Daniel+K

1. To me a writer is either a person who writes because they enjoy it and are good at it, or something that writes their thoughts down on paper or a computer because they enjoy it. There are many different kinds of writers, not all of them are professional writers. When people write in a diary they could be classified as a writer because they are writing their thoughts down a paper, or in some instances a computer. Not every writer in the world ends up getting paid for their job, and not every writer thinks what they write is interesting. I feel that a writer knows a lot about the world and most of them are comfortable of how they act as a person. A writer pours out his/her life onto paper, he writes his thoughts and feelings onto paper. A writer has a good imagination and knows how to get his thoughts across to other people.

- Daniel Kron

2. In the article "The Debate That Never Rests" the author, Pamela Paul, goes into detail about the many different techniques of how to keep a new born baby asleep. Throughout the entire article ethos is used multiple times. For example Pamela Paul uses situated ethos when she talks about the different kind of techniques she uses as a parent trying to get her child to sleep peacefully through the night. Throughout the entire article she does no state what SHE thinks is the best way to get a child to sleep through the night. She also uses invented ethos throughout the first half of the article when she uses the "opinions" of other parents and what they think about some of the different ways to keep a child asleep. At the end of the article when she says her idea, she states that if parents go and buy a book about getting their child to sleep through the night they are going to take short cuts and do things the way they want to do it. The whole process is a huge experiment. "Books cant tell a parent how to raise your kids or get them to sleep, but only give them ideas. If they find what works for them, then maybe they can get some sleep."

- Daniel Kron

3. Pathos is the way a writer can connect to his/her audience and make sure they continue reading the article. Verlyn Kiinkenborg does an amazing job of keeping the audience entertained and keeps them reading the article. “Every day I await, with anticipation, a long list of e-mail messages that could arrive at any second, and there are several people I’m really eager to get a text from. Those, too, could come at any time” (Kinkenborg). He uses enargeia to pain a picture of this man, who is on computer checking and replying to his emails, and then he pulls out his cell phone and waits for the text messages that he know he is going to receive. The good thing about this article is that it is easy to read and relate to. The author uses sarcasm throughout the entire article Verlyn is making a jab at the everyday American, the people who live off of the Internet and texting. He does not use hateful words and does not disrespect the American people straightforward, but he does get his point across. The American people are hooked on technology, and it is the truth. People are constantly in tune with computers, cell phones, and ipods. Verlyn Klinkenborg does an amazing job of using Pathos in his article and does a great job of relating to the reader throughout the article. He appeals to people’s emotions and he shows that he is not different from the person reading. The writer does not use pejorative language, or honorific language for that matter. (Kiinkenborg).

- Daniel Kron