One-paragraph rhetorical analysis of article from www.aldaily.com. (Responses)

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1	Timestamp	Name?	Period?	In a well-written paragraph, analyze the intended effects of some of your article's main rhetorical features.

2	5/6/2019 12:16:49	Jake Stollman	1st	https://entertainment.theonion.com/experts-praise-upcoming-sonic-movie-for-accurate-depi-1834426041 If one were to compile a list of least-realistic animal characters of all time, Sonic the Hedgehog would likely be at the zenith. The character’s recently revealed design for his new movie leaves many fans in a furor, and even outside observers like myself commenting on the design. The Onion, a satirical news organization, capitalized on this in their article “Experts Praise Upcoming ‘Sonic’ Movie For Accurate Depiction Of Hedgehogs,” using outrageous hyperbole and bitter irony to demonstrate the outlandishness of the character. The article argues that hedgehogs, the animal which Sonic is extremely loosely based on, are actually, just like Sonic, from the planet Mobius and three feet tall. It even contends that hedgehogs battle against the fictional Dr. Robotnik, one of Sonic’s villains. These suggestions are blatantly unrealistic, making the reader laugh.
3	5/6/2019 12:24:26	Ellie Ruprich	1st	In the article, A History of the Influencer, From Shakespeare to Instagram, author Laurence Scott writes using rhetorical devices such as appeal to authority and allusions in order to develop his argument. In paragraph ten the author directly addresses a news source, The Atlantic, to help persuade his reader more. This strategy helps support him because by inserting information from the a well-known article ensures the reader they aren't making up their reasoning and/or support. "One example from The Atlantic article is the aspiring life-style influencer Sydney Pugh, who describes taking a picture of the coffee she had just bought, then captioning it with a jaunty declaration of love for Alfred Coffee." Scott also uses an allusion in paragraph fourteen as he alludes to Pope Francis and his tweet. How can one argue with reasoning involving Pope Francis? In this paragraph he addresses social media and the Virgin Mary being the first influencer, "In a recent tweet, Pope Francis called the Virgin Mary “the first ‘influencer,’ ” encouraging others to follow her #blessed example by spreading the word of God. As Francis’s characteristically trendy claim reminds us, influence doesn’t have to be aligned with corporate interests. There are positive ways to influence people." Scott develops his essay thoroughly, through writing with such rhetorical strategies in order to convince his readers.
4	5/6/2019 12:24:41	Helen Devine	1st	In the article titled "Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?" by Vanessa Woods and Brian Hare, the authors consider our changing public opinion of dogs. The article dives into our past experiences with dogs, how they have long been members of our houses and close to our hearts. As the article continues, however, the authors use a large amount of factual evidence from the past to establish this phenomenon. Many books written about dogs are cited, along with the publishing year. This timeline of published books enables the article to show the growth of dogs in our culture, and how they have grown to become an integral part of our families. The authors use this main rhetorical strategy to make their article both credible and cohesive.
5	5/6/2019 12:29:42	Luke Lee	1st	https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/are-podcasts-killing-music-or-just-wasting-our-time/2019/04/17/0aa08770-5acc-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.34df892cbe90 In this article the writer, Chris Richards, makes an unpopular statement against podcasts. The whole rhetoric surrounding the article is one that is very sarcastic and somewhat humorous. This is evident in the first paragraph, as his statement clearly shows disdain with him saying "I’m about to kick a hornet’s nest — and if this were a podcast, you would now hear the crunch of a boot perforating a hive, followed by the intensifying hum of inconvenienced hornets. But, fortunately, this isn’t a podcast, so my punt shall remain silent, and here it is: I’m against podcasts." From this the reader already knows his disposition and the tone he wants to convey throughout the whole article. By using the example of hitting a hornet's nest, a bad idea in general, he sets up the notion that most people enjoy listening to podcasts. Because of this Richards sets himself up to lead a controversial topic in terms of what people should be listening to. By using sarcasm, Richards' rhetoric makes the reader want to continue reading and further explore what Richards' view on podcasts is.
6	5/6/2019 12:32:43	Ervin Matthews	1st	I read an article discussing why the Marvel villain Thanos was such a great villain and how his ideology can be applied to history's most infamous dictators. The author mainly spoke of emotions and also appealed to our senses of logic and purpose. Thanos, contrary to several cartoon bad guys, felt he was in the right for eliminating half of all life and felt he was doing it for the greater good. He felt that by killing half of the universe the other half would be able to flourish (which to his surprise didn't end up happening which makes this highly ironic). Despite labeling it as "for the greater good", Thanos was blinded by the rage and guilt of what happened to his home planet and ended up causing the whole universe to suffer. A person such as Hitler, who massacred many people in concentration camps, felt he was doing the right thing, despite how ethically and morally wrong it is. The author closes the article by essentially saying how we all have the capacity to be just like Thanos and let our belief of, "doing it for the greater good" distract us and cause us to do terrible things.
7	5/6/2019 12:39:39	Chloe Collon	1st	In an article, author, Robert Macfarlane, explores what lies beneath the surface of Earth. Whether it is melting glaciers or natural disasters, new things are being found in the Earth to help us learn more about our past, and our future. The overall rhetorical strategy of the article is imagery and personification because the audience has never seen some of the events or places that are described in the article, so the author must include deep detail. Macfarlane describes occurrences, such as, “In the forests of eastern Siberia a vast crater yawns in softening ground, swallowing thousands of trees.” In this example, the author uses personification to say, “a vast crater yawns”. This helps the audience visualize such a rare event because everyone knows what a yawn looks like. By connecting this unusual event to a common human activity, the audience can feel as though they are there watching the trees falling into the Earth. Another example of Macfarlane’s detail is when he states, “Across the Arctic, ancient methane deposits are leaking through “windows” in the Earth opened by thawing permafrost.” By including the simple word “windows”, the audience can visualize a rather complex occurrence. All of the details that the author includes explain both the past of our planet, and the dangers of the future if temperatures continue to rise, leading to melting glaciers and increased natural disasters. Without adding immense detail into the article, the Macfarlane would lose his audience's attention because they would be unable to picture the natural events that he describes.
