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My Advertisement

My advertisement is about P90X2 which is introducing the next level of extreme fitness. The advertisement has the layouts of balance, unity, movements, and quick simplicity about P90X2. It was from Sports Illustrated on November 21, 2011.  Had ever heard of P90X? That was the first one that came out two or three years ago to get body to build up faster and stronger to be in fitness. Now this is new extreme fitness to get body training like a pro. It will be a workout program at home for the next 90 days. From there you can be like pro if you train yourself through this intense body of pro-level training techniques. You’ll be able to generate a lot more force in jumping higher, explosive power, quick-fire agility, in world-class lean and sculpted body. The advertisement had these layouts of the host’s body working out with other lady who’s fit in karate posture. It took place in the gym looking like old school with black and white background with thick bold of “GET THE BODY OF A PRO BY TRAINING LIKE A PRO.” Below that was CD’s of varies workouts with daily calendar and nutrition’s program as well. It briefly explains what it does to be like professional athletes. It target the audience to follow their program to get better result of body fitness. It also indicated free shipping, saving bonus, and make the perfect gift for Christmas!

Elements of an Effective Layout

The tools to make advertisements would require several elements depending on the products or things. These are balance, proportion, movement, utility, clarity, and emphasis elements in making your advertise. All elements would be great to use but not all has to be in it. Balance is what I like the most by having them in the optical center by seeing the area you’re looking at the advertisement. Other part is movements, these are eyes capture in seeing what’s it is doing. Like on TV commercial, great example to see what product can do and what it will be benefits to people. If you’re looking at the sports magazine, it won’t be moving but you can add the wind and image the object goes by. Athletes doing what their professional are and people look up onto them being next famous only if your commitment to it. Unity another elements that I do enforcement in making advertisement; it needs the audience eye capture or mood with colors such as art. This is great to make the product more effective in getting those people to read or hear about it and tell how cool it will be to have. The least element I don’t support at some point is too simplicity for a smart business or too difficult for kids. As long as it is balanced on simplicity then it will be good, it needs some intelligence but also to understand well in upper level vocabulary.  

When I was looking at the sport magazine, Sports Illustrated, I’m athletic trainer major who knows lots about sports medicine. Our most concern is about concussion in sports, I was curious what they were talking about it. James Harrison professional football player from Pittsburgh Steelers loves to spear his helmet to other opponent’s head. That opponent ended up having concussion because of head to head contact. At that point, how the old rule of football changed the sports. These elements what I liked because it capture my eyes and my thoughts. They had Concussion written across the pages as title; I liked how serious they balanced and use unity of concussion to make the story

Democracy of Goods

The main quote of this statement from this article. "Thus, according to the concept of the Democracy of Goods, no differences in wealth could prevent the humblest citizens, provided they chose their purchases wisely, from coming home to a setting in which they could contemplate their essential equality, through possession of a particular product, with the nation's millionaires." It means that the product can be used from any classes poor, middle, or rich. It will bring the people good quality of themselves that they have what the rich has. It also depends on money; if it was affordable then everyone would have the same thing. That what brings people to feel good about themselves knowing that they got the best product in the world to do things better, quicker, easy, or simply things up. This is kind of similarities that several of my friends love how the celebrities are dressing up and ends up buying same dress they have to feel good that they fits into upper levels.  This is what ads want to show to you the best, quicker, and easier the products or things will be and do. That’s pretty simple what people want to live in, easy world making things better for the future. Now its massive booming business growing to better qualities then people changes to feel lots easier, until then got to replace the old into even better. It will never change but it brings people happy that they are making things lots easier and enjoyable with what they have.

Advertising

There’s so many advertising every day, sometime I did do what the advertising showed and sometime I already did went out to restaurant and then advertising about that restaurant. It was lots of repetitive commercials that get bored, at first it was humor or understanding that they are doing their business. I like when I see a professional commercials showing without stupid ridiculously mascots acting. Any ridiculously commercials, that doesn’t wanted me to buy from there. Most of time everybody wants to sees something funny that comes out of it but most of time hate when commercials time pop out between episodes. You got to wait for your TV show just because of commercials time. When I record a TV show, I tend to fast forward when it was commercial to save my time. 

I find some were effective and ineffective. As long as the audience understands what the ads were trying to say and show then it will be effective. I also like when ads were proud sponsors of an Olympics or games. That’s what makes me feel good that they care about Olympics; I ended up eating McDonalds or drinking Coke. The ineffective commercials I don’t like were products being war with each other’s. Like for example Verizon and AT&T Cell Phone Company always have battle to show who’s the best. That turns me off because both are the same thing, both wants to be the best but at all they are the same thing that do the exactly the same. 

Other than that, I look forward to new Beef Jerky commercials and Super Bowl day coming up!

