group work review 1/29/215

In my group we talked about the kind of organization that we were going to use in our papers, and all the sources we had. We talked about how our interviews went and compared them to each others. The people in my group told me which questions and answers to use in my paper and which ones that I would need to expand on.

analysis of sources

For one of my recourses I am going to use an article about the spreading of flu, and how we people can prevent it. The reason I chose this one is because it was an example of an article trying to get people involved in the prevention of the flu, and the spread of health. It is also giving you the most commonly found spreaders of sicknesses, to the people most likely to attract the disease.

Another one of my sources is an article about the crazy amount of deaths due to lung cancer in Europe. They say that the number of deaths from lung cancer are outnumbering the deaths due to breast cancer.

The 3rd article that I chose was one that was explaining the dangers of smoking, and ways that people addicted to the nicotine would be able to fix it due to a new program created by the affordable care act. The reason why I chose these articles is because I feel like they do a good job at representing what kind of writing is done in public health. And two of them offer suggestions to healthier decisions.

interview analysis

My interview went very well. It worked out perfectly because I had already contacted an adviser from the public health field, to just get a better understanding of the major as a whole. Then it just so worked out that she let me go ahead and interview her as well. The interview did not take very long because when I asked the very first question, she answered about 4 in one. So rather than me asking all my questions, I really only asked about 3-4 question. But that was helpful because she was really able to answer very thoroughly and was able to explain it in good detail. basically the main question that I asked was just "what kind of writing do you usually do in your field?" She gave me plenty of examples of writing that is done in all kinds of public health fields. But she said that her writing specifically in her area of work were somewhat persuasive, or trying to either convince or turn people away from becoming a public health major. She said that she likes being able to persuade people into the major, or at least helping people figure out that the major is not for them.  So her typical audience would be students, but occasionally other faculty, because public health is very interconnected to really any science fields, so like nursing, dental hygiene, anthropology, and other social science fields. But coming from her I would assume that most public health careers, the type of writing that is involved would mostly be some kinds of informational reports. Because they are trying to spread the word not only to students but to people all around the world about public health, most of it is informational.

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Graff Art of Quoting #2 response

One of my papers that I wrote for English 101 was a rhetorical analysis paper. I chose this one because I probably used the most quotations in it. One of them was, "does a more equal marriage mean less sex?" I used this quote because I felt like it did the best job at explaining my entire paper. It asked the main question of my paper, and it helped me explain the other points of view in the article. I also used this quote because in the article that I chose to write my paper on, the very first person to be mentioned was one of the first people to ask this question.

Another quote I used in a different paper I wrote, was one from a Lilly Allen video. “You’ll find me in the studio and not in the kitchen.” This was used to analyze Lilly's point of view about gender roles and gender stereotypes that are present today and have been for awhile. I used this quote to also help explain my point of view, and how I personally take that stereotype very personally and I think it is very offensive. both of these quotes helped me shape and organize my paper. They allowed me to expand more on the subject I was writing about.

1st source: public health article 1/22/15

The source that I picked was an article on public health talking about whether or not a gluten free diet was healthier for you than eating gluten. The article was an informational one, just giving some facts (mostly negative) about gluten and where it comes from. It will help me with my paper because I will be able to ask specific questions more related to health that I was unable to think of before I read the article. The source doesn't give me much information about writing in public health specifically, but it gave me an understanding of what the majority of the writing done in that field is like.

Assignment 1 Questions

1. what types/ genres of writing do you usually do in your field?
2. do you ever use any other genres of writing in your field?
3. what is the purpose of that genre of writing, what makes it special to your field?
4. do you enjoy it, or is more of just something you have to do?
5. does the writing effect your other areas of writing like texting or emailing? do you catch yourself saying something informally like you would in a text on whatever formal paper you write?
6. do you write on your free time? and if so what kinds of thing do you write, and how are they different from the assigned writings?
7. do you like writing?
8. if you could change the genre of writing for your field what would you change it to?

Assignment 1 Analysis 1/20/15

The purpose of this assignment is to get an understanding of different kinds/ genres of writing and their importance in the field of the person for whom you will be interviewing. You want to find differences between the uses of writing. You want be able to use and understand the information the person you're interviewing is giving you, so you can hopefully increase your writing skills. Your audience will be you and anyone else trying to understand how writing is used in a certain profession. This may also help the author or audience, by directing them towards a major or some field of interest.

english 101 essay analysis 1/15/15

For english 101 we had to write a literacy narrative about 2 different educational events that made us the readers and writers we are today. We had to give 2 specific examples and how they effected us. I chose to write about a class I took and a trip to Europe that I went on. In the paper, because it is a narrative, you had to write more informally because the story was personal. It was easy for me to write because the events were so recent.

Although we got to pick what events we wrote about, the genre helped me quickly narrow down my options of what i wanted to write. Also writing a narrative is easiest for me because i can tell the story to my audience the exact way it happened. There wasn't a certain type of language or argument that I had to follow, so I think thats why that paper and the events I chose were the best.

The other aspect that helped me write this paper was the fact that I could have my own stance on the situation, and I was able to explain that to my audience in my own words and through my own events. An example would be when I made this literacy narrative into a digital media project, and I made a video of myself telling the story, which was in my opinion the best option because I felt like I was able to really get across my main points, and it was cool because it's like I was directly talking to the audience.

Syllabus Analysis 1/13/15

I read over the syllabus and I don't have many questions, but what I was confused about was if there was a certain time on the date of which something will be due for our blog, if it mattered what time of day it can be turned in? Is it due before class or can I turn in my writing after class while I'm at the library? You mentioned something about getting interviews for one of our papers, I was wondering how exactly we do that because I have never had to do that before, and also for what paper will they be assigned to?

Are the daily homework assignments the blog and reading? If so will "everyday" just be the days we have class on tuesdays and thursdays? Will the papers we have to write be our big assignments, or will we be receiving any tests? I think other than those couple of concerns, the rest of it looks pretty self explanatory to me. Thank you

Rhetorical Situations

Rhetorical Situations

1. A rhetorical situation is a "context of a rhetorical event that consists of an issue, and audience,and a set of constraints."
2. yYou modify perspectives of others
3. It has persuasive qualities of a language, and there needs to be available means of persuasions

About Me

My name is Phoebe Priel. I am a second semester freshman at the University of Louisville and my major is currently undecided. I have 5 sisters and one brother. I am from Louisville Ky, and I went to Ballard high school.