Thesis Statement: Lang captures his audience’s attention on the matter by giving life story experiences, talking about the history of national parks, adding humor, and proving how anyone can make a difference with technology of our time. Topic Sentence: P1: David Lang argues in his lecture for TED Talk, that we should be protecting our …
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Considering Audience in the Rhetorical Situation
The speech David Lang gives targets everyone who cares about the ocean. Lang’s speech focuses on ways to protect our oceans and what role’s the audience can play to help, whether you are a scientist or just a student. Using his examples on how to help protect our oceans, have proven to have positive effects. …
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Save Our Oceans
Sara Hall Janel Spencer WRT 101S September 18, 2019 Saving Our Oceans Everyone is aware of our problem with earth’s pollution, especially the pollution currently swimming in our oceans. According to Oceana’s website; thousands of tons of trash are spilled into our oceans every day. This pollution is causing millions of sea birds and hundreds …
Introductory Paragraph for Essay 1
Everyone is aware of our problem with earth’s pollution, especially the pollution currently swimming in our oceans. According to Oceana’s website; thousands of tons of trash are spilled into our oceans every day. This pollution is causing millions of sea birds and hundreds of thousands of sea mammals to die every year. It is destroying …
Analyze News Source
Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/us/politics/trump-911-speech.html?register=facebook&auth=register-facebook https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/11/politics/donald-trump-9-11/index.html https://www.foxnews.com/us/9-11-attacks-eighteenth-anniversary For my news story, I decided to analyze Trump’s 9/11 memorial speech. I found three different news sources: New York Times, CNN, and Fox News. New York Time’s news article seemed to only be supported by claims, while CNN and Fox News was supported by facts and evidence. CNN and Fox …
Identify Strengths
As a writer, I find that my strengths are explaining things well to people, grabbing their interest, and staying on topic.
Social Media
On my social media (Facebook), you will tend to see the latest celebrity news, local news, and posts/aids about dogs. These posts are pretty common on my timeline for Facebook. I like to follow up on news and shop for supplies for my four legged friends. I noticed one of my peers also had aids …
10 Values
Balance Care Friendship Happiness Honesty Knowledge Learning Loyalty Love Respect
Know Thyself
The way I see myself as a person is kind and caring. I care a lot about people, and that is why I am pursuing school to become a nurse. As a student, I am eager to learn. I try to help my class mates as much as I can, weather they are having trouble …
Fact, Opinion, Claim
The Pitt News Editorial Board, “Editorial: Tweets won’t save the Amazon,”The Pitt News. Link: https://pittnews.com/article/149582/opinions/editorial-tweets-wont-save-the-amazon/ Fact: The Amazon has been burning at a rate of one and a half soccer fields per minute for several weeks now Opinion: But going vegan or donating to organizations dedicated to rainforest conservation won’t ultimately help save the Amazon Claim: Their …
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