Persuasive Essay summary of mine

Cell phone should not be used on the road

I wrote how dangerous cell phone is while operating vehicle. There were many crashes reported from cell phone while driving. The rate was the same as drinking risk factor. Eventually if driver knew the risk, they won't put themselves in dangers but still phone was more important making call or send a text messages. The laws now are enacted in prohibits cell phones while driving, if get caught by cop they would be fined. Fines alone won't stop drivers to put aside the phone and pay attention to the road. In one research about cell phone on the road, they are seeking a device to prevent cell phone to work while in the car meaning install all devices in every vehicle. If that's the solution then it should be acted to reduce crashes and makes road more safer.

Researh

Works Cited

1.      Governors Highway Safety Association. "Cell Phone and Texting Laws." State Highway Safety Offices. October 2011.

http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html

2.      Edgar Snyder and Associations. "Cell Phone and Texting While Driving Statistic." Edgar Snyder. 2008 and 2009 year reports.

http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/statistics.html

3.      Mashable Tech. "The Average Teenager Sends 3,339 Texts Per Months." 2010.

http://mashable.com/2010/10/14/nielsen-texting-stats/

 

4.      National Safety Council. "National Safety Council Estimates that At Least 1.6 Million Crashes Each Year Involve Drivers Using Cell Phones and Texting." 12 Jan. 2010.

http://www.nsc.org/Pages/NSCestimates16millioncrashescausedbydriversusingcellphonesandtexting.aspx

Added two more references. Will be editing more for my final drafts.

5.      News Center The University of Utah. "Drivers on Cell Phones are as Bad as Drunks." 29 June 2006. http://unews.utah.edu/old/p/062206-1.html

6.      Science Daily. "Talking Distractions: Why Cell Phones and Driving Don't Mix." 31 May 2008. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080531084958.htm

Style

Some tips was helpful in creating the paper with style and to have the readers to read it constantly flowing. Few rules I knew that shouldn't be written that way. Unless with exceptions of explaining like using direct quote or foreign language character's quote. Other than that, I knew some English writing rules but can't remember them all. I am not a writer but I try my best every time making my story or essay to the point and audiences understanding my literature. Helpful tips were writing in nouns and verbs not with adjective, this problems here I always tend to forget noun and verb in writing a sentence. Other is that I sometime tend to overwrite and my explanations so I fully provides every information that is needed to say. Just like Martin Luther King Jr. he wrote letter from jail which is pretty long at least he's trying to say everything, so do I. Other than that, I always try to write excellent papers knowing that I will make mistakes when someone tells me to make changes. I can't promise a best paper ever but at least I can promise you that you will understand what my point of the paper would be about.

Effective argument Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) he was arrested in the non-violent campaign in Birmingham, Alabama. MLK wrote his letter to the fellow clergymen which himself really wanted people around the nation to hear his story about what has happens in his jail cell. Police arrested MLK for being "outside agitator" which is ought to be a crime for protest against a movement. An example of fallacy, begging the question in page 155, "Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds." It is a free speech for people across the nation to promotes their thought and right like an example of MLK carefully chosen his words to describe in an meaningful thoughts.  Three appeals of logos, ethos, pathos were all used to make in the entire letter. His tone was strong bold symbols of what's going on with segregations and black's right into equally where "all men are created equals" quote from third president Thomas Jefferson. MLK has also used other quotes from famous people or from anyone who involves where there are clashes between blacks and whites. MLK was effective in writing his letter to address to whole Americans and outside the nations such as Africans people feeling like the "Waits…." must be ended meaning "they never" will resolves this problem. Other fallacy is on page 163, hasty generalization, white people do supports black culture when they are going through the hard time. "Christianity takes two thousand years to make accomplishment and  black are going in a 340 years which is thought to be an hurries." Of course, people can't live to that long to see it changes. In MLK presences, he wrote the letter to make it ends at 340 marks to bring freedoms to the blacks so they won't have to go a two thousand years to get it worked out. An ineffective part takes place when the unprepared will act quick in direct action. At least there is something to approach to the actions to make it equally and rights.


MLK impact many people as we are living today without him, his logical fallacies has many statements. I hope I can learn from him and write better persuasive paper, he is such an intelligent black leader and will always be.

Logical Fallacies

Either-or: A product at the store always comes up for the best seller. A couple is looking for a brand new television for $1,000 dollar. Option A: they would have buy 900 dollars 48 inches without 3-D vision. Or Option B: $1,100 with better sound and vision of 3-D which is awesome. The worker would encourage you to get Option B so they could make some more money as bribing. Therfore its up to the couple for their needs, they would have to persausive hard to make decision to go over the budget or save money with low quality television.