8	5/6/2019 12:41:49	Riana Richards	1st	Article: Successful People Listen to Audiobooks by Nora Caplan-Bricker. Caplan-Bricker begins her article on the topic of audio books with her own anecdotal experience. Caplan-Bricker introduces this topic to her readers by telling them of her childhood and on through her own pleasures of the company Audible. Caplan-Bricker also strengthens her argument by using many facts and statistics about the company Audible itself as she states; "it has roughly tripled in the last five years and reached $2.5 billion in 2017. " Caplan- Bricker also deeply emphasizes the convenience of Audible in statements such as: "The allure of the audiobook is that you can read it anywhere, at any time. In the car, en route to your adjunct teaching gig. In the pharmacy, waiting to see if your high deductible health plan will cover your prescription." By stressing the importance and efficiency of this tool Caplan-Bricker persuades her readers the Audible is this societies new way of reading and that they should try it as well.
9	5/7/2019 12:56:25	Hope Tushman	1st	https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/are-podcasts-killing-music-or-just-wasting-our-time/2019/04/17/0aa08770-5acc-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html?utm_term=.e7707c397fa4 In the article are podcasts killing music or just wasting our time by Chris Richards, he uses a satirical tone and figurative language throughout to convey his message against podcasts. Right from the start Richards comes out mocking podcasts by comparing kicking them to kicking a bees nest. Through this, you can see his message stand out very clear. By comparing kicking podcasts to a bees nest it not only creates imagery but adds to his message through a satiric tone. Through his article he continues to explain why podcasts are awful through describing the different types as "tragic" and "boring." Also, he compares when he tells people he hates podcasts as him against babies or ice cream. This once again adds to his satirical tone by getting people to realize how over the top it is for people to be so shocked that he doesn't like podcasts. Through this article you can clearly see his message against podcasts through a satirical tone throughout.
10	5/7/2019 13:26:51	Elisa Urbain	1st	The essay “Why are there so many books about dogs”, mentions many different authors that wrote books or did experiments to find out more about dogs. The different books mentioned in the essay explore dog minds and how we think about them. While some books say that dogs are uninteresting because domestication led to a hopeless dependence on humans, which resulted in depression or anorexia, experiments began to show the intelligence of animals. For example, Gregory Berns trained dogs to lie perfectly to an MRI machine and discovered that the reward centers in their brains responded to praise just as much as to food. In the essay the quote “The way we once regarded dogs — not the cleanest creatures but useful to have around — is the way we once regarded children”, mentions the idea that in the past we saw children and dogs as similar things, but in reality, they are really not the same things.
11	5/7/2019 20:21:57	Hanna Lupovitch	1st	In Vanessa Woods and Brian Hares’ article “Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?” they describe the relationship between dogs and humans. The authors begin by discussing the movie “Marley & Me” in order to appeal to a broad audience of movie fans. The authors continue on the pose the question of why humans have waited so long, after at least 14,000 years of living with dogs (Woods and Hare), to wonder about the thoughts of dogs. The authors then tell the readers to imagine themselves as a dog, standing on four paws and being much closer to the ground. By including this in the article, the authors make the writing much more accessible to the reader, and make their point much easier to realize. The reader physically imagines him/herself as a dog, thus making the reader truly, actively wonder about the question of putting our minds into a dog’s perspective, and the wonder about why we have waited so long to do so.
12	5/7/2019 21:34:37	Erin Mattler	1st	In the article, "Camille Paglia Can't Say That" the author, Connor Friedersdorf, describes how Paglia wrote a controversial book discussing the matters of sex, gender identity, and sexual assault. The author used rhetorical strategies to convey to the audience just how controversial this book was. Friedersdorf talked about how professors compared the book "Sexual Personae" to Hitlers "Mein Kampf." By using this comparison, it showed the readers how the two had similarities, as the professors called this novel "trash." In addition to using comparisons, Friedersdorf also used ad hominem. Topics such as gender identity and sexual assault are very sensitive to some. Therefor, many people could read this and appeal to it emotionally. The author concluded this article by stating that you don't always have to agree with what someone says, but people have freedom of speech and are allowed to voice their opinion. This also meant that others are allowed to respond and protest against it.
13	5/8/2019 11:54:41	evan rosenthal	1st	I've never been to fond of audiobooks since I first earned of their existence. The thought of someone else just talking in my ear with no visual, honestly seems a little farfetched for my liking. After reading the article by Nora Caplan-Bricker, Successful People Listen to Audiobooks, I realized she used many rhetorical devices to convey her message regarding audiobooks. Specifically through appeal to emotion the author conveys her message. For example, "Decades later, driven to desperation by insomnia, I unearthed old cassette tapes from my childhood bedroom and discovered that their comforts still worked on me." By mentioning the authors childhood and what audiobooks did for her when she was young, makes the reader that much more interested in the articles main topic, audiobooks.
14	5/8/2019 11:59:18	Grace Silcox	1st	The human race has become so accustomed to living with dogs, that it’s hard to imagine life without them. But in recent years the focus of dogs being a useful and beneficial companion has shifted to one that is cute and cuddly. Furthermore, owners have also begun to wonder what is going on inside these creatures heads. Books such as Marley and Me and A Dog's Purpose have contributed to this new viewpoint of dogs and have even inspired scientific studies on the brain patterns of these animals. In their New York Times article, Vanessa Woods and Brian Hare characterize this shift in focus and the findings of scientific studies through the use of logos, figurative language, and specifically allusions. By using these rhetorical tools, Woods and Hare are able to relate directly to the reader with common examples and appeal to their logic with multiple facts and statistics.
15	5/8/2019 12:00:27	Gabriel Gamlin	1st	In John Kaag's "Freedom of Thought", a striking point is made about the intellectual depth and significance of American history in comparison to it's conventional portrayal. Throughout his article, an effective combination of historical allusions and quotation, philosophical nuance and exploration, and educated critiques are use to build a reality to readers, that American history is to be viewed through an intellectual lens if one desires to understand it's world defining truths.
16	5/8/2019 12:03:35	Rachel Shulkin	1st	In the article “Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?” Vanessa Woods gives an elaborate description of how dogs have made their way into storytelling in recent years. By employing many examples of books and movies that the reader may be familiar with such as “Marley and Me,” the author effectively shows the compassionate and loving aspect of storytelling that dogs are used to incorporate into works. Another tactic the author uses is historical references. By employing a comparison between the way we behave towards dogs now and how we behaved towards children in the 19th century, the author shows how the human-dog relationship has developed to be closer and more personal in the American family life, which is a transition that is a clear attribute to the influx of dog portrayal in large written works and big-screen movies.
