Blog Post #6 ; 303 Words

Pathos is an appeal to emotion. Ethos is an appeal to credibility. Logos is an appeal to authority. An example of pathos is, "They’ve worked against everything we’ve worked so hard to build, and they don’t care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they’re the enemy, and they won’t stop until we’re all destroyed." An example of ethos is "Our expertise in roofing contracting is evidenced not only by our 100 years in the business and our staff of qualified technicians, but in the decades of satisfied customers who have come to expect nothing but the best." An example of logos is "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."
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Blog Post #5 ; 373 Words

An annotated bibliography is a good thing for a writer to create to prove that they have done some solid research and have valid information. Readers can refer to your annotated bibliography and go to the cite links that you have wrote down to see if what information you have is actually true or correctly cited. Even though a reader can double check your sources and information, the annotated bibliography still doesn't explain to the reader how credible the source is. With that being said, the writer should have done enough research on their topic to be considered an expert and be able to explain to the reader who the sources are and why they are credible. An annotated bibliography can help readers to make the correlation between the paper and the strength of the paper. If a writer uses factual information and cites it correctly, a reader can go back to their citations and double check what they said and then decide whether or not the paper is weak or strong. An annotated bibliography is helpful to the writer as well, because it helps them to show the reader that they do know what they are talking about, they have put in time and effort to research their topic and that they have factual, valid information in their paper making it a credible and strong paper. An annotated bibliography is a very useful tool and is a very good thing to do when starting your paper. The writer's annotated bibliography can help also be helpful to others researching and looking for credible sources or just needing a bit of information to maybe start their own paper or get an arguable discussion going. All annotated bibliography aren't written in the same criteria either. There are many different ways to do an annotated bibliography including : MLA, APA, and CBE/CSE citation. All of these have different requirements, but they all have the same results which is to help the writers to prove to the readers or others that their paper is credible and strong. With all of that being said, an annotated bibliography is time consuming, but not a waste of time. They are very useful and helpful for both the writer and reader.

Source Review - Blog Post #4 240 Words

The topic I chose for my paper is "Do supplements cause more long-term harm than they do good?" In the process of researching for information and good sources, I really couldn't find any helpful information. When I began my search, I was looking for arguments on my topic, scientific studies, opinions, facts, personal stories or just anything that would help me to develop a good paper. All I really found were sites and sources that gave me the same information, which was that not enough long-term studies have been carried out to really determine if supplements can be classified as good or bad. Some doctors and researchers say that supplements such as Creatine can have a never effect on your kidneys. At the same time though, some doctors and researchers say that there are supplements that can help to prevent disease or cure, especially in elderly people who rely on vitamins. Maybe supplements can help to prevent diseases or maybe they do slowly break down your body and have negative effects on your kidneys and or other organs inside you, but without any research to prove it, they are just opinions and theories. With all of this being said, my topic is very hard to cover. With no clear-cut evidence or factual information, I wouldn't be able to write a paper that convinces people that supplements are not only a waste of money, but they're also very harmful.

Paper Topic Ideas ; 365 Words

The theme I have chosen to write my paper on is the long term affects of supplements, specifically the supplements that gym members and athletes use to enhance their physical appearance and strength. I have chosen this topic, because it is interesting to me and not something that is boring and dull. I have grown-up in the gym and I have used supplements myself. I have taken many different supplements, some of which I couldn't even pronounce the name of. I'd like to write a paper on this theme, because i'd like to learn more about not only the body and the way it reacts to these supplements, but to learn about the affects that the supplements have on your body long-term. I have recently stopped taking supplements, because I hear too many stories about supplements ruining people's kidneys and other organs. Another thing to think about is that these supplements are VERY expensive, imagine the money people would save if they didn't buy them.  I mean, what if you just get old. What happens when you're forty years old, stop taking the supplements and can no longer workout? Does the muscle just turn to loose skin and fat?  I'd like to find out how many people think that short-term success is worth long-term effects. I think people are being tricked into buying these high dollar products that harm the body more than they help. Companies like "GNC" advertise these supplements and tell people these "results" that even the "average" person can achieve. All they have to do is drink this shake, or take this pill and boom, shredded abs and big muscles. What if GNC told their customers that their supplements could shut down their kidneys or affect them later on in life when they stopped taking them? I'd assume not many people would continue to buy their products if they were more educated on the affects that these supplements can have on the human body. I'm gonna take my paper in the opposite direction of GNC, i'm gonna argue the fact that the high dollar supplements that people are buying are a waste of money and have more negative affects than positive affects.

