Mcintosh, Winston Hubert, aka Peter Tosh. “Legalize It”, Legalize It. 1976.

Peter Tosh seeks to rally the public to legalize marijuana. He makes his lyrics relatable and by discussing the different professions, he speaks to each of his audience on a personal level to have both tolerance for those who do and to His song uses logos by emphasizing the already rampant presence and use by people across different walks of life. In its second verse, it categorically speaks to the health benefits of using the substance abuse and subsequently in the third paragraph, he elaborates upon its natural origins and how animals use it as well. In this catchy song, Peter Tosh, who had just left his singing group “The Wailers” , he has identified every argument that the naysayers use to continue the ban on weed usage. The stigma that only homeless or purposeless people engage with this substance is counteracted and the idea of it being a natural substance and thereby more deserving of legal status than the manmade substances such as alcohol and cigarettes was reinforced. His chorus reinforces his main ideal and in its catchy nature attempts to normalize the concept. He also uses ethos because as a user himself, and creator of the music, he shows the world that one can be creative and successful while using it. It even begs to the thought of if this increases performance.

Jason Maselli                                                                                               10/27/19

For my rhetorical analysis I chose to do short scary stories on reddit. The title of this story is called “Snowman Family” written by GorillaOfUndeath.

The story is about a divorced man. It takes place after a long and heavy snowfall. It was near midnight when the man, Chris decided to shovel peoples driveways to get ahead of the competition and to help aid in the creation of snowmen. His first stop was his ex-wifes house, after he is done Chris goes back to his own house to then make a Snowwoman. After he is done with this he comments on how is daughter would love it when she sees it. Chris then goes to Randy’s house who is the person his ex-wife cheated with. When Randy answered the door he is visibly mad  due to how late it is and after some type of exchange Chris stabs him with a syringe filled with a paralyzing toxin. Chris left him on the floor while he went to shovel his driveway, once done he comes back to get Randy who is still laying on the floor then drags him to the backyard where the Snowwoman was. During the process Chris comments on a problem he didn’t have when making the snowwomen making it clear he did the same thing with his ex-wife. After he is done he goes back to Randy’s house again and finds a photo of Randy smiling next to his then pregnant wife. After he is completely done with the snowman he goes to get his daughter. His daughter says the Snowcouple should have a child, Chris agrees and stabs her with another syringe saying he sees a resemblance to Randy. The story ends with him saying he needs to go shovel and once he’s done we’ll will make the kid snowman.

I found it very clear that the author was using pathos to get the feel of horror to the reader. The writer used very common mishap in life even started off with a descriptive description of the setting to make the reader get more involved. Learning the person the reader is seeing these events though is divorced makes them feel a bad for him even more so by saying he’d shovel there driveways as a type of therapy and peace offering having the audience believe that Chris is doing the right thing. The addition that he’s building snowmen for his daughter makes it seem sweet. The fact that this fact is mentioned after he finishes the snowwomen makes the reader feel like he is just the average divorced man who is trying to make their kid happy. The writer adds a little line about the lipstick Chris puts on the snowwomen it says that it ends up being a smeared mess adding to a little homemade feel but then compares it to a split lip in winter foreshadowing the horror behind the kind gesture. In the altercation with Randy the writer make sure the audience notes where Chris’ hand is(his pocket) with an even less friendlier tone at this point the reader knows something is about to happen.

The writer makes Chris strike Randy when he is about to mention why she cheated on him possibly to make the reader not totally shocked but still a fear factor is growing. When it is time for Randy to be brought to the other creation it is noted that no one is even aware of whats happening while he is dragging Randy by his feet it build more fear since this is completely possible. Chris uses a metal pole to make then snowmen stay straight by making the people inside lean on the pole it is here where it is said that this part of making the snowwomen was easier making the reader a little shocked. Snow is then packed over the person and during this process the writer makes Randy’s despair clearer even saying at one point this would be easier then if Chris was to let Randy go since frostbite has no doubt set in. Once finished and he finds the picture of Randy with his pregnant ex-wife it is dismissed making the reader think he still loves his daughter this is further proved by how he treats his daughter with love as any father would. When he agrees to the making of the kid snowman the reader would think they’d be building it together but this is quickly dismayed and she is stabbed  immediately this would shock the reader and make the reader feel worse when it is said that Chris would leaver her there for a bit in the cold morning weather.

Works cited

This story is no longer on the reddit it self so I will post the link to the video of the narration- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt8na6Nec8E

ENG 1101

For a long time now, many women have become obsessed with dieting, lifestyle, and their overall physique due to social norms. There are countless articles  on this topic. Whether it be explaining different dieting techniques, giving tips, or touching on the dangers that dieting brings along. The article I have chosen to analyze today was published in Cosmopolitan Magazine and it is “The Food-Combining Diet Made Me Question Everything I Know About Food- but it Might Not Be So Legit” written by Kara Cuzzone.