17	5/8/2019 12:11:59	Aidan Davis	1st	In the article written by Michael Rothberg he describes the backfire of Stanford's newspaper budget of 1.7 million to be cut due to finical reasons. Through the use of compare/contrast and the tone used throughout the article creates an effect on the reader making them feel as to if Stanford is cheating the system when the newspaper cost a fraction of what the football program does, yet they are being cut entirely. When the word got out that the newspaper was going to be cut alumni, students, and supporters sent in letters saying that they shouldn't cut the program. Five days later, the university announced that the press program is no longer going to be cut. Rothberg uses compare and contrast by using the football team as an example of where money can be cut. He also used a parallel tone throughout the article, making it sound as if the university is 100% in the wrong. Through the uses of compare and contrast, diction, and parallelism Rothberg puts together enough evidence to convince the reader that the Press program at Stanford University should not be cut.
18	5/8/2019 20:59:58	Jocelyn Warnica	1st	In the critical essay, Against Cheerfulness, by Mariana Alessandri, she discusses the sense of cheerfulness that Americans are expected to hold up. She does this by using examples from the epitome of patriotism for boys, Boy Scouts, and her candid tone in order to persuade the reader that the amount of cheerfulness that is expected from people is absurd. The Boy Scouts use the words “cheerfulness” and “positivity” interchangeably. This helps the reader be persuaded by the author because the terms are definitely related, but not the same by definition. For example, you could be crying, but you could be positive about the situation. Alessandri also uses tone in order to persuade her reader that the amount of cheerfulness is absurd. The author describes where other people have said that cheerfulness should take place, but then she immediately shuts that down by giving all sorts of reasons why that is not true. This helps her persuade her readers because she is providing them with frank reasoning why the claim of why the amount of cheerfulness that humans are expected to uphold is absolutely crazy.
19	5/9/2019 1:34:31	Lindsey Harris	1st	In the article, “The Colors of Our Dreams” written by Jesse Russell, the author defines what the color blue represented throughout its course in history, along with its presence today. “Blue: The History of a Color” composed by french historian Michel Pastoureau, is his source from which he delivers his message. He is able to enlighten through exemplification, compare and contrast, and extended definition. Informing on how the European peoples from the Iron Age until today have decorated themselves and their cultural artefacts with the color blue. By doing so he is able to clearly inform the readers and help stress the meaning of blue and its occurrence in time. While the color may change its meaning and symbolic association, he evidently is able to express how the underlying structure or reality built remains a firm constant throughout its stages.
20	5/10/2019 21:39:47	David Mueller	1st	In "Tolkien's first words" John Mullan explores what makes J. R. R. Tolkien tick by exploring his earlier life through the movie "Tolkien." Throughout the article Mullan refers to the film to help tell the story of Tolkien. Mullan interweaves the dramatization of Tolkien's life along with the facts of his life. This following of the film and fact makes the article narrative. It allows Mullan to show the things throughout Tolkien's life that made him want to escape into his fantasies. Mullan uses the film to help describe the rough life Tolkien had, whether as an orphan or as a soldier. He uses this to argue that the total destruction of war, and the moral ambiguity of his life led to him creating a world that is black and white, good and evil. Mullan uses the movie to highlight parts of Tolkien's life, to provide evidence for his claims, through constant reference. He uses the references to help characterize Tolkien. The fellowship and devotion of Tolkien becomes more obvious through the lens of war. It gives depth and meaning to where these traits come from, by showing them through the lens of his life and a movie. Mullan's ultimate strategy is to look at Tolkien's life through different lenses, allowing us to see more than our own perspective. He shows many lenses, the dramatic lens, the lens of fact, and finally Mullan's lens. Mullan ends with his experience of Tolkien, showing us a real interaction of Tolkien.
21	5/6/2019 15:56:58	Eden Sherman	3rd	https://aeon.co/essays/cheerfulness-cannot-be-compulsory-whatever-the-t-shirts-say In the article titled "Against Cheerfulness" by Sam Dresser, it describes how cheerfulness should not be considered a virtue and discusses the reasoning for this opinion. Dresser uses anecdotes, the history of the word, and credible sources to deliver the accurate meaning of the word that everyone once thought was false. Dresser questions the morality of using cheerfulness and gives an emotional appeal from the use of Boy Scouts in the beginning and then in the last paragraph to drive her message of not using the word to the finish line. The writer finishes off the article by creating a sense of unity in giving a challenge to be more honest rather than deceitful which is what being cheerful is. Dresser is successful in convincing the reader to not use this dreadful word and now the reader acknowledges that to seek true happiness he/she should not apply this word into their vocabulary.
22	5/6/2019 22:10:25	Anna Arvant	3rd	In Sheila Kohler’s article, she writes about the concept of giving your younger self advice. To convey her thoughts on the topic, she writes through the heavy use of rhetorical questioning. The entire first two paragraphs of her article consist entirely of questions aimed towards the readers. She first asks them if they would tell their younger selves to live life on the edge and take advantage of every opportunity youth presents. On the contrary, her next paragraph asks readers if they would instead tell their younger selves to be cautious and disciplined. These two paragraphs serve to provoke intellectual thoughts from the readers and get them engaged in the conversation. By asking the questions, Kohler wants to encourage the readers to think about what they would tell their younger selves and inspires them by providing possible approaches people may take. When directly addressed with the questions, readers will actively think to themselves what they would do in the situation and be engaged in the article because it focuses on them. When the readers feel included in the conversation, they are more likely to see the question from a different perspective and think about their life in a different way. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dreaming-freud/201905/what-would-you-tell-your-younger-self-if-you-could
23	5/7/2019 18:00:51	Will Drake	3rd	In my article, "Successful People Listen to Audiobooks" by Nora Caplan-Bricker, the author uses anecdotes to describe her love of reading. She explains that as a child, she squeezed every minute of reading out of her day that she could. Sometimes even reading when her brain told her she needed to sleep. The author also appeals to the logic of her readers. With books largely going away and people moving to more digital methods of finding information, the author says that it is only logical for people to download audiobooks. She proceeds to then explain the benefits of audiobooks, such as being able to read them anywhere and that they are also smaller than books. Also, the author explains that the companies that provide audiobooks have seen a large amount of success in recent years. She backs up these claims with evidence such as, "revenue from downloads has roughly tripled in the last five years and reached $2.5 billion in 2017."
