Expository Writing : You 're Raising Suicidals

Flyers are perhaps the most commonly used form of media to let a community know about upcoming events. Even in this day and age of technology and online globalization, it’s nearly impossible to walk around the block without stumbling upon a flyer advertising guitar lessons, someone look for a lost cat, or a bright neon poster with “YARD SALE” written with poor penmanship. Flyers are popular because they can convey an adequate amount of information in a brief amount of time. The purpose of a flyer is to pique the audiences’ interest as well as encourage participation. With this in mind, how well does the flyer promoting a two-week writing challenge for Advance at UNM work in promoting its event?

“Some people say I was lucky to survive, other will say I deserved it for the choice I made. I’m here to say I was lucky, it’s never ok to say your life isn’t worth living even at your worst you can always look forward tomorrow will come and if you put your mind to it you’ll see that anything is possible.” – Stephen McGregor Professional Paralympian

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. At least, that’s what is taught to believe at an early age. Elline Lipkin, however, holds fast to the understanding that as true as that saying may be, there are outside forces that are intent on readjusting our vision to “true beauty”: the kind that can be bought off the shelves. In her article, “Girls’ Bodies, Girls’ Selves: Body Image, Identity, and Sexuality”, Lipkin employs several different external resources to help demonstrate her belief that young girls’ (“Before they even abandon their teddy bears…“ (Para 2)) definition of their own appearance is polluted and distorted by the vastly massive world that is the American media. Besides pulling from other articles and fact sheets, she also effectively utilizes a clearly logical train of thought, an operative tone, and countless examples of emotional appeal.

In this class, we have so far learned about rhetoric, rhetorical analysis, and writing strategies. We learned how to find ethos, pathos, and logos within an article to find out how the author wanted to appeal to their audience. We also learned different reading and writing strategies that the author utilizes when they use ethos, pathos, and logos.

Back in the main level of the factory, Wolf and Fox find Hawk lying on the ground, pale and unresponsive, his bulletproof vest next to him and the edges of a red stain showing around a wad of gauze. A soldier that Fox assumes is N-Unit's medic kneels next to him, along with Snake and Coyote. The three medics are talking frantically among themselves. The rest of N-Unit hovers nervously nearby; the rest of H-Unit is nowhere to be seen. Dust particles dance through the beams of sunlight from the holes where windows used to be, giving the whole scene a strangely dreamy air.

Back in twelfth grade English we were handed three different narrative prompts. We were told to pick one of the prompts and write about it. The prompt that stood out to me the most was think of a time when you taught someone something important. I thought about it for a while and what popped into my mind was a time back in seventh grade. There was an Autistic kid in my class that I had the privilege of teaching how to do basic math. To me that was a great story and a great experience that I wanted to write about.

There are many rhetorical situations to think about when developing a piece of writing. Purpose is how a writer expresses themself. It is important to identify the main purpose of what you are writing about because the purpose helps with identifying the genre, audience and the way to write. While developing a piece of writing there are going to be many different purposes. Find the primary purpose by asking yourself why you are writing and what you are writing. The audience is important when it comes to developing a piece of writing because it can affect the way you write. It also affects the type of genre you use. When texting your mom you probably aren’t going to use formal language or correct punctuation because you know that your mom knows

The gender based expectations are taught and the sometimes subtle, often overt lessons begin at a very young age. It starts with the color of the blanket a baby is wrapped up in, the toys bought for them to play with, and extends to the pretend play they engage in. So from the earliest ages of social awareness, society reinforces the ideals of masculine and feminine throughout life. Consequently, it is perfectly acceptable for a girl to put on a purple tutu and twirl about granting wishes to her stuffed animals, while it would be discouraged for a boy. He should be outside in the sandbox setting up his toy soldiers in a mock battle. In spite of the entrenched idea of gender, some mothers and fathers aspire to a more gender-neutral parenting style, that doesn’t restrict their child to specific societal ideals. However, the pressure to conform to the gender binary is ever-present and difficult to deconstruct. The boy that cries when he gets hit by a baseball is called a “sissy” and told to “man up” by his coach. The girl who tells her high school counselor, she wants to take auto

He argues that this has switched from chest hairs and chains in the 1960s and 1970s to a new “hyper smooth hetero-man. (553). In a recent Internet post that is presented in the essay, one man states plainly that women just don’t like the hair anymore and are repelled by it(555.) This transition from “chest hairs and chains” occurs in the late 1990s and early 2000s with the introduction of hair removal methods for men, which were previously made for women. This practice, dubbed “manscaping”, involves shaving, waxing, laser hair removal and other hair removal methods to remove unwanted and grotesque hair below the neck (552).

Truly justifying a story’s value; for it to be considered successful, the narrative must be engaging for the reader. A back-story identifies the depth of significant characters complexities and foibles, understanding the circumstances they are faced with. The emotive thread that weaves the shape our understanding of the characters inevitably unveils the bigger picture of the story.

The danger of a single story – Rhetorical Analysis In her speech at Ted talks, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about how people tend to believe in a single story and describes how that this is usually not accurate. She talks about a lot of her personal facts and cites well-known sources to gain trust and credibility. She effectively appeals to the emotions of the audience by talking about her own individual experiences and using examples that relate to the audience. She starts the speech talking about her own experiences of believing in the single story, outlining how she had believed in a single story about books, and their houseboy.

Cheryl Chase article “Affronting Reason” and “Beards, Breast, and Bodies Doing Sex in a Gendered World” by Raine Dozier both illustrates the struggles of intersex and transgender face in society. Cheryl article focus on a child who is born intersex and now is dealing with her parents' decision of having a clitorectomy surgery. In Breads, Breast, and Bodies we see how transgender female to male dealt with society at a new point of view. Both stories reflect on the negativities each individual faced and also rise above the norm to embrace their new identity. Betray can cause trusting issue amongst one another, especially when that person is a family member.

Once upon a time a few centuries ago I was a little girl who was energetic and adventurous, but one day all of that changed. I was in the yard playing tag with my sister and two brothers but then we heard “the bell.” The bell meant the sickness, black plague, was in town. When the people began to hear the bell they ran all over the place causing a panic and knocking on doors making sure everyone knew what was happening.

It’s difficult to envision a world where idealized female imagery is not plastered everywhere, but our present circumstance is a relatively new occurrence. Before the mass media existed, our ideas of beauty were restricted to our own communities. Until the introduction of photography in 1839, people were not exposed to real-life images of faces and bodies. Most people did not even own mirrors. Today, however, we are more obsessed with our appearance than ever before. But the concern about appearance is quite normal and understandable given society’s standards. According to Jane Kilborne, “Every period of history has had its own standards of what is and is not beautiful, and every contemporary society has its own distinctive concept of the

These are my personal experiences; for as long as I can recall, society—particularly mass media and the beauty industry—has always influenced me and tried to tell me what to do and who to become, which only grew stronger as I got older; until I realized women were treated, and many acted and/or reacted to these influences as though we are puppets dependent upon approval from the audience of mass media and the beauty industry to assess our value to the world.