Topic: Why music should be funded for residents in nursing homes with Alzheimer's Disease
Purpose: Music in the form of an MP3 player or iPod should be funded by the government for residents in nursing homes with Alzheimer's Disease because research has shown that residents with the disease show much more brain activity when listening to their favorite music. This cost of one simple device to play music should be covered by health care because it may be more effective than the drugs that the residents are receiving.
Audience: People who have family members with Alzheimer's Disease
The workers of the nursing home
People who work in health care and health insurance
Doctors who specialize in the brain
Music majors who would like to find a way to use their talents to help people
People who would like to donate their money, but are not sure where to give it
Context: The controversy would be that there are too many costs for the residents already and the people running nursing homes and insurance companies do not have the funds to buy the simple devices.
Abby Persicketti
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Definitions of Work, Career, and Vocation
To me, a career is something you are well versed in and
spend a lot of time doing. It is usually an expertise one has and it is a broad
category. My career at the moment is being a full time student. My life revolves
around school and I spend long hours focusing only on that. I believe my title
as a student is my career. The work I have in my life is my school work that I
do in my career as a student or what I do to support the necessities I need in
life. I babysit to make money. I enjoy it, but it is not what I want to do for
the rest of my life. It is something I am doing just to get somewhere else in
my life. I write papers, study for tests, filling out applications for housing
and classes. What I consider to be my vocation is my calling in life. I believe
my vocation in life is to help people. I do not find it to be my career or work
because it is something I enjoy doing and believe I am meant to do.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Purpose Statement and Design Plan
Abby Persicketti
Dr. Wielgos
College Writing II
Purpose Statement: The purpose of my rhetorical
analysis is to show the audience how the creators of the posters of several
Audrey Hepburn movies get across the plot of a movie using different elements
such as the position of objects and words, color, and facial expressions. I
want my audience to watch the movies after reading my analysis. I want them to
also have a better understanding of why the posters were such a large part in
making the movies successful.
Audience: The
audience is romantic movie lovers, Audrey Hepburn fans, and hopeless romantics.
Context: I am going to focus on three different
parts of the posters. First, I will focus on how the text and typeface can
relay a message about the movie. Second, I will focus on the facial expressions
and body language of the characters on the poster. Third, I will focus on the
colors and placement of everything on the poster.
The medium I will use is an academic paper on
Microsoft Word with large images of the posters so the audience can see the
details that I will be talking about.
The arrangement of the posters will be wrapped in
the text that is speaking about them. The audience will be able to view the
poster easily after they read the words talking about it.
Strategies: Ethos:
I will focus on the credibility that each designer of the poster has. I will
research his or her history in art or school or the movie industry. This will
help the audience know exactly who the creator is and what makes them qualified
to make something as important for promoting a movie as the poster. The ethos
the audience will be able to trust me and see that I am credible because I have
seen all of the movie and I will also do my research on the creators of the
posters as well as the time period.
Logos: I will analyze
why the creator of the poster would do certain things on the poster. Such as,
if it is logical to make a certain actors name larger than the name of the movie
title just because he or she is friends with that actor, or if they did that
because the popularity of the actor will draw in an audience to see the movie.
