other than that, nothing. Now I say they were emotional speeches because they used a lot of pathos. Both of the speeches spoke about love and family and how there husbands are great family man. There speeches were super emotional and that aroused the crowd in various ways. It was probably hard to watch Ann's speech if your for Obama and it was probably hard to watch Michelle's speech if you were for Romney, so I think people can be biased in these speeches. All in all, I believe that the speeches were very emotional, but not powerful enough. Maybe if they had more ethos and logos, these speeches would be way more powerful.

"The Web Means The End of Forgetting"

The title of this article pretty much explains it all. "The Web Means The End of Forgetting" sounds very scary and it is very scary because it is true. Throughout the entire article, the author kept on showing examples of how things are never erased. The author even went as far as to mention web deleting companies in this article to further prove this. I wanted to see if it was true, of course I believed him because of all the people he mentioned, but I wanted to try it. I Googled myself, and since Google now can find you location, it looked for Cody Martinez  in Pueblo pictures. What I found were pictures of me from the paper, my FaceBook, and even some pictures of my friends that I have on FaceBook. It seems to be very true that the Internet doesn't forget. That scares many people. But, there are people out there that are trying to look out for, the companies and places that the author cites, but the best protection out there is to not post anything that you wouldn't want people to see. I hope in the future, the Internet will forget everything and people will not be afraid of the Internet.

Dr. Jane McGonigal Arguement

Dr. McGonigal's argument about video games can change the world was a very good argument. The way she wrote her argument was in a very strong way. She started off by stating that she was a gamer and game designer, which is kind of interesting that she is given such a powerful speech, considering since many people think that gamers can't really do much, but I think that what she did changed that way of thinking. She supported her argument by expressing the cooperation that happens in the gaming world. If people cooperated the same way in games as they did in real life, we would get things done. She also expressed the term "epic win" which she explained as the feeling that you achieved the greatest accomplishment. In order to strenghten her argument she used four key terms that she felt really conveyed what she met. She used Urgent Optimism, Social Fabric, Blissful Publicity, and Epic Meaning, and gave examples of each which really strengthened her argument. I agree with Dr. McGonigals's argument because she is right about everything she talked about in her speech. Every example she gave makes perfect sense and I agree with all of them.

Rhetorical Précis for Kent Haruf's Article on Writing

In Kent Haruf's article on writing, Kent informs us on how he and many other famous authors write, all them being bizarre ways. The author supports this claim by stating facts about how he works in a coal room in his basement in the dark, and how others work in with a sock over there head. The authors purpose for writing this is to explain that when you write fiction, you are making everything up, and since you have to power to make things up, why would you make them ordinary, he is saying this in order to help writers to understand that you have this power to create, so you should take it with freedom. This article was written mostly to writers, but it was written for everyone to read so that everyone can see how famous writers write such amazing stories.

Rhetorical Précis for Chapter 1

In chapter one of the book Choices, the author claims that the writing process is very important to writing and will help many people if you follow the steps. The author supports this by comparing the scientific method to the writing process stating that scientists follow these certain steps throughout experiments to figure out what works and what doesn't work, the same works with writing. The authors purpose is to show the importance of the writing process and how it will help you in your writing. This chapter was written for students to find the importance in the writing process and to use it and then they will have less troubles when they write.

Rhetorical Précis for Introduction in Choices

In the introduction to the book Choices, the author argues that even though it may seem that people have talent in a certain area, doesn't mean that they don't try very hard, especially in writing. The author supports this because throughout the chapter he talked about how many writers are constantly working very hard at their writing and always have others read the publication before releasing the final product. The author's purpose is to convince students that writing is a skill that everyone can learn and to not be discouraged when you don't succeed at it right away, and to keep trying and trying until you feel comfortable. This introduction is written for students so that they will no longer feel discouraged when they write and then they will keep trying to become better.

Who is Cody Martinez???

Who is Cody Martinez? Well, Cody Martinez is a student at Colorado State University - Pueblo studying Mass Communications, in the future I want to attend Colorado State University - Boulder to study films. My dreams for the future is to become a video producer for major motion pictures. I have been in love with video making since the 8th grade and throughout high school I made videos for almost everything, ranging from pep rally videos to Annual Staff commercials. I also like to take pictures and edit them with various programs, and I like designing pages for magazines or yearbooks. I am also a competitive swimmer. I started swimming two years ago and started off terribly, but I eventually got better and now I love swimming.