The article talks about a dieting technique that was quickly gaining popularity. The dieting technique is called Food Combining. In the article Cuzzone states “The theory behind the diet: Since your digestive system breaks down macronutrients at different rates  and use different enzymes, or molecules that help us digest, you should only eat foods that process at the same speed in one sitting.” In the text she also states the rules of the diet and the biology behind the rules.

I would say that the audience of this specific text would be women in their late teenage years to women in their late forties. I would not necessarily say that this specific audience is self conscious because this article can be for women who are simply interested in bettering their lifestyle. However, articles like this make women more susceptible to comparing themselves to others and genuinely caring what society thinks of them.

Magazine articles are usually witty and get straight to the point. However this article has a deeper meaning than just a diet plan. Women have become obsessed with being socially accepted and will do almost anything to lose and/or gain weight to fit it. Although this specific diet was not as strict or as harmful to the human body as others are, it is about the principle of the diet.

Works Cited

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a28750812/food-combining-diet/

hip hop is a music genre that allows artists to express themselves  specifically African Americans when it comes this type of music.  In the song called  “Never let me down” by Jay z and Kanye West it goes into detail about how the black history has made them into the men they are today. all the struggles and hardships that their families went through for generations developed the strength for them to work more harder to gain accessories that they want. its almost like their motivation is coming from pain and suffering which is kind of ironic. usually pain will make u feel more down about something rather thank persuade you to do more and go harder for what you want.

My chosen genre is the film industry and one article that I found really interesting is How Will the Movies(As We Know Them) Survive the Next 10 Years? 

This article talks about how big studios are taking over each other and how the smaller movies and even the brand titles are struggling and how every single aspect of the movie industry is being called into question. A big producer, Jason Blum said:“This is the biggest shift in the content business in the history of Hollywood”.

People in the movie industry are scared and not sure how it will look like years from now.

So the reporter of this article assembled quotes that were said by the key Hollywood figures and he concluded from what they said that their message to the industry was clear: adapt or die.

He goes into depth of how the movie industry will look like down the road. How and why it’s changing in these drastic ways and based on what these hollywood figures think and from their expertise about the movie industry and from personal experience in their fields they predict how the movie industry will most likely look like and how companies and actors are going to deal with this change.

The genre that I thought would best suit me is fairy tale. The fairy tale that I chose was, “Why The Autumn Leaves are Red” by Ada and Eleanor Skinner,  the story discusses literally why the colour of the leaves change colours as well as how the sun and moon came about to make our seasons in a world of only animals. It all started with a good deed by one of the little animals.

The story starts by using the animals in kind of like a government settings the Bear, the Deer and a Little Turtle. So in a way kind of like Russia, the United States and Canada at the national council trying to figure out what is the biggest problem in the Earth. In terms of the story they needed light to save them from the darkness so the Little Turtle which is the most peaceful one or Canada worked to do good and bring up the light that everyone needed. And because the deed was fulfilled the Little Turtle received high praise from the others. The Deer (the US because they have trouble generating goods by themselves) became jealous and tried to get some of the action that the Little Turtle got and tried to receive praise for itself and so he went to Skyland and the other animals tried to get him to come back when they found out. That’s when Bear went up to get him to come back ( I guess this should be America) but anyways they ended up in a big fight and then  Deer’s antlers were bleeding and then when he fell the blood went through the sky floor dripping on all the l.eaves changing th colour making it Autumn.

Why The Autumn Leaves Are Red

Sehun Bolaji

10/14/19

Rhetorical Analysis On the Story of Icarus and Daedalus

In the story of Daedalus ( A famous craftsmen in Greek Mythology) and Icarus (His Son) was locked in a tower above Minos (The King of Crete), to keep the secrets of the labyrinth hidden. In order to escape, Daedalus using his crafting skills had crafted two pairs of wings for him and his son to escape. Since Daedalus had crafted the wings using wax, he warned Icarus not to fly too high so the wax won’t melt due to the sun or fly too low so the feathers wont get wet due to the seawater. On their way to freedom Icarus forgot his father’s warning and flew too close to the sun, causing him to fall to the sea and drown. The purpose of the story of Daedalus and Icarus is that you should always heed your parents warning. The basic concept of the story Daedalus and Icarus is that hubris (Pride) is a bad thing. It could be said that the subtext is that you should always heed the advice and warnings of your elders, particularly your parents.

