Review for unit 2

Note: you can use this if you want if it aids your study. As a disclaimer: There may be things on here not on the test, or things on the test not in here. These are just things that might be important.
Chapter 10 Waves
-Types: Longitudinal/compression, shear/transverse (what can they travel through?)
-Properties: Wavelength, frequency, crest, trough, amplitude
-What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength?
-Behaviors: reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference (destructive and constructive)
-Standing waves
-Doppler effect
-Sound and light; frequency and amplitude
Chapter 11 The Properties of Light
-Wave nature of light (reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference) (double slit)javascript:void(0)
-Be acquainted with figure 11.8 (electromagnetic spectrum)
-Particle nature of light (photoelectric effect)
-Wave energy is amplitude; particle energy is frequency
-Is light a wave or particle? Neither; exhibits properties of both.
-Figure 11.17 (wave-particle duality)
Chapter 12 Physical Properties of Matter and the Continuous Model
-States of matter
- Physical properties of states of matter
-Melting and Boiling Points (figure 13.9)
-conductors/insulators
-Density=mass/volume
-Color; Discrete spectra (Absorption and Emission spectra)
Chapter 13 The Molecular Model of Matter
-4 assumptions
-Physical states of matter (figure 13.5)
-Maybe figures 13.6 and 13.7
-Temperature is the average kinetic energy of the molecules
-What is happening at molecular level with conduction, gas pressure, mixing substances?
Chapter 14 The Nuclear Atom
-Continuous model (previous chapter)
-Brownian motion
-Molecular model (previous chapter)
-Discharge tubes
-Thomson plum pudding model (figure 14.1)
-Rutherford’s gold foil experiment (14.2)
-Rutherford Solar System model (figure 14.3)
-Couldn’t explain discrete spectra
-Bohr Model
-if electrons were orbiting, they’d be radiating energy and falling into the nucleus
-also, why were they in specific orbits?
-Quantum Model
Chapter 15 Duality of Matter
-wavelength=Planck’s constant/momentum (momentum=mass x velocity)
-acts like wave when observed (sure of motion)
-acts like particle when unobserved (sure of position)
-Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Chapter 16 Quantum Model of the Atom
-Orbital: standing waves of probability
-Exclusion principle: Shell (1,2,3,etc) , Orbital (s,p,d,f) , Spin (up or down)
-Energy wells
Chapter 17 The Periodic Table
-Atomic theory (pg 200)
- families (columns), periods (rows)
-Periodic Trends (Atomic Size (figure 17.7), Ionization Energy (figure 17.8), Chemical Properties (valence electrons, etc))

Rhetorical Analysis

Argument of a friend: "You shouldn't do so much homework"
Why? "Because you should spend some time doing other things"
Like what? "Like playing in the snow, meditating, talking, making gingerbread houses, getting to know new people..." ok get the point. But I can't just not finish homework. "Why not?" I don't know. i just can't. "Well, why do you have so much?" I take too long. I have a lot of credits. And also, even my jobs have homework. "Well, why the heck did you choose to do all this stuff? Is it that important?" I don't know. Hey, when did this turn into an interrogation anyway? "Sorry." meh. "So, you ready to take a break?" I am taking a break; i'm talking to you. "really?" Ok, so maybe as I'm talking to you I'm recording it as a rhetorical analysis for an English blog entry even though we don't necessarily have to have one today, but my teacher said we might be able to have this one make up for one we've missed previously. "ha ha. you're lame"

...
I can't really argue with this. I guess his argument is affective.

Technical Assignment: audience awareness--those who have trouble relaxing

There was a study done for sleep help. The study was to find some of the best ways to relax. I can't remember number two and three, but number one (for this study anyway) was listening to relaxing music. Sometimes when I have a busy day it is hard for me to relax I can't even bring myself to sit down to listen to music. I try. I sit down to listen and it is just hard for to be able to sit there. I've come up with something different. I've started playing the guitar. It makes me sit there. In order for the music to come I actually have to sit there and play it. My fingers have to find the chords and I have to strum the rhythm. Then I feel the rhythm, strum the rhythm, and I start to slow down. To wind down. Maybe each has their own way to wind down. Everyone is different and so everyone should figure out the best way to do their own thing.