24	5/7/2019 21:41:12	Kylie Cohen	3rd	In Theodore Giona’s essay, The Sound Of Evil, Giona questions the prevailing relationship that Hollywood has established between classical music and villainous characters. Throughout the essay, Giona includes various examples of classical music being correlated with antagonistic characters in popular movies. For example, Giona states that, “In Schindler’s List, a Nazi officer pauses to play a bit of Bach on a piano while his troops massacre the Kraków ghetto,” (Giona). Other examples include Goldberg Variations playing during the disturbing cannibalistic film, Silence Of The Lambs, and the main villain of Psycho II practicing Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. These allusions to popular movies provide readers with a picture of the relationship between classical music and villains. Not only that, but these allusions also highlight the fact that the film industry has a habit for personifying classical music as evil, malicious, provoking, and insane, as films continue to link villains with similar qualities to classical masterpieces. As a violinist who has spent years studying classical music, I feel as though this pattern of villainization is rather offensive. Considering that most classical masterpieces are in fact stories being told by the composers, such as stories of love, loss, and death, the constant correlation of these songs with evil characters diminishes the songs meaning. As result of this ongoing pattern, people may soon view classical music as nothing more than “the sound of evil,” rather than the complex and beautiful works of are that they really are. In essence, Giona’s constant allusions and examples from popular movies bring the burning reputation of classical music to the reader's attention, and warn readers that this pattern will only generalize and destroy a beautiful genre of music, and thus strip away a very artistically vital component of society.
25	5/8/2019 2:52:39	Charlie Meilinger	3rd	In the essay written by Jon Day, he describes the facts and effects of pigeons. He describes the importance of pigeons during the first world war, and how they delivered messages to other soldiers. Without these pigeons, soldiers wouldn't have been able to communicate at the front lines. Jon Day uses actually quotes written by generals. These messages were sent by the pigeons. So, he uses real life evidence of the importance of pigeons. This provides the reader a better understanding of the purpose of pigeons during the first world war. Jon Day also describes facts and qualities of pigeons. To describe this, he uses vivid imagery. This vivid imagery provides the reader with a more attentive perspective of the qualities of pigeons. Jon Day takes boring facts about pigeons, such as where they live, and brings the words to life providing more detail and a purpose for the reader to read the article. Through Jon Day's use of vivid imagery and real life evidence, he takes a boring subject about pigeons and turns it into something that a reader would actually want to read.
26	5/8/2019 14:43:34	Kylie Cohen	3rd	In Theodore Giona’s essay, The Sound Of Evil, Giona questions the prevailing relationship that Hollywood has established between classical music and villainous characters. Throughout the essay, Giona includes various examples of classical music being correlated with antagonistic characters in popular movies. For example, Giona states that, “In Schindler’s List, a Nazi officer pauses to play a bit of Bach on a piano while his troops massacre the Kraków ghetto,” (Giona). Other examples include Goldberg Variations playing during the disturbing cannibalistic film, Silence Of The Lambs, and the main villain of Psycho II practicing Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. These allusions to popular movies provide readers with a picture of the relationship between classical music and villains. Not only that, but these allusions also highlight the fact that the film industry has a habit for personifying classical music as evil, malicious, provoking, and insane, as films continue to link villains with similar qualities to classical masterpieces. As a violinist who has spent years studying classical music, I feel as though this pattern of villainization is rather offensive. Considering that most classical masterpieces are in fact stories being told by the composers, such as stories of love, loss, and death, the constant correlation of these songs with evil characters diminishes the songs meaning. As result of this ongoing pattern, people may soon view classical music as nothing more than “the sound of evil,” rather than the complex and beautiful works of are that they really are. In essence, Giona’s constant allusions and examples from popular movies bring the burning reputation of classical music to the reader's attention, and warn readers that this pattern will only generalize and destroy a beautiful genre of music, and thus strip away a very artistically vital component of society.
27	5/8/2019 20:23:07	Isabelle Borr	3rd	Podcasts are usually seen as boring radio show that your parents listen to, but in this article, Friend of the Pod, it shows us the upsides of listening to a podcast. Using incredibly funny humor and satire, they appeal to the millennial audience who would not consider listening to a podcast. The authors entice our internet addiction by framing podcast as internet for our ears. They also relate podcast to another trending topic, ASMR, pleasing sounds like tapping or whispering, this give the readers a frame of reference the soothing nature of what a podcast has to offer. They give all the reasons for a young adult to listening by assuming they are lonely and wifi junkies. The assuming nature makes podcast irresistible but using language and lingo that is familiar to us to relate. The effectively encourages the readers to try to listening to a podcast.
28	5/8/2019 23:55:17	Markis Alexander	3rd	In his article and analysis about the works of E.O. Wilson, Charlie Tyson applauds and commemorates the science behind them. He creates an admirable affect by describing how Wilson is portrayed as a hero in his line of work. This immediately builds up his credit with the audience. Tyson also describes how Wilson is a pioneer of industry. That he is not afraid to voice his opinions, even though they may be in disagreement with the majority. Again, this reinforces the appreciation a reader will have for E.O. Wilson and his career. These two examples illustrate how the author intends to inform us of Wilson's work and possibly inspire others to follow in his footsteps.
29	5/9/2019 1:18:19	Arielle Bauer	3rd	In the article "What Lies Beneath", author Robert Macfarlane emphasizes the importance of using underground artifacts to recall facts from the past and to predict events of the future. One way in which Macfarlane stresses his point is through the use of statistics. An example includes his description of a 2016 outbreak infecting 23 people and killing a child. Statistics such as this one show that Macfarlane argument is logical and that there is data to prove his ideas. Another strategy Macfarlane uses to describe the relevance of underground findings is his word choice. As he uses words like "declaring", "powerful", and "vulnerable", he stresses the urgency of finding evidence under ground.
30	5/9/2019 1:30:31	Jackson Gugni	3rd	In her essay “Medieval Scholars Joust With White Nationalists. And One Another.” Jennifer Shuessler addresses the issue of white supremacy within the medieval re-enacting and studying community. Schuessler convinces the reader that there is problems with this white supremacy problem by addressing the history of the culture during medieval times, the upbringing of whites in an elite role as well as current events adding to white supremacists power. In the beginning of her article, Jennifer addresses the history of where this medieval appreciation came from “To some scholars, the answer is yes, and not just because the field is overwhelmingly white. Scholarship on the Middle Ages, they argue, helped create the idea of white European superiority, and still bolsters it today. There have been calls to “decolonize” medieval studies by confronting the structural racism that has kept both nonwhite scholars and nonwhite perspectives outside its gates.” She explains that the idea of superiority within a community derived from the Europeans thought system. She follows this up but explaining how Americans have kept up this tradition through its elite whites specifically through universities and slave owning whites. “In the United States, universities, cultural institutions and wealthy elites drew on Gothic architecture, heraldry and other medieval trappings to ground American identity in a noble (and implicitly white) European history. So did Southern slaveholders and the Ku Klux Klan.” Finally she draws a connection to all of this in her excerpt about the recent presidential election in which memes were created to enhance the white surpremacists power. “If withdrawal from the world was ever possible, it has become harder lately. During the 2016 election, memes like Donald Trump in armor on a horse and the Crusader slogan “Deus vult” (God wills it) began proliferating on social media. White nationalists stepped up recruiting on college campuses, sometimes co-opting the language of identity politics with calls for students to explore their “white heritage.””