Five Skills ; 427 Words

The five skills that I would like to improve on while in this class would be : how to properly format a paper in MLA/APA format, understanding plagiarism, knowing what to do when you get stuck writing a paper, properly using in-text citations, and knowing how to find credible sources through Google. College consist of writing paper after paper. With that being said, I believe that if I could improve on the five skills listed above that It would be beneficial for me, and not just in this course, but in my future courses as well. I would say that of the five skills I'd like to improve on, I'd like to improve the most on "knowing what to do when you get stuck writing a paper." I get distracted very easily and then I find myself stuck in mid-paper and really don't know what to do. Throughout high school, my teacher would tell me just to get up and walk around and think about something other than the paper, but i'm also not a very patient person, so once I start something I wanna get it over with as quick as possible. If I could just find a way to continue writing after I get stuck, that would be very helpful. The other four skills that I would to improve on could all be classified under the same category I guess you could say. All of the papers i'm gonna write in the future are gonna have to be in MLA format, because of my major. These papers are not only gonna have to be typed correctly in MLA format, but also be credible, therefore I need good sources. Google provides good sources, you just have to know how to go about searching and that's where I struggle. Most of the websites that pop-up when I search for sources are ".com" and ".org." Being able to find credible sources like ".edu" would be very helpful. Finding these sources though really means nothing if you don't know how to cite them in your paper correctly. I understand WHY you should cite, but sometimes I struggle at knowing WHEN you should cite. Plagiarism is a very big deal when it comes to writing papers, so I feel like I need to get better at in-text citation and just citation in general. I guess I would say that I need a little review of what the meaning of "plagiarism" is and all of the ways that you can prevent it. Improving these five skills would make a huge difference.

TED Talks ; 363 Words

The two Ted Talks that I spent my time watching and learning new information from were "Can we eat to starve cancer" by William Li and "The hunt for General Tso" by Jennifer 8. Lee. The first thing that stood out to me about both videos is that the speakers Mr.Li and Ms.Lee are both very educated on the subjects that they are discussing. Ms.Lee told numerous facts that I would have never guessed were true. Who would have ever thought that there are Chinese people who have no idea what "fortune cookies" are? I mean, when I think Chinese food, I think fortune cookies. Another interesting fact that I learned was that Chop Suey was very much more famous in America than China and when translated back, "Chop Suey" means "odds & ends."  Chinese food is still today a very big part of America's culture. There are Chinese buffets in almost every city in America, but as shown in the video, Americans have tweaked Chinese foods to the point that they have become unrecognizable to the Chinese. Everything is life starts to evolve and change over time and just like Ms.Lee's lesson, Mr.Li's taught me that as well. Dr.Lee discusses cancer and the evolution of cancer and cancer stimulators over time. The fact that diet causes thirty to thirty-five percent of environment that causes cancer shocked me. Diet, of all things, causes cancer. Although most people look at what not to eat/drink on a diet to prevent cancer, Dr.Li looks at things that you should eat or drink instead, things that fight cancer cells. Not only are these videos very useful, but also very interesting. When watching these videos you start to realize how uneducated that you are about things that don't seem very important, but really are. How many people really know that what they eat at a "Chinese" resteraunt isn't really Chinese, just Chinese names and really American recipe/food. Who would think that you could prevent cancer through diet or the fact that diet can be deadly and cause cancer? You never really know as much as you think you know.