Free Write

I'm going to start typing and I'll try not to stop until I have a sufficient enough entry. I think it is probably a good idea; it gets you into the flow of writing. Sometimes it is difficult to begin. There is a blank screen in front of you with a cursor just blinking and blinking. Expecting you to do something with it. It kind of reminds me when I have a blank canvas in front of me. Every mark you put down will be judged or evaluated. It is hard to start. For canvas it is even harder because it costs so much. But even words. Once it is out. Once it is on paper. It is written down. People can look at you. People can examine you. It is a record that you are accountable for. Maybe that is why it is a little foreboding. I wish we could communicate clearly. Words are so muddled anyway. We don't think in words. We think in thoughts. If we thought in words then we would never have those times where we "can't think of the right word." In those instances we know the concept we are trying to find the right word to link to the meshy concept in our mind. Some people paint or sing or move or talk or write to try to communicate the concepts and the stuff that is going inside our minds, but it doesn't seem to ever be clear enough. It never seems to be completely accurate. One day perhaps. Maybe that's what "Adamic" language is. We'll all have to learn it, but it is just universally understood. Anyone can understand it. One person can speak it, and no matter what language you speak you'd be able to understand. Maybe that's what is happening in the scriptures when they hear things that couldn't be written down. It is this language that is universally understood and communicated, but they didn't know how to speak it yet. And maybe eventually we'll all be able to learn it. Things would get done so much more efficiently, and I can't imagine any arguments because people would understand where other people were coming from. A universal language. Where everything is clear.

FW: tonight

I am so tired of being on campus. One of the jobs I have is being an RA/TA for the Sociology department. The students in Soc 300 are required to give phone interviews for one of the professor's research projects. They get research gathering experience and he gets free labor. Well, almost free. A TA has to be in the phone lab with the students when they are calling people (from 7 to 9:45), and so we each take our night. Tonight is my night. Good joy. I've been patrolling half the time and going through a semester's worth of physical science homework (another glamorous job--Physical Science TA). You ever have those days when it just seems to be really really long? I do too.
Oh, my word. The best thing just happened. Three of my students just came and gave me some food. Bless their souls. I love them. It looks like onion rings, fries, and some kind of burger. Some kind of barbecue burger. It looks good. Happy day. (P.S. they aren't bribing me; they can't bribe me because I can't change their grades.) This tastes really good. I've been living of apples and soup for the last week because that's all I've had and I haven't had time to go to the store. I really hope that this is 200 words because this entry is getting ridiculous.

TA: Audience; a book club that is discussing Wright's poem

There are a few precious moments marked in a person’s life that are just as important as the epic milestones or the monuments of accomplishments. They are the moments of a deep self-contentment—a realization that everything has its place. James Wright’s “A Blessing” tells about a moment when he had such an experience. Wright finds himself in a condition of pure unfettered happiness, where he was able to undergo the awe inspired by an experience with two Indian ponies at twilight.
This poem serves as a reminder for those who get too tied up with the business and strain of the social world, a world whose social strains are often self-created. The reminder shows that sometimes it is necessary to slow down. The poem illustrates that occasionally moments are just captured, that time can hold its breath and allow a few minutes for someone to breathe in deeply and truly appreciate the glory of the simple and the overlooked.
I think that these types of experiences happen at different times to everyone. It doesn’t happen so much when a person’s physical surroundings change, but when the person changes a little in how they perceive their physical surroundings. Their senses become more acute and intensified with the wonders that encircle them. When reading this poem I couldn’t visualize exactly the grass and the ponies that Wright spoke of, but I could feel how they made him feel. It moved me to instances were I felt the vividness that he described. He writes, “Suddenly I realize that if I stepped out of my body I would break into blossom.” Reading his poem made me recall those instances when I felt in the same condition.