31	5/9/2019 2:19:08	Jilianne Kowalchuk	3rd	In her essay, "Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?" for The New York Times, author Vanessa Woods explores and explains how the human relationship with dogs has been woven into many popular stories. Through the use of examples from loveable and familiar movies such as “A Dog’s Purpose” and “Marley and Me”, Woods is able to establish credibility behind the central claim that dogs play an integral role in making these stories so memorable. Additionally, Woods uses an impactful analogy to tie her essay together. “As the 19th century was for human children, the 21st century is for the dog”(Woods). Here, the author is comparing the way that children were historically exploited and forced to work before being freed of this suffering in the 19th century to the way that dogs were once used for hunting, but now are seen as beings to love. Vanessa Woods’ use of examples and analogy offer logic and reasoning to the unique claim being presented.
32	5/9/2019 2:37:20	Nicole Bastian	3rd	https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/04/25/researchers-find-dangerous-levels-of-sensitive-data-for-sale-on-ebay/?ss=consumertech#398c0d5ed964 While discussing the dangerous levels of "sensitive data" being sold on eBay, Winder uses multiple rhetorical devices, including rhetorical questions and compare and contrast, along with others, to get his message across to the readers in the best way possible. Winder asks the readers questions like, "If this is the case, then how are drives still ending up on eBay with corporate data intact?". By doing this, Winder is creating an emotional appeal, scaring the readers by showing them that their data is not safe. This helps Winder to get the message across that people need to be more careful when it comes to protecting their data. In addition, Winder compares and contrasts what the eBay sellers are saying, versus what the recovered information shows. Winder is trying to further express that even if the seller tells you it is safe, there are still plenty of dangers to selling hardware (with "wiped" information). There are so many ways to reverse what the sellers are claiming is done, and recover the personal information that was meant to be destroyed. Winder uses these rhetorical devices in order to help the readers understand clearly about the eBay issue.
33	5/9/2019 4:48:05	Jack Fisher	3rd	In Vanessa Wood's essay on the long-lasting relationship between humans and dogs, Wood's main rhetorical goal is to emphasize the importance of dogs in human life. Wood starts by referencing the long history that humans have had with dogs. She alludes to a nomadic time in which humans and dogs relied on one another. Wood says "they were our hunting buddies, bed warmers and, sometimes, if not much else was around, our dinner". Wood's suggests that human dependence on dogs was very strong a long time ago, and goes on to tie this concept back to modern day. An additional rhetorical goal Wood has is to persuade that dogs are smarter creatures than they appear to be, and should be analyzed more cognitively. Wood alludes to popular literature involving dogs like the book "Marley and Me" by John Grog an and analyzes the progression of the book from start to finish to persuade her audience. She details that the book starts out very informal and childish and eventually develops into a book analyzing the previously overlooked "sophistication of animal intelligence" (particularly in dogs). Wood also uses facts from history to strengthen her claim, as she says that a period from 1950-2000 showed a time where there wasn't a tremendous amount of research of dog cognition, but then shortly just a few years later, some testing started and results held that dogs actually have much greater intelligence than previously thought.
34	5/9/2019 5:51:40	Ethan Gilman	3rd	In Madeleine Aggeler's article, "More Exclamation Points Please!!!!!!", Aggeler argues the importance of heartening your online interactions between your coworkers with exclamation! In building her argument towards her working audience, she uses a logical appeal through the use of rhetorical questions. Simple questions such as questioning "Why?" when mentioning smoothing out online interactions with punctuation shows the reader how effortless and useful this is so why not? Many people are burned out working their 9 to 5 office cubicle job and won't normally give the effort on that type of thing, but why not if it's as simple as pressing down one keyboard key? Then, the author gives examples of this punctuation usage followed by another question, "Do you see the difference?" after giving the readers a third person perspective, making them understand why it is important.
35	5/9/2019 10:38:10	Dylan Cohen	3rd	I've never considered that there have been Nazi composers. In an article for the New Yorker, Alex Ross delves into the history of Adolf Hitler's favorite composer and the circumstances that allowed for the development of his individual style. Ross describes vividly how the composer, Wilhelm Furtwängler, reflected his environment in his composition. Ross shuts down defenders of Furtwängler, who credit his artful work to defiance of Nazi efforts, by stating how, "you could also hear it as a defiance of the enemy—a willingness to fight to the death." Ross goes on to say how future supremacist comments by Furtwängler point to the latter description being more likely. However, Ross qualifies that this does not diminish Furtwängler's control of music, nor creative ability.
36	5/9/2019 15:16:59	Emma Stempien	3rd	In an article by Chris Richards, he displays his hatred towards podcasts. He uses satire to help him develop his claim. Richards starts off his article by mockingly comparing podcasts to kicking a beehive. He uses this example to show how "tedious and samey and sedative" podcasts are. Richards adds on to his satirical tone by showing how strongly people feel about podcasts and how if you don't like them then you are seen as a "baby hater". The satire used in this article shows how over the top and exaggerated people feel for podcasts when you are just listening to people talk.
37	5/9/2019 16:14:00	Fawaz Ahmed	3rd	In the essay, "Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?," the authors, Vanessa Woods and Brian Hare, discuss the history of dogs and how our views towards them have changed. Woods and Hare compare our attitude change towards dogs with our attitude change towards children in the early 18th century. The authors explain how in Europe, families had children in order to work and help their parents but as time went on, families learned to love and protect them. Woods and Hare compare this to how dogs were used for labor purposes but are now responsibility free and are loved. Using this comparison allows the authors to emotionally impact the reader by bringing up children. By connecting the topic to the reader's personal life, the reader becomes more involved and is more likely to side with the authors. The use of the comparison allows the reader to comprehend the authors message in a different way, which results in a ease of understanding.
