Janene+F

1. A writer is a person that expresses them-self on paper, it is a person that doesn't have to speak to make a difference, just give them a pen and paper and they can make all the difference in the world. A writer is someone that has strengths and weaknesses they're not all the same. A writer has frustration just like anyone else yet they can overcome it with writing about their frustration. A writer is someone who can't stop writing even if they wanted to. But like everyone writers have bad days too, its called writers block. When they don't have any thoughts to write down their mind just goes blank. But they recover from it. There hearts beat to the sound of the pen on a piece of paper. Writers are the people that don't get recognized when you see them in a store. They are the people that you recognize when you read their work. Because every writer is different in some way shape or form. Writers are unique individuals. Who can speak their mind with a pen instead of their mouth. Not many people can accomplish that, but writers can. It comes naturally to some. "The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say"(Anaïs Nin). Its easier for writers to express how they feel on paper then speaking it in front of someone. Writers say what most people cant say, because their not afraid to.

-Janene Files

2. In The Debate That Never Rests, author Pamela Paul gives parents several methods to get their babies to fall asleep. Pamela uses invented ethos, which creates a character of her-self that makes her trustworthy. Pamela also uses doctors who have written guidance books to seem credible. She explains all sides of this issue, by using the contrasting opinions of other authors of different books. Pamela uses quotes in this piece to pull the reader more into what she is talking about; some even bash her own method she used. Her article is in a positive tone, but explains the advantages and disadvantages of her method. She never flat out gives the reader her personal opinion. When she explains the methods to the reader about getting your child to sleep so you can get some sleep, she maintains a 'could work could not work' attitude. Never really giving her own opinion of one or the other. She keeps a neutral and open mind about all the methods. Her writing comes off in a positive manner and fair-minded about each, making it very clear that invented ethos were used. Her article was just to inform the parents or guardians about the opinions of each of the sides, but not using her own personal opinion to do so.

-Janene Files

3. //__I've Got Mail,__// an editorial written by //Verlyn Klinkenborg in the New York// Times. Klinkenborg uses Enargeia to create a picture for the reader. for example, "I'd like to be able to conjure up an accurate image from my consciousness from, say, 25 years ago" (CNN). And goes on to explain what 25 years really means, how different our society was back then with technologies. How much different they are now then they were back 25 years ago. Many people can relate to this because they all do the same thing, "Everyday I await, with __anticipation__, a long list of email messages that could arrive any second, and there are several people I'm really __eager__ to get a text from." "Even now I could find my __feed__ list in Google Reader __delightfully__ stuffed with newness." Klinkenborg's word choice makes me feel that i can relate to what he is talking about. The choice in his words are great, I felt that i connected with what Klinkenborg was saying. i found myself guilty in his words. Klinkenburg successfully uses pathos in his editorial he evokes amusement, nostalgia and agreement of anticipation. Through his writing and his word choice the emotions are shown. He makes the reader think, and anticipates them to do so. With the reader following him every step of the way.

-Janene Files