FW: D&C

D&C 59:1 The Lord gave a commandment to assemble in Jackson County, Missouri, and He blesses those who have done so with an eye single to His glory. The eye is “a representation of light, knowledge, insight, and revelation; (it) can also represent what we desire or long for.” The eye is the window through which the beholder is to receive knowledge, and to have an eye single means that the person’s desires are focused entirely on one thing. In this verse the blessings are for those whose eyes are single to His glory. Elder Dallin H. Oaks gave a talk where he outlined six reasons of why people serve the Lord—six motivations for why people choose to obey the commandments. The first was out of a hope for an “earthly reward,” to be recognized by the community and to receive compensation. The next was a “personal desire to obtain good companionship;” the desired consequence for doing right is to associate with others who do right. Other reasons for serving the Lord include “fear of punishment,” “sense of duty or loyalty”, and “hope of an eternal reward.” These are all good reasons if they keep a person from sin, but the most essential reason for following the commandments is out of a love for God. It is the desire to submit to God’s command for the humble purpose of fulfilling His will—not for reward, punishment, or other design—but simply because it is right. The Lord had given the saints a commandment to move to Missouri, and those who obeyed this commandment for the right reasons, who went with “an eye single to (His) glory,” are blessed.

FW: thanksgiving

I am thankful for:
The sweatshirt that I'm wearing, teeth, post-it notes, pictures, blue wigs, tithing, peacock feathers, laughing, garbage cans, hymns, noses, pillowcases, weddings, electricity, guitars, chocolate, stained glass, blush, toe-nail clippers, hack-E-sacks, twirling dresses, pants that fit just right, sushi, etch-a-sketches, nail polish, calculators, an alphabet, alarm clocks, chopsticks, lotion, tomatoes, chick flicks, family, friends, relatives, hair, glasses, bags to carry things in, college, vacation, singing, cell phones, the color white, audrey hepburn and fred estaire, dancing with a partner, conciseness, literature, bows, toothbrushes, daisies, tupperware, quilts, freckles, cereal, stars, cafes, wooden floors, ipods, earrings, love sacks, drum sticks, filing systems, computers, cherries, envelopes, three-toed sloths, sharpies, chocolate chips, exercising, my shoes, sketch paper, compliments, winning wagers, clean clothing, clouds, vegetables, ciran wrap, purses, mace, yarn, memories, jackets, balloons, late nights, winkleberry, paper plates, metallic markers, teaching physical science labs, bubbles, mushrooms, the word "goober", hole punchers, ear phones, zebra pens, cds, greeting cards, warning labels, jack handy quotes, uno cards, poison control, art, pasta, some forms of debauchery, being romantic, candles, good music, snails, words, pockets, change, good conversation, potato skins, holidays, road trips, the united states, erasers, hampers,drawing flowers in margins, good ideas, paper clips, funny faces, God, Christ, the Holy Ghost, the Scriptures, religion in general, faith, LDS religion, truth, the prophet, missionaries, charity, mercy, justice, plaid, plastic reusable cups, cardboard boxes, pink doors, mountains, windows, cars, calenders, restaurants, and more....

TA: Audience awareness, artist public statement

Artist’s statement
I believe that there is something inside of artists that they try to bring out in the medium—something like how they have been living up to this time, their mentality, their opinion of the subject they are painting, their feelings, and expressions.
This is not to mean that artists must paint puppies and hollyhocks when they are happy, and corpses when they are depressed. It does not mean that in order to paint the artist’s opinion of life he or she must paint in a literal manner to illustrate concepts; a spilling cup symbolizing a death, a cat symbolizing the demon inside, etc.
If you want, you could paint a portrait of a little girl when you are happy, and this same portrait when you’re depressed, or anxious, or tired. These feelings don’t have to be literally manifested in the subject but they will come out in the way that that the artist paints. The brushstrokes made become an indication of who the artist is and what he or she is thinking or feeling. As layer is laid upon layer and feeling upon feeling, depth is created—the painting will show humanity.
The artist must strive to have the freedom to express what he or she wishes. They must choose and master a medium that allows them the greatest freedom to express what they wish. It is a communication with the viewer, but instead of using words the artist uses image.
Art should put the viewer in a state of aesthetic arrest—to take them in. In my paintings I’ve striven to paint lifelike. This is not to be confused with photorealism—I want to go beyond realism and paint life not by what I paint, but how.