38	5/9/2019 16:16:39	Kennedy Giles	3rd	Nora Caplan Bricker dives into the realm of audio books in her editorial called, Successful People listen to Audio Books. Bricker uses not only her title but pathos as well as logos to convince readers of the necessity of listening to books. Not only does she title her article Successful people listen to audio books to pull people in and make them feel inadequate if they don't. Bricker proceeds to expand on the ideas of people needing to do this and how it will increase their success. She pulls on logistical appeal as she plugs in information about Audible, an online listening source. She shares how easy it is to use this app to listen to books online and how it can in turn increase your success rates. Moreover the ability to multi task is a big plus to the pathos of American people. The excitement it brings people to feel like they are getting even more done in the course of a day draws the people in.
39	5/9/2019 16:19:46	Brenden Kashat	3rd	https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/books/review/vanessa-woods-brian-hare-dogs.html In the article, "Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?", written by Vanessa Woods and Brian Hare, the authors compare how we used to look at dogs to how we look at dogs today. They use an example of the popular movie "Marley and Me" to exhibit that our thoughts of how we treat our dogs have changed. The authors switch from using personal experience to using factual and statistical evidence to help prove their point. The authors throw in a book or an article about dogs every once in a while to add even more reasoning for their evidence.
40	5/9/2019 21:15:47	Dorian Campillo	3rd	In the essay, "Looking for Shakespeare's Library" the author mostly uses allusions to create a sense of mystery about Shakespeare's library which has no records of even existing. The author, for example, alludes to the vast amount of friends that should've said something about Shakespeare's library but that there's surprisingly no evidence it even existed. This creates a sense of mystery in the way that someone should've written about it considering the legacy it was told to have. It was told to be absolutely splendid but since, according to the author, there's no record of it, there's no proof it even existed. These allusions create a mystery on what may have been one of the most stunning libraries of all time through their way of showing that there's no records of it existing.
41	5/9/2019 21:18:06	Henry Berthel	3rd	In "The Quest to Acquire the Oldest, Most Expensive Book on the Planet", the author uses lots of specific statistics in order to emphasize the rarity of the book that is being discussed. Including the scarce number of copies left of the book, with only around 180 being made in the first place, allows the author to show how important each copy of this book is, and thus, the author demonstrates why the book is as expensive as it is. The author also uses metaphors, such as calling the day "mighty hot" to set the mood for the scene. It allows the reader to understand the tone of the passage easier, which allows the author to convey his purpose more clearly.
42	5/13/2019 15:24:19	Annie Chernow	3rd	In the article I read, it talked about societies impact on people becoming impatient. The author starts off the article by sharing a personal anecdote to engage the readers and hopefully have them relate to what she has to say. She gets right to the point because she knows that impatient people are probably not patient to read a long intro which adds humor, yet relates to the passage which is a good transition into the point she is trying to make. The authors goal is to tell people that the effect of societies fast pace living, makes people become short tempered and less patient. She supports her claim/point by citing experiments and different researchers that have proven that our society and culture is the main reason for this. She goes into detail about cures for this issue of impatience and how mindfulness and meditation can help "cure" the rage and impatience one may carry. She carries a parallel structure through the passage from the beginning paragraph and the last paragraph. She goes into another personal anecdote / scenario that further ensures her readers that there is ways to cure this impatience.
43	5/7/2019 17:35:15	Lily Russell	4th	The short essay, Friends of a Pod, challenges their readers to create awareness for the amount of time that they spend with screens. By comparing podcasts to a precious metal parasite, the author is able to paint a vivid image in the readers head. An addition of a parasite in your body can cause all sort of problems, much like the Internet does. The internet, podcasts in particular, demands our attention at all times. Podcasts are just another way to stay connected. Podcasts give us company when we are lonely. The author points out that, much like a parasite, the company of a podcast should not be desired. The author continues to make his point in the rest of the essay with anecdotal evidence. The initial comparison of a podcast to a parasite is dramatic and impressionable. The use of this simile captures the attention of the reader and as they continue with the rest of the essay they discover more evidence that leads them to agree with this comparison.
44	5/8/2019 0:31:16	Ethan Biederman	4th	In “Against Cheerfulness,” Mariana Alessandri argues that the facade of cheerfulness and happiness that Americans present as a critical part of our culture. She uses historical examples and a sarcastic tone to build a persuasive argument that will easily sway the readers’ opinions. Alessandri begins her essay with a history of virtue, and explains how cheerfulness was added to the list only recently. She begins with the Greeks’ four virtues, examines those that were added by the Roman Stoics and the Christians, and finally reaches the addition of cheerfulness by the founder of the Boy Scouts in the UK. She then writes that “cheerfulness and other newborn virtues soon circled the globe, hitting the US in 1916.” Alessandri shows that for thousands of years of history, cheerfulness was not considered to be a necessity, and argues that we should stop our display of fake happiness. The author also uses a sarcastic tone to convey the ridiculousness she feels for a facade of cheerfulness. She writes that “he [a Boy Scout] will ‘jump at opportunities’ that others won’t, and...that cheerfulness is infectious and can spread to those around him.” By writing that they will “jump” at the chance to do things others won’t and that cheerfulness is “infectious,” the writer conveys her sarcasm for this over-the-top happiness and eagerness to do things that one dislikes.
45	5/8/2019 0:46:45	Nicholas Haddad	4th	In an effort to highlight the pleasurable aspects of gulping down a book and setting aside technology, Ben Dolnick alludes to several growing phenomena within the entertainment and natural world in order to establish a clear relationship between these and reading. From the beginning, Dolnick's intimate and forthright tone suggest to the reader that he lives a life similar to them, and therefore establishes himself as a credible, relatable speaker whose message has meaning. Early on, he inserts his main argument by way of a clever metaphor that compares reading a few pages per night to nibbling hors d'oeuvres at a cocktail party, which allows the reader to establish a connection between these two things; ultimately, most people associate hors d'oeuvres with mingling at a superficial level, so one might apply this same thinking to reading, which is exactly what the author wants here. He then goes on to relate reading in large time chunks to coming upon the caterer's tent, suggesting to the reader that spending more time results in an abundance of ideas and a plethora of pleasurable experiences, much like wandering into a room full of food. As he continues his analysis of reading, comparisons between reading superficially and watching/listening to media that's buffering establishes a clear image in the mind of the reader: reading without spending time results in a fuzzy, half-developed picture that doesn't encapsulate the entire story. Dolnick makes good use of italicized phrases throughout to showcase the thoughts that might be going through the head of his reader at that moment, which draws them into his argument even more. Towards the end of his piece, the author asks the reader "But who has time?" which again invites the reader to ponder his ideas and suggests that he indeed faces many of the same challenges of life that the reader does, establishing more credibility. This phrase also marks a shift in the tone of the piece, as Dolnick begins to become more optimistic with his word choice, associating reading with fun.