Pathos: I will write
about the effect that the certain color choices and words may have on the
audience and why they will be drawn to see the movie. Many of the choices the
creators of the posters make are to strike a chord in the audience to make them
feel a certain way. Whether it’s a longing face because of forbidden love, or a
smile because Audrey Hepburn is happy in the movie. There are plenty of ways
the creator tries to make the audience feel using different elements of the
poster. The audience will feel the love and the emotions of each story that I
will be talking about through my use of imagery.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
The poster from the movie "Crazy Stupid Love" is based a lot on the faces of the characters of the movie. This movie looks like it was made a few years ago because the clothes are very current and so is the way the photos look. They look like they were taken with high definition cameras. The genre of the movie that is being publicized by this poster is a romantic comedy for older audiences. The evidence I used was the title, of course, but also the photos. The people in the line of photos are smiling. Also, the largest photo with Steve Carell and the woman's heel on the table shows a sense of romance that is in the movie, but you can tell it will be comical based on the confused/shocked expression he has on his face. I think the designers used the colors they did to make it look sophisticated. There are not any super harsh, in your face colors. The visual path my eye follows through the poster is first Steve Carell's face in the large picture because it is in focus. Then it leads to the heel because you want to be able to see what Steve Carell is looking at. You could also say that your eye leads then to the title because it is in the center and goes from a thin to bold text. My eyes then follow the photos of the characters from left to right at the bottom of the screen. The eyes then go to the date at the bottom of the poster. The designers "ask" you to see the elements of the poster in this order because it first introduces you to the main character, then to the title, then to the rest of the cast, and then the date it hits theaters.The overall effect of this poster is to show that the movie is funny and inviting, but it also shows that it is not a movie that children should watch because of the mature tone of the colors and pictures.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Abby Persicketti
Dr. Wielgos
College Writing II
Purpose
Statement and Design Plan
My
purpose for this essay is to open the eyes of my generation and generations to
come and show them that while Technology (mostly phones), while they may have
benefits to society, are also hurting the social part of society when people
are focusing on their technology rather than the people around them. A majority
of mankind is becoming less social because they connect through a screen rather
than sitting with one another in conversation. This can be harmful because when
it comes to a time that they need to interact with others in person they may
not be able to do it effectively. I have heard many times that people miss the
“old days” of no cell phones where people got work done and were out and about
with their friends and family instead of staring at meaningless things on their
phone. I would have to agree that I miss my younger days of not having a phone.
That is why this purpose is important to me, because I miss the sense of
closeness I used to have with people when scrolling on one’s phone instead of
talking was not an option. The people I will be targeting in particular with
this photo essay is anyone who uses their phone regularly, specifically teens
and young adults. I want my audience to see the things they are missing and to
become aware of how they are when they are on the phone. Some people are so
used to having a phone with them that they may not realize how much they are on
it. I think the statement will come across strong because the audience will be
able to relate since I am sure they have a phone. As a whole, I believe if we
all become more self- aware of our phone usage we may become more productive
and look at the world differently. This time with our head up instead of
looking down at a screen.
The
approach I am taking to this design plan is that I am using the Mesh slides PowerPoint
provides as a nice background that looks techy, but will not distract too much
from the pictures shown on the slide. The font I will use is SimSun because it
looks very stiff and structured, and it reminds me of technology. The typeface
is not warm or inviting and, therefore, this will cause a cold feeling while
looking at the slides because the feeling I am trying to convey, is a sense of coldness
that comes with using technology rather than having human interaction. The
photos will show different scenarios where technology can distract the users
such as playing a game of cards, eating breakfast, studying for a test or
simply having a friend try to talk to you. The photos will be in color so they
can stand out against the gray background. The captions of the photos will help
the viewers to understand a little more exactly what is happening in the photo.
I believe they will be able to tell the scenario without the captions, but the
captions help the audience to see what the people in the photos are thinking or
saying.
Ethos: I want my audience
to see that I am someone who has experienced the distractive qualities of a
phone. I took photos of real situations I have been in before and I think that
makes me a credible source. My font is very professional looking and looks like
an authoritative font, which will help the audience to take it more seriously.
Pathos: The photos look
like they could be anyone’s friends who might not be paying attention to them.
The audience will be able to feel what they have felt before when they have
been in that situation.
Logos: The photos will
show the ways that people can be distracted by their phones in a very logical
way. I believe the audience will look at the photos and be able to make sense
of what is happening in the specific example.
Reflection
My experience with this photo essay has been mixed. I enjoyed creating the essay itself and coming up with the purpose statement. I also think that I had a good, relevant idea for this photo essay. However, I am not extremely pleased with the quality of my photos because the camera on my phone is an older version. I think they are clear enough to get the point across, but it would have helped my credibility if the pictures looked a little more professional. Other than my photos not meeting my liking, I enjoyed the creativity I was allowed with this essay. Usually when I hear the word "essay" I get stressed out, but if every essay could be like this one I would not mind doing them more often. When we were first told about the photo essay I was apprehensive about how I was going to make my thoughts concise. Luckily, Dr. Wielgos was very helpful during each class and on Blackboard explaining the steps we needed to take to successful relay our purpose statement to the audience. Overall, I would say that I enjoyed this essay thoroughly and would gladly do another, with a different camera next time.
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