What I learned Post 2

This week in class I learned what Logos, Pathos, and Ethos is. I have never heard of these before so it was interesting to learn about them. Most arguments appeal to all three. I also learned more vocabulary which was Post hoc, Cum Hoc, Hasty Generalizations, either-or-argument, stacking the evidence, begging the question, and the red herring. We watched more youtube videos that were very powerful and that helped the class to understand and pick out the logos, pathos, and ethos in the commercial. What really helped me this week in class was when we went in the library. I just transferred here this semester so i hadn't been in the library yet. Learning about how to look up articles specifically definitely helped and will be at great use when I start my project.

This week in English

This week in English I learned how to set up a blog and how it works. The class also learned what rhetoric means which is the ability to discern the available means of persuasion in any given situation. It is important to know who your audience is. We viewed advertisements and cartoons in order to determine the rhetoric situation. We went over what a thesis statement is an why it is important to know. It's a big part of your paper and basically it summarizes what you are going to write about. Even though I have been taught this before Im glad we reviewed over these things because having a different teacher, I now know what she expects from me and I understand the subject better, especially with some of the examples she shows us.

This picture is basically describing how society is today and how it has changed over time. Years ago the children held responsibility for their actions now it's completely different. Parents are now accusing the teachers of failing their child because in their eyes, their children are perfect and it's never their fault. Parents in todays society, I believe, are less strict than how parents were years ago. My parents and other adults have mentioned to me the difference of how they were raised than how I am raised. Parents could get away with a lot back then which is why punishment was more harsh.