Delaney Cahill Rhetoric Blog #1

Title : A proposal to gain more education and use recycling bins at the University of Iowa.  Purpose Statement : To persuade students to recycle more and the benefits of doing so. How it can change the world in the long run.  Thesis Statement: Recycling is important to both the natural environment and the human population and it can be fixed at the University of Iowa in a simple way.  Introduction : The amount of rubbish humans create is constantly increasing for many reasons including, buying more products and ultimately creating more waste, increasing population, new packaging and technology products are being developed and new lifestyle changes, such as eating fast food. Recycling is not only important for our environment but for ourselves. Our landfills our filling up. Products made from raw materials costs us more than recycled products.  Body:  Main point 1:  - importance of recycling  - benefits and damages to us and the world  Mai...

The topic I want to explore is the amount of recycling done at the university of Iowa. I personally don't think we recycle enough which is hurting our earth. I also think there should be a class or a 1 sh hour class thought about what is recyclable and what is compostable etc. I feel most people do not know so they just throw their garbage in whichever trash can. If the university of Iowa offered this it would educate us and ultimately help our campus as well as the earth. This topic interests me because although it could be a large topic I am choosing to just focus on the school I attend. I also work in a restaurant that does not recycle and it bugs me a great amount. in this speech, I am aiming to argue that we need to recycle and why recycle is so important. I believe we need to educate more people on this topic. here are some resources : http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/importance.html https://www.earthsfriends.com/why-recycling-important/

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Does social media have negative effects on college students’ grades? Introduction              Social media is everywhere. The evolution of social media and the internet has brought a new age of interaction and is now in almost every aspect of our daily lives. While social media has given us new ways to share ideas, stay in touch, learn, and grow it has changed how we live our lives. There are of course positives and negatives to social media but one aspect in particular I was intrigued with was the negative effects on a college students’ grades. A survey was conducted asking college students what they thought about their social media use and their grades.              Many researchers have done studies similar. Three researchers Markus Appel, Caroline Marker, and Timo Gnambs took a closer look at the affects of social media and academic performance....

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experiment: How much/what percentage of the bill do men and women tip in a restaurant in one shift? Questions What motivates people to tip? Why do people tip at all? Does the amount of change they receive affect your tip? Does the size of the party affect how much people tip? Is tipping 15% percent just a social norm? Do men or woman usually tip more? Synthesis chart on paper how much time do college kids spend on their phone a day why do college kids spend so much time on their phone, what are they doing? does social media and using electronics affect mood and sleep? what type of phone do you have? how many hours a day are you on your phone? do you look at your phone before bed? how much do you sleep in a night? what do you do on your phone or what social media do you use most - facebook - snapchat - instagram - twitter - other - texting/calling - work related

My topic is the difference of gender and the percentage they tip at a restaurant. I work at a restaurant in Iowa city so I will do an experiment with one of my shifts. questions do men or women tip more ? age ranges?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56b09ZyLaWk The commercial I choose is a commercial sponsored by Budweiser. It is called "Someone waits for you at home, Don't drink and drive." The audience is too anyone that drinks alcohol. Even if you don't own a car someone could ask you to drive them home using there car but the main purpose of this commercial is to make sure you don't. While under the influence you should never drive a car, regardless of the situation, it is putting you and someone else is danger. Every year there are so many deaths due to drinking and driving. This commercial in particular appeals to your emotions by showing a puppy and his owner spending time together and growing up. One night he leaves with friends to go out drinking and comes home the next day instead of at night. The puppy is sad he didn't return at night but is so excited in the morning. He choose to stay over at his friends and get home safely in the morning instead of risking hi...

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1. https://www-jstor-org.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/stable/pdf/43540116.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A54d1bfdad162cdbc4c3cc77e7eb88e43 This is an academic source. This article uses lots of paragraphs to point out important topics to really express her views. The author is Karen Thickstun. She is trying to engage and inform the general public about marketing to the millennials. She uses a pretty simple, informal language throughout her article. 2. https://www-jstor-org.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/stable/pdf/30000571.pdf?refreqid=search%3A4dd89209969fa3ccb18a743098a3516b This source is a journal article found on JSTOR. It is from the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing. This article has more of a formal writing style to it. Aims to explain journal evolution and the development of marketing. It was a very intriguing article. 3. https://www-jstor-org.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/stable/pdf/3150312.pdf?refreqid=search%3A4dd89209969fa3ccb18a743098a3516b This is also an academic source written by ...

This assignment is asking us to broaden our horizons by familiarizing ourselves with the writing style our intended field demands of us. We have a chance to interview someone more experienced in our field and analyze writings similar to our chosen field of study. There are many outcomes to this assignment as we will be familiarizing ourselves with different type of genres, learning more about the disciplines to our interests, and giving us practice on how to write to a specific audience.  Some questions I might have are how to get in contact with the right person to interview if we have not yet declared a major? Also where we can go if we need additional help?

This is for my Rhetoric class! Stay tuned. Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. It combines speaking and writing to influence/sway others opinions. It challenges one another to express their views and make an impact on one another.