RA: Cummins and Gulutsan

They make the argument that those who speak a second language will be better at "objectification" and creating "sets." They go through a couple of studies that they did, where they give an operational definition of the concepts "set" and "objectification" and explain how these studies would be good ways to measure such things. For their studies, "set" is to be thought of as "the underlying dimension which integrates all the psychological processes and behavior of the individial." They measure levels of mental activity. Their conclusions are that "bilinguals performed at a significantly higher level than unilinguals on both verbal and non-verbal intelligence measures was attributed to the fact that becuase bilinguals have two words for the same reference they objectify both their linguistic operations and the conceptual features of the external environment more efficiently than unilinguals." I believe that their argument worked for their audience, especially as their audience was probably a bunch of dry old ostentatious intellectuals who needed some type of scientific study to justify any type of political conversation over some snobby wine-filled, cigar smoking social hour at the country club.

RA: Immigrant America

Alejandro Portes and Ruben G. Rumbaut's book "Immigrant America" talked about why immigration is a good thing. They used statistical research and logic. They point out that America is a nation that has been established from immigration. They show good sides including bilingualism and culture. They take arguments about wellfare being a problem and that immigrants don't pay taxes and other issues that people have had with immigration and counter them by using other arguments. Much of the book is just explaining immigration. What it is, what it does, what some immigrants are like, migrant patterns, and more. I don't know if their arguments were sufficient. Maybe for their audience, people who know some about immigration (probably pro-immigration people who would like some data to "prove" their claims). As for me, I still don't understand immigration. I've heard it both sides, but I still don't understand it. When did we start setting up walls and fences for people who wanted to come to America? Is the crime rate going up? Is our society really being hurt by it. Why is there this big separation between "us" and "them"? There is a geographical separation it's true, but it's not like those who were born in the U.S. merit this coincidence. Do those in America deserve to be in America? And do others deserve to be where they are? I don't understand, it might be things with the government that makes it more complicated than i'm able to comprehend. One day perhaps.

FW

People name their daughters Autumn and Summer but not Spring or Winter. I wonder why,

I like chocolate chips. In or out of the cookie.

We have two wire giraffes in our apartment; one is Cleo, one is Andy.

What if toes were called fingers and fingers were called toes. I don't think that would be a good idea.

I think that almonds taste like what trees ought to taste like.

Dear Blog,
I am tired.
I like the color white.
I also like to draw stars on my papers.
I can't draw stars on this paper though because it is on the computer.

I kind of like the the name Ralphie for a girl. I don't think I will name my child that, but I think it would like a friend who is a girl named Ralphie. Maybe I will call Heather Ralphie.

If I was in an air band I think that that would be cool.

If I worked at a hospital I think I would wear green scrubs.

I really don't understand where blonde stereotypes come from.

TA: Audience awareness, another for whit

It was Halloween. Ryan had invited us to a Halloween party at his house. We said we’d be a little late—because we had to go trick or treating.—and off on a little tangent—trick-or-treating was especially good that year—It was so cold that not too many people were out—so we were getting a lot of candy. Also Whitney, never ever let anyone tell you that you are too old to go trick-or-treating.—so after trick-or-treating we went to Ryan’s house. The people who I remember being there are Cambri, Lori, Heath, Brenton, Jordan, Ryan, you, and me. WE played some games ate some food. Cambri, Lori, and Heath left. Then we went outside and had the biggest snowball fight that Jordan, Ryan, and Brenton had ever been a part of. We were the white-washing queens. Yup, our techniques were so perfected we could actually be called royalty in this art. I must confess those guys were also pretty good snowball fighters and at the end we were all pretty cold and wet, but we were all sure laughing. Oh, except for Heath; He came back, got white-washed, and left. I think Spritely Twink almost got stuck on the way out. You know, we once made signs for those guys to hold up during basketball games. One said something about binging the opponent’s leg off, but I can’t remember what the other one said.

