Michael Macdonald Rhetoric blog

Title: Alexa loses her voice   Intro    Hello, I am Michael and I chose to do this commercial because I thought they  used a very interesting way of grabbing the audience's attention with  their purpose.   As you may know, we already watched this commercial in class  and you may understand the purpose, but I chose to do  this commercial before I saw it then and found it very interesting how it  grabs  your attention.   Purpose: Purpose evolves around the concept of having humor and Celebrities or recognizable people for each different type of person with different interest.  Example: Nerd, or someone into hip-Hop. (Hannibal actor and Cardi B).  Then showing How Alexa does a way better job than them on giving advice and facts.     What is  Alexa ?   Hook:   Most of you may know what Alexa  But  I'm  here to touch your souls about Alex...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=50&v=iNxvsxU2rJE&feature=emb_logo Alexa commercials usually try to show off the technology advanced aspect of the device.  While in this commercial they give a comedic presence to it all while using celebrities to grab the audience's attention even more.  While doing all this they still show all the technology pros of the device.  By combining both of these aspects they can draw attention and show the positives of the device at the same time.  I feel the main purpose of this commercial is to get a wider consumer and show that well-named people use the device Alexa.  Using all these celebrities all surround around ethos style. Each celebrations portrays to an audience of different interests.

The Role of Writing in Political Science Strengths:1. up to date with the sources 2. Structured very well 3. Analyzed differently Weaknesses:1. The length of the conclusion is too long 2. too much redundant explanations 3. there are no quotations Writing in Psychology Strengths:1. personally explanations 2. clear words/phrases usage 3. analyzed from different viewpoints Weakness:1.  not enough sources 2. wrong citation style 3. no paragraph structures at all Writing as a Creative Writer Strengths: 1. Very good citations 2. Many examples 3. descriptive Weaknesses 1. No source authentication 2. Wrong citations 3. Long Writing in the Field of Economics Strengths:1.  Examples from the person 2.  Sources 3.  In-depth weaknesses: 1. The conclusion is too long 2. Using the first person too much 3. To long The Role of Writing in Engineering Strengths:1. good citations which point out the usage of each source 2. explained each sourc...

https://www.bluefishjobs.com/jobs/13306807/professional-internships-at-recreation-wellbeing-at-the-university-of-wisconsin-madison This source/writing is non-academic in my field. This is because it is written to a mass audience. People looking for work in the SRM field would find this source helpful.  Myself is using this source for my class in SRM. https://www.nba.com/bucks/ This writing/source is a non-academic source. This is in the SRM field because it relates to the Milwaukee Bucks organization.  Any audience that wants to know who and about the franchise would visit this source. I personally would visit this source all the time. https://sportsmanagementdegree.org/guide-to-a-career-in-sports-event-management/ This source provides a basic overview of what sports event management is. Also what the degree entails. This would be helpful for acquiring a job in the field. This non-academic source is simply just informative. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevincashman/2019/...

Similarities 1. Any information used must be given credit and sources. 2. Parenthetical citations. 3. Paper is double spaced. 3. Information must-have a reference. 4. Information needs to be cited. 5. Have a reference page. Differences 1. For MLA you use your author's name and page number and for APA you use the author's name and date. 2. MLA is typically used in the humanities. 3. "Works cited" need to have the last name. 4. APA is typically used in the social sciences. 5. APA works cited needs to be at end of the page.

This assignment to me is trying to get the writer to focus on how any read is written in your field of study.  For me, that's Sports Rec. and Management plus Enterprise leadership. The writings they would want me to look at would be writings that are scholarly detailed in my field which is academic writing and writings that are for a mass audience which is non-academic writings.  I feel they want you to know the difference between them to better understand the differences.  Also to analyze both and get a better awareness of your field and how to write in your fields.  This assignment to me wants you to know what you have to do to accomplish your goals in your fields and the discipline you have to put on yourself to do so. This assignment can actually help you with a lot of things if you really get into it. 1. What if you were an open major and didn't know what to write about? 2. How do you get into detail about the discipline factor in the assignment? 3. Does the ...