Summary and analysis post

            Summary and analysis is nothing new to me, as a rhetorical analysis paper was done in college writing one. Dr. kyburz does incorporate new things to her assignments that are often new to me. Her quote sandwich is something new to me and something that seems like I have been doing. I still stand a little confused on what exactly or how exactly we are to expand this piece into five pages. I would like to know also what are we going to be writing this analysis on? Will we be sticking with the piece about art and have everyone write about the same thing or will we later pick our own piece to write our analysis on? For now, the summary part was simple to do because of the earlier assignment we had to do, which I felt truly taught me how to write a correct summary. The analysis seems like it will cause a little bit of conflict. Personally, I hate selfies and I hate art, so this article is difficult to write about because I am, truthfully, not interested in it. As I commented in older blog posts, dr. kyburz’s assignments were nice and fun to work on because they were over material we enjoyed. A student will do better if the assignment they’re working on is over material they enjoy and can relate to. I feel once and if we are able to pick our own topics, this assignment will become much easier and maybe more interesting to not just me but for other people as well. As we have more opportunity to discuss the assignment in class, the expectations will be more clear and it’ll all be easier. 

Elements of argument reflective post

          The calendar guides us to write and share our rough draft of our summary and analysis, but since we were not able to get to that part, I am going to address the other two points that were made in the calendar. How I understand argument and also explaining what I know about argument already.
          Understanding the elements of argument is not hard since we have been exposed to them before, just not in a direct matter. Obviously, there can not be an argument unless there is a specific type of claim. Within that claim, however, there must be room for what maybe you can call controversy. Your claim can not be 100% factual because then there is no argument. Also, if your argument is opinionated, you will have difficulty finding evidence to help support your argument. And as I mentioned before, your argument must evidently be able to be argued. Since the beginning of our writing careers and maybe even before that, we naturally look for reasons to support what we do.  Being why we got in trouble as kids or why we asked our parents to let us use the car. Evidence is a key factor in an argument because a goal can be to try to get someone to see your side of the story, and without proper and strong evidence, there is no argument. Inartistic evidence is evidence gathered not by our imagination but rather through formal findings such as reports books, or articles, which is obviously most common. Artistic proofs come from within and often appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos as well. For sake of all arguments, we need to have reason, We don't argue for something we don't have a reason for. Like every proper and formal argument, it is necessary to state the opposite side. In reality, addressing the other side only makes your argument stronger. As dr. kyburz has mentioned, we all know this. None of these words, but warrants, is new to me. During high school, writing papers and trying to argue a stance was not the easiest thing. Clarifying these terms will make this assignment easier.
          Like I mentioned before, I know a lot about argument and it is nothing new to me either. one of the course's guiding concepts is that all claims require evidence. I stated that no matter when we began, we naturally had reasons or evidence for everything we did. From writing papers to explaining to our angry girlfriend why we couldn't text back. We see it in our daily lives how candidates give evidence on why they are best fit for positions. Meaning has context was a little difficult to understand to me. I understand that behind every author, there is a purpose but the word context is troubling me. Does it mean that meaning has background. I am having trouble understanding that part. Writing in revision is something we all as writers can refer to. With years of writing, there have been countless drafts written and millions of peer reviews, and teacher conferences. The only way to get better at your writing is to revise and to ensure that everything is as best as can be. Familiarizing yourself with your writing and getting feedback is essential to writing a great paper. These concepts come into sharper focus because they in reality have a lot to do with argument. You definitely need to back up whatever your saying with great evidence, and give your meaning something the audience can clearly see, and lastly, you want to revise what your putting together, constantly. Who knew argument elements were so engraved in our heads.

Presidential Election

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/politics/presidential-poll-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-abc/


         According to a CNN article posted by Tom Kludt on November 1st, 2016, the race between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has gotten closer. Polls last week showed that Clinton held a double digit lead on Trump. After a new FBI investigation was reopened on Clinton's email scandal, her numbers have dropped significantly. Actually, an ABC poll suggest that Trump holds a one point lead on Clinton, although the CNN article says that is not likely. "Statistically negligible", Trump's lead is probably non existence as there as a 3% margin for error.
        As elections are a week away, it is reasonable to say that this election will be one that will go down in history. Clinton can be the first female president, and as for Mr. Trump, can become the worst president in United States history. Clearly biased, Donald Trump is simply incapable of running a country like the United States, or any country for that matter. Personally, I am not much of a fan of Mrs. Clinton, but she does prove to be the lesser of the two evils. One thing that does make me back her up is that she carries on her a lot of experience. Years of government service definitely qualifies her to be the next president. Trump is just a load of nonsense and none of his ideas are plausible or attainable. He's been a joke since the beginning and the fact that he has so much support truly says something about the country we live in. Granted people have their right to their opinion, I think it is an absolute mockery that our election includes a person like Mr. Trump.
       Good outcome or not, this election will go down in history as one of the craziest elections. I really hope that whoever is elected, can truly make the country a better place and look into everyone's interests.