TA: Audience: Whitney

We’d decided to make doughnuts. We were all doing something; it was like a machine; roll, pinch, toss, sizzle—it smelled pretty darn good. Our little machine took a little detour; Destry bent down, and when she stood up her head hit the tongs that were used for flipping, and the uncooked doughnut spiraled through the air and landed behind the stove. For some reason we thought this was hilarious (You and I anyway) and we were rolling on the ground. I can’t pinpoint the exact reason why it was so funny, but even now as I’m picturing it I’m smiling. Perhaps the powdered sugar in the air had just gotten to our heads.
After the doughnut affair, we drove to the grocery store in the lovely fifteen-seater van in order to buy some life saver mints—(if you chew on them in the dark they spark in your mouth). Destry was trying to ride in a cart. I think she crashed.
On the way home we saw what we thought was a cat and so we started chasing it with the van. It turned out to be a fox. When we got to your house I think I parked the van on the street—I was too nervous parking it on your long driveway. We watched Robin Hood: Men in Tights with your grandpa, and ate doughnuts. Then we laid under the stars on your trampoline looking for UFOs, conversing philosophically, and pointing out shooting stars.

FW: Individual worth

Individuality and personality were part of our preearthly state. The traits that we developed premortally assist in establishing the individual personalities that we each have at the present. They are gifts from God—he actually wants us to have personality. Both our Eternal Father and His Son had a personality particular to them individually, and the personalities that we developed in the preexistence helped God place us in our specific circumstances. Our individuality comes from within us, and no power can take it away.

“Individuals have a genetic and an environmental inheritance, each of which is powerfully important. But there is an even earlier bestowal that follows us from our premortal existence wherein our personalities and traits were developed in various ways and in various degrees and strengths. The third bestowal is at least as important as those involving genes and environment. All three combined would, if fully comprehended, give us a true picture of the human personality and how it has been shaped and molded. This would help to explain human differences that are not explainable solely on the basis of genes and environment, varied as these are.”

Neal A. Maxwell. “Third Session,” Deposition of a Disciple. Gospelink. Salt Lake City, Utah. Deseret Book Company: 2004.

TA: LDS Audience

D&C 59:6 states, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Thou shalt not steal; neither commit adultery, nor kill, nor do anything like unto it.” It is important to note the last fragment of the section, “nor do anything like unto it.” This illustrates it is not enough to simply follow the letter of the law and, for example, refrain from killing people; there is a responsibility involved in this statement that requires an understanding to what God expects of his followers. Stephen R. Covey puts it aptly as he states, “What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. We all know it. There are people we trust absolutely because we know their character.” As stated in the scriptures, “Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit…Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them” (3 Nephi 14:17-18, 20). A tree will yield it’s own type of fruit; the nature of the tree determines the nature of the fruit. Hanging ornamental fruit on the tree (i.e. trying to change the fruit) will not alter the tree; the tree itself must change, and the fruit will change as a result. Our character is the origin for our works; therefore, by reforming our character, our works are also altered. Our actions are motivated by our founding principles, and so our characters must be such that the choices we make will advance the will of the Father.

RA: Live meeting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ZyV6kDC0Q

This ad has a young business man looking very sauve and business-like. There is intense music going on, the man gets out from a cab, and proceeds through an airport to an elevator. During this short journey, text on the screen reveals that he is, "Tyler Johnson, Vice President-International Sales" and a few seconds later, "Destination Helsinki, Product Feedback Meeting." He does some masculine business-like things; he runs his hands through his hair, straightens his suit, checks out the backside of a lady standing infront of him in the elevator. Then just has he is leaving the elevator, the doors slam his head. He drops to the floor where the doors close again on his head, and again. Finally, the janitor outside moves him out of the way, and the doors are able to close. On the closed elevator doors are the words, "Business Travel Stops Here, Microsoft Office Live Meeting."
This ad tells the audience that business travel is after all, just a big head ache. The audience is business men (like the poor Tyler Johnson). The name "Tyler Johnson" is a pretty average name, and so the average business man can put themself in his shoes. Some business men would begin watching the ad and think, "Yeah, that's me. I'm a business man," even though it's a highly idealized rendition, these type of men are optimistic. On the other side, you'll get the more realistic business men who'll start watching the ad thinking, "that's not what it's like at all." The ad's conclusion works for both. The first type will think, "I don't want that to happen to me" and the second type, "business meetings are a headache, it's true." What is the answer? Microsoft Office Live Meeting.

