Author: Samantha (Page 4 of 11)

COVID-19 the worldwide pandemic has vastly impacted parents and students. The beginning of online learning and the loss of jobs was one of the results. Parents and students had to adapt to a different lifestyle, filled with social distancing and a whole new world. The audiences I am trying to reach are parents and students, preferably those who are interested and watch the daily news, or news in general. The genre I would be planning on writing would be more like an interview shown on a news channel and then later shown on social media. It would be newsworthy content displayed on social media.  In interviews for example, during the pandemic, many interviews were going around of people reacting to job losses or government help. I would like to present this information on how to be more active as a parent through the hard times of having a teen or young adult during quarantine, explaining the pros and cons, and I would also like to teach young adults how to cope through the pandemic. I plan on getting starting by writing down all of my information and later on writing a script for the interview or the video I could be recording.  Something I could be worried bout would be the flow of my interview, and the time management, so it won’t be too long or too short. Also, something very important would be to capture both audiences which is something I have to work on. Concerns about finishing this project would be minimal, due to it being a video but collecting all the information would be my main concern.

CNN International is an international news channel. CNN Digital is the #1 online news destination, with more unique visitors and videos. There are many kinds of publications on CNN, regarding the global pandemic. CNN has views/articles/videos and much more not only in the United States but the world entirely. I think their audience is a more adult audience who likes to be informed about what is going on around them and globally. Or people who like to be informed generally, this channel is also on TV, so it could go out to TV watchers or people who view the news. Also, I am aware that CNN has ads on Facebook, and usually, Facebook has an audience older than 21, so the audience would be not teens to be more specific.  The pieces on these websites seem to vary, usually, some articles vary from 2 to 5 pages and the videos can range from 2 to 8 minutes. The tone of the articles and the videos are serious and very informative. The diction would be formal and academic, all articles are informing the audience.

1. “Although some writers do so, you should not introduce quotations by saying something like “Orwell asserts an idea that” or, “A quote by Shakespeare says.” Introductory phrases like these are both redundant and misleading. ” (pg.50) I feel like we’ve always been taught to introduce a quote like this but now we see as we mature, that is no longer necessary.
2. “Orwell’s assertion is that,” rather than redundantly combining the two. The second example misleads readers since it is the writer who is doing the quoting, not Shakespeare (as “a quote by Shakespeare” implies). (pg.50) We want the writer to know that we are writing, and why we are quoting this, not the person who we’re quoting from.
3. “When offering such explanations, it is important to use language that accurately reflects the spirit of the quoted passage.  We must also pay attention to the tone of the quote, how we also want to present the quote to the readers. IN the passage there’s this example. It is quite serviceable to write “Bordo states” or “asserts” in introducing the quotation about Fiji. But given the fact that Bordo is alarmed by the extension of the media’s reach to Fiji, it is far more accurate to use language that reflects her alarm “Bordo is alarmed that” This shows more concern to the quote, more importance of the passage too. How we must write in the “spirit” of the passage. As well as how we must introduce the quote or end the quote. (pg.47)
4. “The introductory or lead-in claims should explain who is speaking and set up what the quotation says; the follow-up statements should explain why you consider the quotation to be important and what you take it to say”. (pg.46) – This is a perfect example to me and my peers, of how to quote and where to place it.
5. “By surrounding every major quotation with a frame explaining whose words they are, what the quotation means, and how the quotation relates to your text. The point we want to emphasize is that quoting what “they say” must always be connected with what you say.”  This is what I mean about connecting the explanation and the quotes. It’s all about having a flow. pg.43)