Jessica+M

Week 1.) A writer is someone who expresses his or her opinions. They can use their writing as a way to communicate what they are thinking. Sometimes writing on paper is easier to release those feelings than actually saying them. A person’s thoughts are very private. So when a writer is able to write them down and share them on paper, then they are still able to keep anonymous. Expressing your feelings is very hard because you are not sure if the person your telling it to agrees with them. That’s why a writer can express his/her feelings easily on paper because they don’t have to know if the reader agrees with them or not. It does not matter. A writer is someone who has courage to express his/her feelings. -Jessica McKenzie

Week 2.) In //“The Debate That Never Rests”// the author talks about how parents should act towards their baby when they want him/her to sleep. She says that many parents don’t get enough sleep because they are always up with their baby. It’s like parents and babies are on different sleep schedules. This article uses invented ethos because she puts herself in the essay without actually using first person. She tells her story of what she has found to work for her. She states facts on the issue that if parents kind of ignore their baby when crying, he/she will eventually learn to calm itself. This technique is called ferberization. The author put her input on the issue by being a parent who tried this technique before. She states proven ways that make babies stop crying and get to sleep. ~Jessica McKenzie

Week 3.) In the ‘Mad Men’ Crashes Woodstock’s Birthday editorial the author compares how life was in the 60s and how life has changed since then. His opinion on the subject is very modest. He seems to give an equal perspective on both times. He seems to be giving off a little disappointment in the fact that society is very different today. “This promotional event is Woodstock, corporate style, with martinis instead of marijuana, Sinatra instead of Shankar and narrow ties supplanting the tie-dyed.” When he mentions this, it is like he is remorseful that public has changed their ways so much. The quote is enargeia because he is painting a visual picture of how society used to be and how it is now. “That concept of “free” — known to some adults as “theft” — persists today in the downloading of “free” music, which has decimated the recording industry far more effectively than brown acid ever did.” The author uses pejorative language because he is scorning the fact that people download music illegally, but thought watching Woodstock for free was theft. He is making the point that people are steeling more these days than in the 60s. The author is very calm and just trying to compare Woodstock to modern day. He says it is the same, but also different at the same time. -Jessica McKenzie