TA: artist audience

Art should be beautiful. This is more than attractiveness; one should be able to be moved by beauty. In art, something may not even be “pretty,” but it can be deeply satisfying, beautiful even. Something can be happy, but things can also be sad, and sadness can be its own kind of beautiful, too.
Art should be good. Art should be good in the opposite way that evil is evil. Art should not seek to be malevolent, but to be virtuous and worthy in its intent and effect.
Art should be outstanding. It should aspire to be exceptional, to be excellent, and to hold itself to its highest quality and standard.
Art should be uplifting. It ought to have the ability to change a person who has experienced it in a way that will enrich their lives. It should lift and edify people.
I think that part of the reason that people create art is that the act of creation is divine, and as sons and daughters of The Creator, we have an aching to touch upon that divinity which is inborn in us all.

FW: To be Great

Greater joy from sorrow.
Greater love from giving.
Greater strength from toil.
Greater life from living.

RA: Cake commercial

The commercial’s website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwswkJZEdS4
The message of this commercial is buying the Fabia will make you happy because it is full of things that will make you happy. I thought this was a very clever commercial. It starts of in a bakery with all of these workers busily making cakes. They are all smiling and happy in their work. It looks like they are undertaking quite a project, as the cake they are making is huge. The cake begins to take the shape of a car, and pretty soon the viewer sees that they are constructing the new Fabia. The commercial portrays that it’s not just a cake that looks like a car, but the actual car itself because they are not only constructing the outside but also making cake-like chairs and putting a cake-like engine under the cake-like hood. The whole time during its construction the Julie Andrew’s song “Raindrops on Roses” is playing. At the end of the commercial the bakers pose with their new car and the words come on, “The new Fabia. Full of lovely stuff.” It’s enticement falls to a more feminine audience, who like pleasant, happy things. It’s saying, “this car is as good as eating cake”, or “you like cake don’t you? Well, you’ll like this car.” The viewer knows that the car is not really cake, but the commercial gives a pleasant clever atmosphere that the advertiser wants the viewer to associate with owning the car.

RA: Head and Shoulders

There is a ad for head and shoulders with a close-up on a scalp with what looks like a football play drawn on the top of it. This ad is for men with problems with dandruff. It is saying that buying this shampoo will make your hair more healthy because buying the shampoo will eliminate hair problems. The comparison of shampooing hair with football, portrays to the viewer that this method is strategic. It is you against your hair problems and we've got the winning solution. The close up on the top of the man's head eliminates the need for a model. It makes the ad more universal; you can put yourself in the man's position. Some men do not approve of male modeling, i.e. it's too "sissy"; the football approach toughens up the ad. It makes it so that worrying about your hair can be a "manly" thing to do. It has a brief mention of statistics (contains 6X more moisturizers than non-conditioning shampoos...100% flake-free) to show that it is an authority over shampoos. It has a picture of nine of it's different kinds of shampoos; suggesting that one of these will definately suit your needs. I thought it was a clever ad, and was probably pretty successful.

TA: Intro: To quiz

Ashley Wick is a psychology major with red hair, plans for culinary school, and a flair for whatever’s fun. Heather Heinz is studying to be a nurse, and is quite savvy at sticking sharp objects into peoples’ skin. Kara Sessions, soon Mrs. Bryon Ilguth, teaches second grade and delights in her tiny chameleon, “Booger”. I am Michelle Harris; Studio Arts and Sociology major, scotch tape enthusiast and advocate of cocktail shrimp. All of my lovely roommates hail from Mesa, Arizona, and I’m from Wyoming. We are all living together on the corner of 6th and 6th in apartment #6. Though bonded both in place of dwelling and in opinion of the handshake in the first season of “Scrubs” (which handshake, we sustain, is pretty sweet), we all have a different personality. To see which roommate YOU are most like, take the following quiz (created on October 9th). (The results are in the comments section of the post; just tally up you’re A’s, H’s, K’s, and M’s, and whichever one you have the most of…lucky you!)

FW: Quiz "Which roommate are you?"

