introduction to paper 3

Ever notice how people can be so naiive and ignorant to many situations if put one way but if told in another they quickly realize the velocity of the problem? When the history of the holocaust is mention people fringe at the thought of such cruelty. Yet when people are told that certain dogs must be murdered since they too will not be accepted , then its a whole different circumstance. granted what hitler did was worse, because it was to people and very inhumane but non the less look at it like, he was a murderer. American Pitbull Terriers, and staffordshires are one of the most feared breed of dogs known in many places. When the word pitbull is mention people automatically assume they are energetic steriod filled aggressive dogs that will tear up anything in its path. but why is this a sterotype for just pitbulls, when you hear rottwielers or german shepards wouldnt the same fealing of fear infill you? A poll survey was taken in a very populated area, the poll showing that an astounding 92% believed that pitbulls in general are dangerous. Research and an open mind can prove this to be otherwise a misunderstood problem.

essay plan
1.intro with thesis
2. explanation of aggression
3. myths about pitbulls
4 ordinance- pit legality
5. little known facts about pitbulls
6. story about pitbulls
7. udnerstanding dogs in general
8. interviews of people that know nothing about pits.


some references im using for research are
http://www.austinlostpets.com/kidskorner/2October/pitbull.htm

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:fHiNWGlM-VgJ:www.ddfl.org/behavior/dog-agg.pdf+aggressive+dogs+by+rank&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESg3BRE94ZfZ_Z7YSepYL_pYbX01a10ESCPJyf5eYydyH6_fvOXIFF1S2Xg0qJWqYbdo-RWDgAA5Hz7zrKca4MdZm2JoGmPWrqad1KTkvtI5vsD2LvHy6YJLbDSInqliHHHsXmAO&sig=AHIEtbRAA0xXDsGCFQLwL-P6mqc0Uk30Sg

http://www.animallawcoalition.com/breed-bans/article/598

as well as interviews and surveys .

interview questions

im guessing the interview questions are supposed to be based on the topic we are going to be writing about in paper 3.. so here are some questions i would ask

1) what is your initial reaction when you hear that someone owns a pitbull?
2) do you believe that their past's have been used against them as a breed? why do you think that people think they are so dangerous?
3) in your opinion do you think we should blame the entire breed of pitbulls because people have used them in the wrong way? is it their fault?
4) do you think only pitbulls are aggressive, is there any way that maybe other dogs can have the same aggression level as these dogs? do you know where the aggression comes from?
5) do you think that the ban of pitbulls only in dade county is just? when less than an hour distance in broward they are legal? do you agree with this? why

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WHERE I WALK AFTER CLASS

once i leave class at 1250 my usual routine is to call my boyfriend and walk as quickly as i can to the health science building where i sit at a table and wait for my friend to come over till we go to our 130 class... for the first time i didnt get on the phone right away, instead i looked around to see what was going on. i saw that the miami heat dancers were in the pit, i saw that there was construction being done between the ballrooms and the health science building!! i was curious to find out what was being done so i inquired a little about it and found out that they are building another parking lot of 80 spaces, and that most will be for staff... i was surprised that i never noticed that.

blog 6 of unit 1 =0(

- the first time i posted this it didnt show on my blog i have no idea why

Reflect onyourprocessofwritingthefirstandsecondpaperforthisclass.Whatdidyou
learnaboutwriting?Whatdidyoulearnaboutrevising?Whatwouldyouliketoworkon
forthefuture?

When i was first assigned the photo essay, i was skeptical on how it was going to come out i didnt really understand the rhetorical aspect of it , so i had no idea how to put it together without understanding. but as the process continued and we revised it with the teachings from class and we had the guest speaker everything started coming together and i started understanding how to use ethos pathos and logos and identify it. So i kept that in mind when i was piecing my photo essay together, then the second paper came much easier since i knew exactly what to capture i just had to put it in words, i simply just described all the pictures and then gave the rhetoric of it within the same paragraph and when i reread it i felt like i really knew how to incorporate everything i learned in class in that essay.. I learned writing has much more meaning than just completing an assignment, theres alot behind the words that alot of people over look and take for granted because it really does give alot more to everyhting that is written. it more than just the grammer and the organization its the overall meaning and basic understanding of the topic. In the future i would like to work on the different types of retorics one by one instead of grouping them together, because some are easier to udnerstand than the others.. like i can easily identify pathos of ethos may be a little harder to see as quickly.

Blog 5

what rhetorical comparisons can you make between composing a photoessay and
writing a rhetorical analysis? How do you see the processes are similar and how are
they different?

there are many comparisons between composing a photo essay and writing a rhetorical analysis such as taking different aspects inton consideration when you are putting it together, such as whos the audience, what are you tryign to say, how are you going to say it, where is your credibility, how are you going to appeal to ethos, logos, and pathos. The only difference is its easier to capture things with pictures, more than words for some people, i can explain something within one picture but in an essay it could take many pages to get it out.