An example of rhetoric that I have seen has been on social media, especially Snapchat. There is a feature on Snapchat where you can subscribe to different types of news organizations and although I’m not subscribed to any, I still see them featured or sponsored on the app. These news organizations do a really good job at “click bait”, or making viewers want to click on their article. I fall for their click bait all the time and the information they usually talk about are about celebrities and gossip. Their appeals are usually through the form of ethos and logos, where they are trying to convince and persuade the audience with information about things that have to do with famous people.

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Plastic has been causing a lot of damage to our planet and a lot of companies can be the ones to blame because of their use of plastic for their products. Researchers have found that about 450 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year and 9.5 million tons of plastic are thrown into the ocean annually. Patagonia has recognized the on-going problem with plastic on our planet and have attempted to help the situation. They have reduced the damage by recycling their material for their products and in 1993, they became the first outdoor clothing manufacturer to create fleece from trash. This stood out to me as something very impressive and also confusing because of the fact that their products are very high quality. Patagonia relies heavily on polyester and they use recycled polyester made from used soda bottles to create new polyester fibers for their clothing. About 69% of all their materials are recycled and that has led to a huge reduction of 13,000 tons in their carbon footprint and they hope to only use renewable or recycled materials in their products by 2025. Patagonia is also helping against plastic problem in another way. They have invested in a company named Bureo, which is a company based in Ventura, California. Bureo collects discarded fishing nets from the ocean and transforms them into products, such as skateboards, sunglasses, and surf fins. The main point of this article was to show how a profit-based company can help the environment and also be extremely successful at the same time.

Hi my name is Nick and I am a freshman at Chico State University. I am majoring in Business Administration with an option in Management. I am very intrigued by the tech world and I hope one day I land a job in a very advanced technological company. I really enjoy playing Spikeball with the lads, especially on the beach. I enjoy other sports, such as basketball and soccer. I am a first generation college student and my parents are from Colombia.

This article talks about writing in college and several aspects to it that are vital in order to write at a college level. It first talks about myths about writing and one of the myths that caught my attention was “Myth #6: The Five Paragraph Essay.” During middle school and high school, I always thought the length for an essay should be five paragraphs but now . Another myth that I have encountered was “Myth #7: Never use ‘I’.” I agree that this myth has always existed and I have always kept this “myth” in the back of my head every time when it comes to writing. The author then talks about the extra step academic writing takes in college and how it becomes more difficult. College requires you to enhance your research skills and research information in depth. It also requires you to be able to read and comprehend difficult literature, which includes separating fact from opinion and making conclusions/interpretations. I think this part of academic writing is very important because your ability to fulfill this task will dictate how well you do on your paper. Another part of the article that seemed important to me was the discussion about making an argument and making an analysis. I agree with the author’s statement about arguments, which is that its purpose is not to win the argument, but it resembles a conversation between two people and that it’s just a case of having a better understanding of an opinion. With the case of analysis, I have always been confused. I struggled with analysis during high school but this article summarized analysis very well. It divided analysis into three parts: Be open minded to several answers, identify important parts of the topic, and look thoroughly into these parts and have them all relate to each other. By reading this article, I have a better understanding of what’s asked of me when it comes to academic writing and how to approach it. 

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