46	5/8/2019 15:23:17	Ugo Uchendu	4th	In my article "Successful People Listen to Audiobooks" written by Nora Caplan-Bricker, the author utilizes quotes and anecdotes from professionals who share his point of view with the intent of proving to his audience that he is a credible source. Not only does he prove his professionalism with their words, but he also solidifies his claim.
47	5/9/2019 0:11:50	Hadin Sayed	4th	In the article Friends of the Pod, the author dives into the growing phenomenon of podcasts. The author starts out by presenting podcasts as a whole in a great light. He explains how currently we want to be consumed by the internet. This is done to appeal to many people, especially young people, who can relate to that feeling of wanting to be consumed by the internet. Then from there, the author is able to take advantage of that audiences feeling by explaining how podcasts provide a platform in which our ears can constantly be absorbing content no matter what is going on. To convince the audience of the benefits of podcasts the author uses a humorous tone that is used to appeal to the audience and provides a logical appeal that place podcasts in a very favorable light. These elements combine to create a message in the audience's mind that listening to podcasts would be the common sense thing to do.
48	5/9/2019 0:53:54	Brendan Larson	4th	https://aeon.co/essays/cheerfulness-cannot-be-compulsory-whatever-the-t-shirts-say One of the main strategies employed by Alessandri in her essay is evidence from past philosophers on the concept of cheerfulness as a core value. She uses mainly Greek philosophers to drive home the point that not until recently has cheerfulness been thought of as a main part of the way we act. The author uses examples such as Aristotle, a well renown and commonly accepted philosopher. Aristotle's core values had no mention of anything such as cheerfulness, she explains that Aristotle did not believe that you had to wholly happy while doing the right thing, you just had to know that you were doing the right thing. The use of popular, well educated and established philosophers ideals heavily strengthens the authors argument. She is able to add credibility to herself and her own argument because it agrees with already established thinkers. Using recognizable and trusted names to support your own point greatly helps bring people to the side of the author, because if the reader trusts the values of Aristotle, they are much more likely to agree and relate to Alessandri's point. Moreover, by using older philosophers in her argument, the author shows that she has done research, or is experienced in the field adding greatly to her credibility.
49	5/9/2019 1:52:03	Kurt Miraflor	4th	In Chelsea Wald's article "Why Your Brain Hates Slowpokes", she examines the increasing sense of impatience in modern society and the causes behind this change as well as its implications. She uses a humorous tone, using clever wit in saying "even the opening of this article may be going on a little too long for you", calling attention to the exact phenomena she is describing in a comedic way. There is also a heavy use of logos, such as in explaining how the brain can have a warped perception of time due to emotional interference, which Wald uses to demonstrate how we develop the feeling of impatience in the first place.
50	5/9/2019 1:57:07	Vivian Wiggins	4th	Dogs have been known to be highly valued by humans as pets for a long time now. In Vanessa Wood's and Brian Hare's article, "Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs", they discuss the increase of dogs involvement in novels, movies, and everyday life. Dogs have always been very important to humans in history, but as Wood and Hare explain, recently, dog's thoughts and feelings have been a major focus in entertainment. Throughout their article, Wood and Hare's provide many examples of novels and movies on dogs that have been made recently, as well as further explain their knowledge on dog's importance in history and today. By providing examples of popular dog books like, "Marley and Me", and, "A Dog's Purpose", Wood and Hane are able to connect and grab the attention of the reader and help them come to the realization of the popularity of stories on dogs and dog's thoughts and lives. In identifying popular books, the authors are able to gain more readers attention because the reader will be able to understand the conveyed message of dog's importance recently in entertainment. Also, throughout the article, Wood and Hare further explain their knowledge on dog's newfound involvement in books and movies by explaining the role of dogs in history and then their roles throughout the decades. By stating facts about dog's involvement and research in history and then explaining their new involvement and findings, Wood and Hare are able to logically appeal to the reader because their statements and opinions are supported by evidence and facts. Through logically appealing to the reader and providing popular and effective examples to prove dog's increased involvement in books, Wood and Hare are able to clearly communicate their idea that dogs are a key part in everyday life today.
51	5/9/2019 2:38:54	AJ Zako	4th	In the article, Why Your Brain Hates Slowpokes, the author appeals to our emotions to show why the brain does in fact hate slow pokes. In the current fast paced society, slow pokes are often ridiculed for how they negatively affect different factors of people around them. The author uses an example as someone walking slower than everyone else in a busy street crowded city. This appeals to most as many of us have experienced a person like this in a similar situation. Even at school there are people that can apply to this. This device works well in the article because of its wide range of people that it can apply to.
52	5/9/2019 3:50:31	Kaitlyn Ziegele	4th	The article "Friends of the Pod" by the Editors of NplusOne is about the newest way for us to be on the Internet all the time: Podcasts. We can be connected online without looking at a screen; we simply just use our ears and listen. The author's repetition of the word "we" makes the article less condescending. The editors are aware of the fact that they are also guilty of being Internet lovers. This makes the reader feel more comfortable admitting to the fact that they love the media and feel less lonely when listening to podcasts because the author already has admitted also. Moreover, the reader can relate better to the article because they personally feel connected to the generalizations about the good feeling we get from podcasts.
53	5/9/2019 5:13:57	Ani Blumbergs	4th	In the article, “Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?”, by Vanessa Woods And Brian Hare, main rhetorical features are highlighted to emphasize the fact that life would be miserable without dogs. The authors use emotional appeals, logical appeals, and factual evidence to lure the reader and predominantly engrave this idea of a despondent life without dogs. Sampson begins with various historical connections relating to the fact that dogs have been either our companion or meal for several decades. These connections force the reader to ponder the fact that dogs have been in our lives for so long, and in their absence our world would not be the same. Sampson continues by listing facts such as “...the animal with which 60 million American households share space”, assuring the fact that even though one may not particularly be a dog person, these animals hold importance and high value in other’s everyday life. Moreover, Sampson introduces books and films that illustrate the loving and compassionate connection that has developed between dogs and humans over the years, “I dropped my forehead against his and sat there for a long time, as if I could telegraph a message through our two skulls, from my brain to his.” The specific sequence of sentences helps to vividly highlight how, not only physically, but mentally connected humans are to dogs. Further demonstrating how dreadful life would be without our necessary companions, dogs.
