Monthly Archives: December 2020

While scrolling through social media, I found this post and it caught my attention because of how funny and real it is. The “2nd grade” portion of this post displays the level of maturity and self control that both those presidential candidates had.

When writing this essay, my focus was mainly on highlighting the way John Boyega used rhetorical devices to succeed in delivering his message with his speech. The thing that drew me to this speech was the reasoning behind the speech. The black lives matter movement is something that inspires me to more for the black community. So, for this speech to be a huge inspiration to all black lives is the main factor as to why I wrote on this speech. A few things in writing this essay was easy for me. Some of those thing were explaining the reason to why the rhetorical devices a talked about were valid in speech, giving a summary of the speech at the beginning of my essay, and putting everything together in the hand. The hardest part for me while writing this essay was analyzing the video and trying to listen all at once to determine what those rhetorical devices were. My understanding of the speech elevated because while analyzing it I was focused on small things such as body language, tone changes and the setting of the speech. All those played into what made the speech as meaningful as it was. I would like the reader of this essay to keep in mind that this essay is something that is talks about something that weighs heavy on many people. The importance 0f this speech is something that travels throughout the entire world. I would give this essay the grade of a B+ because I did a good job of explaining why I chose the rhetorical devices that I’ve chosen. However,  after reading it over I realized that I could’ve added more rhetorical devices that were used in Boyega’s speech.

This past president election has been something that I had been focused on for weeks. The suspense of this election has been so much more drastic than any other election in history because of the amount of controversy that follows it. Also following the very interesting presidential debates that has led up to that election. I wasn’t able to vote this year due to my age, but encouraged my family and friends to do so. I was proud to see the amount of people that voted. It shows that people are finally stepping up to make change. I was surprised to see some republican states turn in favor for Biden. One of the deciding factors in this election was the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although I don’t believe that trump is as bad as everyone paints him out to be, it’s good to see Biden in office because this is a chance to change the way this system is run even if that change is minuscule.

The presidential election has always had me on edge since the beginning. I worked on election day and it wasn’t as wild as many people thought. There were many first time voters, especially young people, so that was nice to see. I voted for my first time as well. Ever since we closed the poll site, every few hours I would refresh my phone safari page that had the electoral college results of each party. I had my doubts that Republican Donald Trump would win since coronavirus first took place. It hit his presidential campaign hard, too hard for recovery, unfortunately. Therefore, I’m not really surprised Trump lost, just disappointed. Fake news won.. From the 2020 presidential election, I will remember the memories I made with my fellow co-workers on election day at the poll site but most importantly, how America has failed me.

The central idea of, “Here’s what to know about the dangers that go along with hosting Thanksgiving amid surging corona virus infections: What’s safe? What’s not?” Hartford Courant by Keith Grant is how you can have a safe Thanksgiving this year. He goes into detail on how you can celebrate thanksgiving with your loved ones despite the pandemic. Grant clearly is not against gathering on the holidays since he created an entire guide on how to do it with the least risk of exposure. Keith said who you should and should not allow to be around you on Thanksgiving celebrations and recommended what type of protocol you should do if you’re allowing non immediate family members to spend it with you.He was effective at expressing the options people are left with due to COVID-19 and what is suggested and what is not. He described what you can do to limit possible spreads of the virus so you can still enjoy the holiday with your friends and families. He was ineffective at using ethos. Hypothetically, as somebody looking into trying to spend the holiday with non family members, I would want real statistics or statements from professionals proving that it is okay or safe to do the things he said is. He had no proof behind what he was saying in the opinionated article. He failed at establishing credibility which is almost always necessary in order to persuade somebody.

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