Thursday, April 10, 2008

rhetorical analysis

vans advertisement http://webpages.shepherd.edu/EHOSKI01/AdIm/part%202/experiantials.jpg
This advertisement is trying to sell Vans shoes.
Ethos- vans is a well know and popular band. they have their logo at the bottom of the page with thier website. the picture looks cropped and put together professionaly. they have fine print on the advertisement. their is picture of what they are trying to sell, the shoe, at the bottom of the page.
Pathos- on the ad there is a young girls who is smiling at the top and the bottom half is her serfing on a big wave. there is a quote that says "like the ocean both beautiful and DANGEROUS". they are trying to appeal to a younger crowd. girls who are looking for adventrue and excitement in their life. the ad looks like they need to buy vans in order to have that. it uses bright colors that attract the eye. they make it look like the shoe is what will bring excitement into ones life.
Logos-they used words like dangerous and beatiful to appeal to young girls. they put a picture of the shoe on the ad.
Sufficient- it has the website and logo. it says what it want to sell.
Typical- yes, they over dramatize trying to sell a shoe. they used surfing as their selling point and that is a sport that is dangerous and very popular.
Accurate- the ad is targeting the rigth crowed. the shoes are not made for older women, but they are more of a trendy shoe for a younger crowed.
Relative- the ad is relative to its crowed but im not really sure how surfing relates to a sneakers.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

free write

i hate school so much i cant even handle it any more! these stupid deadlines every one sets at the same time. i feel like i never have time to do anything for myself or what i want to do because i'm going off everything and everyone else's schedule. i just want weekend were i can go out with my fiance and not have to worry about something due at midnight, like a blog. i feel like i have been constantly stressed for the past two months and i don't think tanner can handle it any more. i took only twelve credits so i would have time to plan my wedding but this feels like the hardest semester ever at BYU. i feel so bad for tanner because he is the one who has to deal with my nervous breakdowns every week, or so it seems to be every week. i need to learn how to set my priorities. i have been setting school as my top priority and that is so wrong. planning my wedding hasn't even been fun because it gets in the way of my school work which is so sad because i have been so excited to plan my wedding ever since i was a little kid. i need to forget about doing everything perfect and forget about caring what other people think, and just decide to be happy and grateful because life is what you make it. i need to have more faith in the Lord because as long as i prioritize the gospel he will take care of the rest and everything will just fall into place. 

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

technical application

i am going to brainstorm WATCO ideas for homelessness. 
WATCO homelessness on the economy
WATCO religious involvement and homelessness
WATCO morality of society and homelessness
WATCO the economy on homelessness
WATCO poverty on children growing up out of poverty
WATCO education on poverty
WATCO racism of employers on poverty
WATCO raising gas prices on poverty
WATCO poverty on countries reputation
WATCO poverty on homelessness
WATCO minimum wage on poverty
WATCO raising the government poverty line on government funding