Which element/portion of Yablonovskiy’s analysis stood out to you most and why? Provide both context from the text and your reason(s) for why this part of the author’s analysis stood out or seemed profound to you. Your response should be at least four sentences long.

In “One Step Towards Equality…”, Chau critiques movies like Crazy Rich Asians and TV shows like Fresh Off the Boat for reinforcing Asian stereotypes, but Constance Wu (or Jessica Huang), the “tiger mom” on Fresh Off the Boat states that people should celebrate how historic it is that there are movies and TV shows with all-Asian casts. Do you feel like sometimes arguments over identity and representation can be too much or overblown? In other words, are the arguments contextualized well enough and does being highly critical sometimes detract from the progress that has been made in regard to representation of different ethnic groups/races in American media? Your response should be at least four sentences long.

Capture Rankine’s thesis from “Excerpt from Citizen” in one sentence. Discuss Rankine’s appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos and whether or not you feel her appeals were successful. Your response should be 5-7 sentences long.

Rhetorical Tools

Define (in language that you believe would be most easily understood) each of the rhetorical tools below and provide an example of their use. Each person should define the tool in their own words and each person should provide one example.

Allusion – Breanna & Jeffrey Chan

Analogy – Alisa & Tasnia

Anecdote – Kayla & Jeffrey Lai

Hyperbole – Celine & Edwin

Irony – Nayancie & Robert

Oxymoron – Daniel & Johnathan

Paradox – Jorge & Edward

Trope – Ankon & Chang

Syllogism – Brian & Ashim

Refutation – Kai Lan & Janice

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Example:

Rhetorical tool: alliteration

Definition: repetition of the initial consonant sound in words that come after one another

Example(s):

1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

OR

2. We all deserve a happy home, a healthy family, and a hopeful future

My apologies about the late blog post.

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Please answer one of the questions from pp. 118-119 of Join the Conversation. If there are already two responses to one of the questions in the comments section, please answer another one of the questions. Example, if two students have already responded with answers to question #2, then please answer another of the 9 questions.