54	5/9/2019 15:21:48	Maya Wolock	4th	In his essay “Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?” authors Vanessa Woods and Brian Hare explore a recent phenomenon while educating the readers about the relationship between humans and dogs. One of their most effective tactics in accomplishing this is the frequent asking of rhetorical questions. For example, in paragraph four, Hare and Woods use rhetorical questions to exemplify theory. They write “Take love, for instance. It’s just an abstraction unless you are able to wonder, Does she love me too? What did he mean when he looked at me that way? Will she miss me when I’m gone?” Instead of launching into a lengthy explanation about love, the authors use simple questions to summarize some of the basic concepts of love and the theory of mind. This makes it much easier for the reader to understand the authors’ point because these are questions that the reader has probably asked themselves. The authors’ also clarify their point through the metaphor between children and dogs. He compares the development of human affection towards dogs to the development of human affection towards their own children. Because almost everyone understands the idea of people loving their children, the comparison makes the people’s recent affinity towards to dogs understandable.
55	5/9/2019 16:12:16	Ryan Le	4th	The article, “Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?,” by authors Vanessa Woods and Brian Hare, reveals the multiple reasons to why dogs have become popular subjects on books. Dogs are the most popular pets of human domestication, second being cats. Throughout the entire article, Woods and Hare explain how having dogs as pets and their significance as the most popular source of entertainment for most families. The authors uses satirical humor as well as appeal to emotion to develop a sense of interest among the audience. Dogs, as explained by the authors, “were our hunting buddies, bed warmers and, sometimes, if not much else was around, our dinner.” By ending in a satirical note, “if not much else was around, our dinner,” it creates a dark sense of humor that interests the crowd. To explain, dogs are not for food but for domestic entertainment, by adding in the fact about how they can be eaten, the audience becomes amused. Using satirical strategies such as these allow for the audience’s attention to be amused, making their strategy of grabbing the reader’s attention effective.
56	5/9/2019 16:20:42	Charlie Hardy	4th	In “Fiends of the Pod” from N+1 magazine, the author strengthens his claim that humans love podcasts because they are “the internet for our ears” by using real life examples. The author begins with an explanation of certain internet phenomenons, including things that relate to millennials such as Pokémon Go and specific internet memes. He further brings everyday life into his conversation, mentioning occurrences that include the internet or technology itself. By introducing these examples, the author makes his claim relatable to readers, thereby making it easier for readers to understand the origin of his thesis.
57	5/9/2019 17:03:40	Erin Roberts	4th	The article "Successful people listen to audio books" by Nora Caplan-Bricker explains the negative effects of using audio books in today's society. Bricker uses metaphor to convey her message. Bricker writes, "“Listening to books is one of the few forms of reading for which people apologize.” The critic Sven Birkerts has employed the term “deep reading” to describe everything he thinks the listener is losing—in a word, prosody, the freedom to interpret rhythm and mood on her own terms. “Deep listening is rarely an option,” he writes, “Our ear, and with it our whole imaginative apparatus, marches in lockstep to the speaker’s baton.” This is essentially claiming that listening to audio books deprives the listener of the experience of deep reading. Deep reading allows you to develop a deeper understanding of the text and have your own imagination implemented into it. Audio books tell you how the events are perceived by the author using tone. The listeners mind is rendered unimaginative and lacks creativity when the reader tells them the way the events were "supposed" to appear or take place.
58	5/9/2019 17:26:05	Hunter Stabile	4th	Within the informative article, "The Politics of Humor" written by Terry Eagleton, the author applies various allusions to humorist as well as the relationships between humor and other common ideologies in order to describe the historical consequences of humor. Eagleton withdraws a philosophical perspective of humor from Mikhail Bakhtin, "Laughter in the Middle Ages remained outside all official spheres of ideology and outside all official strict forms of social relations. Laughter was eliminated from religious cult, from feudal and state ceremonials, etiquette, and from all the genres of high speculation". Bakhtin describes the impacts of humor from a time period perspective and specifically describes the relationship that was held between religion and humor in the mid 1900's.
59	5/9/2019 17:31:01	Brody Hiipakka	4th	In the article "Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?" by Vanessa Woods and Brian Hare, the authors describe the relationship between us and dogs. They start off their article by trying to appeal to our emotions by bringing up the 2005 mega-best seller "Marley and Me." "Marley and Me" is book about the relationship between the dog and the human and the dog's interior life. After introducing one of the most popular dog books of all time, these authors bring in factual evidence. Since 2000, there are more than 70,000 listed bogs about dogs on Amazon. Later in the article, the authors incorporate an analogy saying "As the 19th century was for human children, the 21st century is for the dog." They incorporated this because it is funny and it relates to the new large topic for all the books.
60	5/9/2019 21:59:03	Matthew Weerakoon	4th	The author's barrage of examples establishes just how prevalent screens and technology are in every facet of our lives, as well as how relevant the topic of the article is. Each example addresses a different way technology surprises us- a refrigerator sending notifications, real time pictures of your baby at night- along with more popular uses of technology such as Pokemon Go. This makes the reader think about how we are constantly surrounds by screens and how its more rare to be without them than with. This nicely sets up the author's introduction of podcasts, and creates the perfect bridge to argue that since we're always around technology, we can always be around podcasts. They include the use of a scenario where it would just be more logical to listen to a podcast while attempting a recipe, rather than trying to read an article. This use of logos makes the idea of podcasts more pleasant to the audience, and provides them with a clear, beneficial reason for listening to them.
61	5/12/2019 22:41:58	Megan Zacharias	4th	In the article, "A History of the Influencer, from Shakespeare to Instagram", the author, Laurence Scott, describes the conflict with social media influencers based on the history of the word "influencer". Scott describes the connotation of the word by comparing its use to famous movie villains and Shakespeare's work. Scott states that, "the Influencer could be a Batman villain". He compares the modern day meaning of a commercial influencer to a villain, showing how "influencer" has a derisive meaning. Scott does this to show how some may feel uneasy when being influenced by social media. Scott also explains how within history, an "influencer" was normally not a good person, as seen in Shakespeare's work.
62	5/9/2019 3:50:36			The article "Friends of the Pod" by the Editors of NplusOne is about the newest way for us to be on the Internet all the time: Podcasts. We can be connected online without looking at a screen; we simply just use our ears and listen. The author's repetition of the word "we" makes the article less condescending. The editors are aware of the fact that they are also guilty of being Internet lovers. This makes the reader feel more comfortable admitting to the fact that they love the media and feel less lonely when listening to podcasts because the author already has admitted also. Moreover, the reader can relate better to the article because they personally feel connected to the generalizations about the good feeling we get from podcasts.
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