Why is English Important?

Which activities do you find most helpful in English class?

Do you use English at work? If yes, how do you use English at work?

What are the best writing techniques?

The purpose of self introduction is allowing your audience to know you personally.

Literacy impacts the community cultures and values by improving the economy and creating jobs.

Various community settings impact the way I present my self introduction by adapting to the environment around me it allows me determine what will be said

Literacy is the ability to read and write at an efficient level. This is important to me because it helps with the way we comprehend things.

Non traditional literacies are billboards, street signs, and graffiti.

Professionally, the most important literacy to me is Media literacy.

One of my favorite movies is Drumline (2002). This movie perfectly displays black culture through the aspect of an HBCU band. The actor Nick Cannon has the main role in this film, he is playing a dude named Devon who is a talented drummer for the Atlanta A&T band team. Devon doesn’t know to properly read music and can only remember notes based off of visualizing someone else playing the drums. Furthermore, Devon has a lot of ups and downs such as earning a high rank on the band team and also being dismiss for his behavior. The aspect of this movie that left a lasting impression on me is Devon working with his rival section leader Sean to learn music notes and get back on the band team. I think this displays that preparation and hard work is superior then talent.

2/2 Story Seeking

0:57I played quarterback.

0:59And two weeks earlier, two defenders,

1:02almost 500 pounds of muscle,

1:04crushed me at the same time.

1:07It sounds scary, but honestly, it’s pretty normal in my line of work.

1:12This time, though,

1:14my leg was bending where it shouldn’t.

1:18I had what they call a compound spiral fracture,

1:20which means that my leg was twisted and snapped diagonally,

1:24kind of like a corkscrew.

1:26And yes, it’s as painful as it sounds.

1:30I knew right there on the field that my season was done.

1:34What took me a little longer to figure out

1:36was that my life was about to change forever.

1:41Two years after that gruesome injury,

1:43I actually ran back out onto that field and led my team to the playoffs.

1:48(Applause)

1:54But what I want to talk about today isn’t some rousing comeback story

1:57where the crowd chants my name.

2/2 Storytelling

Growing up throughout elementary school and so on reading wasn’t my favorite. Moreover, I did have a favorite book series that I loved reading called Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. Whenever I read that book I was deeply connect to the narrative and could visualize events in the book as if I was there. Also, this book deals with real issues that children like me could relate to. Without this book my reading experience would have been less entertaining. The way the author Jeff Kinney draws my attention with his books is his unique humor in storytelling. Furthermore, there was a new book released yearly and I was always eager to have it! In conclusion, Diary of a Wimpy Kid will forever be my favorite book series.

2/9 Comparative Writing

A. The narrative that speaks to me the most is my storytelling post talking about Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and how they made me love reading. Also, this story is more vivid and engaging because it was written about myself and I can relate to it.

B. I wouldn’t revise the other two, nothing is missing in my opinion.

C. A good story to me is when someone talks about something that is interesting to me or has humor. Some effective storytelling techniques are using attention grabbers and rhetorical analysis.

The song “Don’t Judge Me” by Chris Brown is communication piece that stands out to me because the message that it is relating is don’t judge a person based on one incident and just let the past be the past. Some primary rhetorical appeals the video and song lyrics employ is pathos by appealing to his audience emotions in a meaningful video, Chris brown is persuading you to forgive him from a previously incident with star singer and ex girlfriend Rihanna.

Rhetorical Situation 1

Ethos

-What is it? The credibility of the speaker/author

-Why is it important in communication? It is very important because it shows the audience that the speaker/author is fit to write or speak about the topic.

-How does it work in communication? It works as a way to provide a reliable source that backs up information.

-Examples: “As your boss, I can assure you that Dell computers are the best for the workplace.”

-How to connect this idea to your writing? Use this as an introduction to establish the premise throughout the entire discussion.

less