Bandwagon appeals: Doctor saying you are required for annual checkup. Yourself, you went to doctor last year and saying your perfect in health. Your friends recently got checkup and flu shot and suggesting you to get flu shot and see physican or your own family doctor to check for any signs or symptoms or any testing for disease. You thinking about this if you should see physican and talk about flu shot. Your friends gave you feedbacks that they never did got sick. Now your on neutral position wheather to get annual checkup but feeling waste of time doing this as well.

Rationalization: Making mistakes during the day. Waking up in the morning late for work because of the weather that turns the power off. Your now making excuses for return to your work late. At work you tend to be distracted but feeling guilty about lying to boss for silly excuse. Only if the power works just fine, the better you will be off during the day.

Topic

I'm going to write about texting/talking while driving at the same time should be illegal. Reason this should be promote the law so the road can become more safer to drive. None phone calls or text can be more important to make contacts.

When your opinion matters

This happens once in awhile. I always think everything at the same time and trying to answer the problem. I had said things not exactly what I wanted and think that was right. Then I realized I was wrong and had to changed it. There are time when this happens and when it doesn't work out smoothly. Can't expect everything to runs just fine and hoping it will turn out just what you wanted. There has to be two sides when one's right and one's wrong.

I'm going to college, I am in Athletic Training program. When I was freshman in college, I wanted to work with athletes and giving care that I already learned in class. So, I can applies on athletes in whatever they needs to be recovery. I had taken classes lectures about it and took test. Passed it, then I can do it. Instead, my athletic trainer supervisor says, "No, needs to be more training and practicing before you could work with athletes. You should be observing the older athletic trainer students, in order you will gain experiences before you work with athlete, understood?" I told them, "Well yeah, I can understand that, but with the athletic trainers doing special test or functional test. I wanted to be part of it instead of observing them doing it. That way I could feel if they have positive diganosis, because when your just watching, you won't be able to feel them and not learn much as you do on hands on job. With hands on the job, you are involved much more and learning much more. The more confidences you will builds up on yourself in giving properly treatments later on. With some participates, you can be feeling good about it and confidences builds up on time with learning expericences." Boss of athletic trainer said he agreed with me but afraids that we might be more harmful in giving treatment without knowing how much forces it takes unless your training and taking more test, you will feel better. Even though, I disagree with him, but has to accepts what they said. I can't overule him, at least I'm trying to make things better and better learning enivornments and learning over time builds up faster and your will be ready for the real world coming to you soon.

Muddiest Point

Hmm, pretty much will have no problem thinking for an assignment for this topic. Reason because lots of discriminations, bias, opinions, and feelings happens all over the world. The only part can be difficulty is the research to find and to get paper done. However, I think no problem at all in finding this assignments topic soon. I have no questions about this or anything unclear to be more explained to me. If I always needs help, I would contact teacher. That's teacher's role to help students understanding and to learn from class that they teaches.

Personal Narrative - Notaro

Does the writer provide an introduction that grabs the reader’s attention?

Part of it, at first what basket? then it talks about family members taking turn taking care for grandpa.

Does the writer focus on significant events in his or her life rather than trying to narrate his or her entire life’s story?

It explains who grandpa is and what he do everyday. He is illness, can't do much but ignoring nurse's order and been off to do what he wants to do. Its fun how the story goes with food for the animals where nana gets crazy about that.

Do the descriptions of the characters or important objects in the memoirs include sensory details that help readers to visualize, hear, smell or feel them?

Yes, I could imagine because it normally does happen everytime when your not pay attention to food expire dates. With this story hoping the animals would get food. The smells wasn't much describing but the slight of ants I could imagine that as well too. The hearing was kinda hard to tell, but they had been hearing intescts been for the moldy food.

Has the writer quoted speech or dialogue so as to reveal some important aspect of a character’s personality?

Yes, Most of it was about grandpa how they were been up to. Their personalities reveals who they are.

Does the writer narrate or describe events in a way that allows readers to connect them to experiences or relationships in their own lives?

Pretty much, my grandpa kinda just like him. Really the most of all, he hates animals and wants to live peacefully which means no creatures allows around. at all. It was pretty much hard time when your trying to do things right way what they wants you to do. At least the outcome would be the same results if you do that way and grandpa wants that way to be done... Over time things get better, there always room for improvement and better strategy. Just like at grocery store, I see customers complains at workers.

Has the writer explained the significance of the people, events, places, or objects in shaping who he or she has become? Does this explanation make sense in relation to the events, people, places, and things described throughout the memoir?

Pretty much yes

Does the writer provide a conclusion that reinforces the point of the story?

