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The title of the podcast I listened to was called Podcast #203: Don't Even Get Me Started 2. It is in the Jenna and Julien Podcast series on Spotify. This podcast talks about what makes the speakers irritated or mad. Just the little things that get to them. The intended audience is anyone who will find it interesting or humorous. The purpose of the discussion is to talk about the things that make them mad and help relieve a little anger. I don't believe there is a true intended message from the podcast. They just want people to enjoy their shenanigans and get a good laugh. They use hilarious stories and personal experiences to make their storytelling interesting. Because of the humor, it made the podcast interesting to listen to. They used a lot of pathos and appeal to emotion to make it dynamic as well as kairos to give us background and context.
1. Is there enough/ too much descriptive language, tone, and other things we discussed in class?
2. Is it too long? 3. Is there too much/ not enough detail? My personal narrative is about the first time I got to help resuscitate someone.
Sight: lots of movement, scrambling, fast, commotion Sound: "Clear", yelling, crying, direction being shouted across the room, loud but effective communication Touch: cold, latex gloves, hot blankets, body warmers, lifeless skin Smell: iron (blood), that weird hospital smell Taste: coffee breath, breathing in cold air The author's message in this piece is to show what happened during the Tuscaloosa tornado and the aftermath. The author explains what he wants the purpose to be, but then says he just can't make those statements at the moment. In the last paragraph, he tells about how the town is hoping to find a future better than the past. The intended audience I think is anyone who wants to hear about the Tuscaloosa tornado and how they are overcoming it. Again, the last paragraph says a lot about this piece. He tells about what he wants to relay to his audience, a story of triumph, but he just can't bring it out at the moment. I know that the author was changed dramatically by this event from this piece. The author made purposeful choices in organization of the text and even labels them for us as The Past, The First One, The Present, The Second One, and The Future. This helps break it up into chunks for the reader and make it more interesting. There were times where I felt bad for the author like when he was describing how they were feeling during the tornado and the effect of it on everyone.
I am reviewing Caroline Welle's portfolio. The pages are easy to locate within the website. To navigate them, just go to the top of the home page, right under the title. There are visual clues to help the audience see and understand the text like the font and color scheme. She formatted the texts well by making them fit the page and the theme. The writings explain and relate to the pictures very well. The multimedia helped enhance the website to make it more interesting and visually appealing. It is easy to see what is important on each page because it is labeled and titled clearly. Moving between the pages is easy as well because of how they are labeled and easily accessible. The tone of the home page draws in readers with lots of pictures and multimedia to make it visually appealing. The overall tone of the website is professionally and academically appropriate.
My process of working with the essay was very straight forward. I crafted my thesis after writing most of my essay and just included the things I talked about in my writing. I did a little bit of planning by marking up a printed version of the text and making notes on what I wanted to talk about. I was able to make changes along the way by using the peer review we did in class and the different drafts we submitted. I used the feedback I got to improve my essay and add to it. I added a lot more to my conclusion for my final copy as well as took out a lot of summarization of the text out of my intro and body paragraphs. The comments from my peers helped a lot. They helped me add to my writing and help it make more sense and support my claims. Reviewing someone else's work helped me look back onto my own writing and see what I didn't need in it. After I reviewed someone else's, I actually went and reviewed mine and found a lot of things I needed to cut and or add. The feedback from my student conference helped the most of all because it helped me understand the assignment more and what I needed to include. I really used the copy of my essay and the notes from that meeting the most when creating my final draft. I found that marking up a printed version of the text really helped me lay out my ideas and categorize them as well. I also found that setting aside a large chunk of time and getting a lot of the paper out of the way was beneficial because I didn't loose my train of thought and I was able to stay more on topic. I will incorporate thing into my future writing processes for sure. It really made writing my essay easier. I didn't loose my thoughts and it helped me stay on track. I would tell myself two weeks ago when first starting this assignment to not worry about it. It won't take that long and as long as you just sit down and get it done it's really not that much work.
1. How should I form an intro and what all should I include?
2. How much summary is actually needed of the text? 3. What are some of the grading requirements I really want to hit in my essay?
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AuthorElise Mitchell, student at the University of Alabama |