Controversies on Campus and Beyond

Penn State’s Cursed Traditions? Drinking culture at Penn State Topic may be too popular Debate on ObamaCare Health care debate in the US Topic may be too broad   Top idea: A Defaced Hero? The removal of JoePa’s statue by Beaver Stadium Joe Paterno’s involvement in the Sandusky scandal Does one mistake determine one’s worth […]

TED Talks – A result of a paradigm shift

This unit, we wrote and delivered our own TED talks in exploration of a paradigm shift, which is a change in a general trend in any aspect of life, culture, perspective, etc. Through this unit, I have learned not only valuable concise speaking skills, but also that TED talks are an extremely efficient way of […]

Paradigm Shift

Option 1: Global warming and the shift towards going green Coal and oil mining, resources rapidly depleting Renewable energy sources – wind, solar Amount of research being done to save/improve the environment and our energy usage skyrocketed Huge change on our society and our view of the world – much more conscious of where we […]

Reflection on Rhetorical Analysis

Throughout high school, we have analyzed rhetoric and its components almost every year, but there are still things to draw from every year as well. I learned a lot in the high school class AP Language and Composition on writing analyses of persuasive techniques, syntax, tone, audience, etc., all of which were very formal. It […]

Rhetorical Analysis: Persuasive Elements of First Fireside Chat

  http://www.americanrhetoric.com/mp3clips/politicalspeeches/fdrfirstfiresidechat63496436943.mp3 -Franklin Delano Roosevelt Several banking panics in the years of 1929-1933 caused American citizens to transfer their deposits from banks to gold and silver, thus causing the bankruptcy of financial institutions across the United States. FDR, with his friendly and comfortable mannerism, sent out a series of radio broadcasts, this being the first one, which was broadcasted […]

Artifact for Civic Engagement

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” This was the catch phrase for one of the posters for Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign last year, which aimed to call attention to the evil-doings of Joseph Kony in East Africa and promote global activism to capture the man. […]

Rhetorical Analysis MLK

Ethos 1. I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. 2. I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. 3. I do not say this as one of those negative critics who […]

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