Yeah, grandpa wants his own ways even if nana get angry about that. Thats how he rolls. Like my grandpa love beers, he would drink six beers a day. Until one day grandma get angry at him drinking beer all the times and lock up the refrigeator. Thats big time troubles, wishing I was never in middle of that when I needs something to drink and he told me, "one beer please." Grandma would kick me as well too for giving him a beer, haha.

Another Personal Narrative - White

Does the writer provide an introduction that grabs the reader’s attention?

Too long to start with at least some points of story he begin to exploring and fishing in the summer. Fishing captures my attention because it's something that I like to do and go to the lake in the summer.

Does the writer focus on significant events in his or her life rather than trying to narrate his or her entire life’s story?

White has his memories when he was there before. Few main points which he was describing about his life story.

Do the descriptions of the characters or important objects in the memoirs include sensory details that help readers to visualize, hear, smell or feel them?

Wooden surrounding the lake which he remember the fresh smell of lumbar and the beauty of the lake. Lake area was very deep that White described them to bring reader into understanding and feels what's it's like to be at the lake.

Has the writer quoted speech or dialogue so as to reveal some important aspect of a character’s personality?

It was basically about his memories when he was there before. There were none of speech but his furious experiences at the lake.

Does the writer narrate or describe events in a way that allows readers to connect them to experiences or relationships in their own lives?

Yes, to those who had experience going to the lake, fishing, camping, hiking, or hunting. These are the wood and you got to survive in it every night. There's animals out roaming freely and the surrounding feels peaceful. I remember my childhood, so would my future kids wanting to know what I had did or done or been to. So did White bringing his kid to his spot where he had been.

Has the writer explained the significance of the people, events, places, or objects in shaping who he or she has become? Does this explanation make sense in relation to the events, people, places, and things described throughout the memoir?

In somewhat, at least he explain what the lake experience was alike in the past to now. It was old lake  and new to his son what it was. The events of the story was in order on how he described it.

Does the writer provide a conclusion that reinforces the point of the story?

Yes the memories, experiences, and adventure of the trip to the lake brings good time for the father and his son to have fun thrilled trip.

Diving into Personal Narratives - Sedaris

Does the writer provide an introduction that grabs the reader’s attention?

Not really what David Sedaris is trying to point the story out. His introduction was bit of humor but to the exactly in the first paragraph, was that the story of the narrative for the whole story? At least he rebounded to understanding his of moving to France where he would have to adapted to their culture and their languages.
Does the writer focus on significant events in his or her life rather than trying to narrate his or her entire life’s story?

He narrated his experiences being at school where people speaks French language and trying to understand those language. All the time he was in the French class room in Paris, France.
Do the descriptions of the characters or important objects in the memoirs include sensory details that help readers to visualize, hear, smell or feel them?

It captures the story by visualizing how he went through all the French languages which he was feeling little bit nervous about speaking and understanding language in France. The teacher is pretty much strict on pronounce those words and pretty much can feel abusing student on understanding and speak right. Not easy to learn new language in a day, students comes in to take and graduating the class. They got to start rusty into well education people. It also can be part of hearing from over the time and from abusing, it will gradually learning over time on how they speak the sound are different than the English language.
Has the writer quoted speech or dialogue so as to reveal some important aspect of a character’s personality?

Characters speech was their personality as they were revealed what the teacher wanted for them to speak of like or dislike for the classroom.
Does the writer narrate or describe events in a way that allows readers to connect them to experiences or relationships in their own lives?

Kind of, it depends on readers life if they had been going through similar with Sedaris'. Some of us had cruel teachers or those who we don’t like but have to accept the fact they have to go through it. These can be experiences of learning languages, educations of compare and contrasts, or any events relating to this story.
Has the writer explained the significance of the people, events, places, or objects in shaping who he or she has become? Does this explanation make sense in relation to the events, people, places, and things described throughout the memoir?

As class goes on, he begins to understand more and more and what it was like in the past comparing to now nearly to full understanding language in France. He went through the hard time to learn better and live life as normal French citizen. Like "no pain, no gain", he deserve it only if he study hard that teacher has made him to do. 

Does the writer provide a conclusion that reinforces the point of the story?

The conclusion was to understanding French language made Sedaris better person from his teacher on welcoming to Paris and live like true French people. Otherwise, not willing to learn, best off stay in America.

Sentence Variety

Sam hop in her car and drove off to the mall. She bought a pair of boots and a shoeshine kit at the shoe store. At the food court, she purchased stuffed with onions and peppers burrito. The boy at pretzel stand got in her eye thinking he is cute and is blushed when he walks toward Sam. Crazy moment of acquaintances made Sam emotional breakdown and cry of his reactions of her bad breath. Ends up running to bathroom putting on her new shined boots. Restored and confidence in herself made her to come out and show the boy some manners. She kicked the boy down to the ground with the new boots and left the scene.