The story of Icarus and Daedalus targeted a younger audience, as shown by how Icarus was a young protagonist and fell to his doom not only because of his pride, but because he did not heed his fathers, Daedalus, a more experienced and wiser man warnings. The tone of the story is Egotistical, Arrogant, and Grim. It was egotistical due to the fact that he let his pride get in the way of his judgment. It gave off an Arrogant tone because he did not heed his father’s warning even though he was warned about the consequences of it. Finally, a Grim tone was set because at the end he had faced due to his ignorance. The Myth uses the rhetorical appeal known to us as Pathos. This Myth has an emotional appeal as shown by it using a connection between father and son to get its moral lesson across. Pathos is more effective than ethos and logos due to the target audience. The target audience is a younger age group, to be more specific,  those who don’t respect or listen to their elders, anyone older than them. By using a pathos appeal it keeps the younger audience more entertained. Using stats from ethos and facts from logos would bore the younger generation, if they’re not entertained they won’t be able to get anything out of this mythical story, prohibiting the writer from getting its message across. For instance, icarus getting cocky and flying too close to the sun and falling to his death is more entertaining than that of someone simply saying that listening to our guardians will have a positive effect on us in the future.

Work Cited

https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Icarus/icarus.html

Jevon Williams

ENG 1101

Rhetorical Analysis

Music writing is something that can not be taught, so it is a pointless exercise in a way to write a book called How to Write About Music.However, while you can’t teach anyone how to write beautiful prose about this melodic art form, you can encourage, shape and structure lessons to empower the reader to write about music. As Rick Moody states in his timely foreword to the book: “The lack of a dominant template is one of the many similarities between the music writing of the seventies, let’s say, and the music writing of our own time, is the lack of a prevailing format.”

He’s Right! There are hundreds of magazines in the twenty-first century, thousands of music blogs, YouTube channels, journals, etc. all clamoring for well-written articles, think pieces and musings on popular and not – so-popular music.

If writing for a blog, there are no more rigid word count restrictions; the possibilities are endless and it’s intimidating. Yet while the way we listen to and consume music has changed so much, an album’s basic concept remains the same.The exercise of defining and praising an album is therefore still a very true and sought-after method of writing music. Reviewing an album is not an easy task.

“The critic both uses and is sometimes blind to his prejudices and ideals – the more you know about yourself and how you process what you’re writing and given that self-knowledge, the better … Don’t write as someone who doesn’t care about what you care about.”

Tiffany Muse                    

Eng 1101

Artists partnered with CCG Network Radio, in the article, “What Makes a Hip Hop Song Hit Worthy” discusses the process of making a hip hop song and what important parts and elements are incorporated in order to make a popular charting hip hop record. The purpose for this article was for hip hop artists on the rise that make music at home and want to make a popular well known song. They adopt an ardent and candid tone so as to stay on track and get straight to the point in order to appeal to the targeted audience of artists that are here for a straightforward formula and answers to their questions and possible struggles.

CCG Network Radio begins the article by setting up a foundation and breakdown on what makes a popular hip hop song. It focuses on what attracts people to a song from what is most important, which in this case is the flow of the artist and how the words and music go hand in hand. The author  starts out with how to better appeal to a general and more broad audience which is the result of a song being a hit. This is followed by the author using metaphor to emphasize its importance by stating “words fit with music like a glove” (CCG Radio 2). This shows how they go together to become one and how its all about presence and the confidence of how the artist would recite the lyrics rather than the actual words you are saying. This is the key component because it gives listeners a reason to listen to the song and keep them listening to the point of wanting to repeat and follow along to match the artists rhythm and flow. The next important part of creating a hit hip hop record is the beat that goes behind it all. The beat is often the first thing that catches people’s attention along with the song’s hook and the author makes note of that by expressing that “the beat is the foundation that will be the first attention grabber” (CCG Radio 5). By stating that the author gives insight to the reader and allows them to think and reflect on when they listen to hip hop/ rap songs and begin to realize that everything being pointed out is true and can relate to why they like certain songs. Another important element in making a hip hop/ rap song is the ability to have a song that can relate to the general public. The author makes sure to highlight the importance of this by providing examples of ways some songs may only be relatable to a specific group which would prevent popularity in a song among a larger group of people. The article ends off with a tip from the author on a type of revision. The author suggests the artist to listen to their song from a different perspective to see if they truly see the song being good enough, by stating to “listen to the song with objective ears” (CCG Radio 6). This is important because it allows the artist to fight against their potential bias against their own music. This is a good tactic because it provides the artist the chance to take the art more seriously of trying to make a hit worthy song. This article provided piece by piece the necessary components that need to be taken into accountability in order to make a potentially popular and top charting song in hip hop/ rap. This genre follows a very particular formula and this article by CCG Network Radio breaks down that formula for others to learn, know, and garner success as a hip hop/rap artist. 

Work Cited 

“What Makes a Hip Hop Song Hit Worthy?” CCG Network Radio, 13 July 2017, https://ccgnetworkradio.com/makes-hip-hop-song-hit-worthy/.