David+W

1. A writer is someone who “writes” out there feelings, expressions, or inner most thoughts for the world to declare civil or not. A “writer” is able to use the right words together, to help incorporate what point they are trying to get a crossed to the reader. “Writers” are open to anything, and do not care about the remarks or criticism in which they receive. A “writer” writes for fun, whether it results in a fiction story, or an autobiography on some old dead guy. Writing is a privilege, and the people that are gifted enough to be successful, have a sincere talent that cannot be revoked. It is a treat for a reader to come home after school, and read your work. When they are lying in bed, and are reading your masterpiece they feel like they are home and nothing can take away that feeling. The thing about writing is that you are open like a door, and you can talk about whatever the heck you want, and not be judged for it. //-David Waller// 2. I think that Pamela Paul came a crossed as writing with situated ethos. In "The Debate That Never Rests" Pamela used a lot of other resources, including some of his own to portray his thoughts and reasoning’s. Pamela uses other writer’s philosophies to try and build off what he thinks as well. According to Dr. Richard Ferber author of the best-selling 1985 book Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems “seemingly backpedaled on his signature "cry it out" technique last week, saying his program was never "meant to be the way to solve all sleep problems." Pamela goes on to write about hoe effective these thoughts are in his lifestyle, because he has had to put up with sleepless babies as well. Situated ethos is a case when you use someone else’s good reputation in the community to help you out, and gain respect from them. I believe that this is exactly what Pamela was trying to do. Usually writer’s make up characters to fit in with there thoughts, but in this case Pamela is the character within his article. He relates his stories with everyone else’s to get his point a crossed to the readers. Pamela starts his article off by saying “I know this because I'm one of them.” This statement lets the readers know that he has had some experience, and that he may know what he is talking about. Credibility is everything when writing, because without it you cannot e a successful writer. So by Pamela using other people’s reputation to help build his own is a critical sign of situated ethos, and I believe he used it correctly. //-David Waller

3. In the article “Water in the Desert” the author describes a bunch of vivid scenes by what he says. The article is about people leaving bottled water outside there house for illegal immigrants to drink. This is an issue because Border Control says that this creates a littering problem. The author uses enargeia by saying “One of those results is plastic bottles. Another is corpses.” ( Water in the Desert) This shows emotion because it is saying that there will either be empty bottles in the desert versus dead bodies that require more attention than bottled water does. This article also uses pejorative language as well. In the article it says “President Obama suggested that he would defer to next year the only real solution to the border problem.” This to me sounds like a shot at the President for waiting to deal with the border problem, and it seems like the author is trying to dishonor the president a little bit. This article really does not have any honorific language, because it is mainly a negative article with no up side. This article is full of pathos, and it is purposely trying to make you think about the people that are leaving the water and then getting fined for it because it ends up being litter. (Water in the Desert) // -David Waller