1. What color out of green or white?
a. green
b. white

2. What food do you like the best?
a. seafood
b. fruit
c. trying new foods
d. Italian

3. Favorite Provo restaurant out of:
a. Tucanos
b. Costa vida
c. P.F. Changs
d. Old Spaghetti Factory

4. Your response to being stood up?
a. I would be happy
b. Go out with a different date
c. Go hang out with friends
d. Punch him in the face (politely)

5. What flowers would you least like to have?
a. Petunias and carnations
b. Red roses or sunflowers
c. Pansies
d. Cauliflower

6. You prefer to take notes with
a. a zebra pen
b. different colored pens
c. mechanical pencils
d. I don’t need notes

7. Where would you most like to go on vacation out of:
a. Madrid, Spain
b. Seattle, Washington
c. London, England
d. Rome, Italy

8. Favorite candy bar out of:
a. Snickers
b. Milky Way Midnight
c. Three Musketeer
d. Symphony with Toffee

9. Favorite (if you had to have one) curse word?
a. starts with ‘B’ rhymes with ‘mastered’
b. the ‘B’ word (female dog)
c. ‘A’ word (donkey)
d. the ‘S’ word

10. Pets or no pets?
a. pets!
b. No thanks.

11. What finger are you?
a. I refuse to answer such a stupid question (and I couldn't think of anything to say!)
b. Pinky
c. Ring
d. Thumb

12. What kitchen utensil are you out of:
a. melon-baller
b. sugar spoon
c. chopsticks
d. steak knife

13. If you were in a band what would you be?
a. vocals
b. acoustic guitar
c. drummer
d. triangle

14. If you were a shoe you would be
a. sneaker
b. flipflop
c. comfy shoes (flats)
d. healed boots

15. If you could only listen to one song again for the rest of your life what would it be out of:
a. ‘Ordinary Miracle’ –Sarah McLachlan
b. ‘500 Miles’ –Proclaimers
c. ‘The Middle’ –Jimmy Eat World
d. ‘Child’s Prayer’ –Children’s songbook

16. You are alone in the library, pulling an all-nighter for an exam. You look at your watch and note that it’s almost midnight. You think you hear a faint noise, but you aren’t sure…If you were the director of this movie how would you end this scene?
a. The man/woman of your dreams suddenly appears and starts singing.
b. A group of about 50 students do their annual run through the library…in the NUDE!
c. A thief is trying to steal one of the library’s most prized texts. Luckily you know martial arts and save the day
d. I would never make a movie of a girl in a library.

17. When you give a presentation in a class you…
a. Prepare beforehand but are still extremely anxious
b. Get nervous, talk fast, and forget what I’m going to say
c. Are usually expressive and use your hands
d. Make jokes to alleviate pressure, and sometimes fiddle with something in your hand

18. Where do you go to get away from it all?
a. your car
b. a significant other’s house
c. you go talk to someone close
d. somewhere up and alone, like a rooftop or a mountain

19. What is your ringtone?
a. a song you like that you bought
b. usually vibrating
c. it depends on who calls
d. one that comes with the phone

20. You are on the last question of a personality quiz you…
a. are a little excited and nervous to see what you’ll be
b. thought it was fun, but don’t really take it seriously
c. think you will score differently than a lot of people would
d. are pretty sure you’ll know what the results will be

FW: ... read the previous entry first

I guess the moral of the previous intro entry is that sometimes life sucks. It’s true. It’s full of backaches bruises and little black things that get stuck in your teeth…
I stood outside of a small truck stop where I had attempted to get rid of some of the puke smell. I could only do so much—they didn’t even have paper towels, just electric hand dryers. I used the leftover dirty cloths from the trip to wipe off. Then I gathered up my belongings and a little bit of my dignity and stuffed them all in a plastic bag. I stared at the van…
You know, my great-great-great-grandmother was in one of the handcart companies crossing the plains. It was a freezing morning, and her three daughters felt it almost an impossibility to get out of bed. They were weary, hungry, and cold. Their mother, thin and ragged herself, examined her daughters’ reluctant faces. There was such a submission to fatigue! Such a surrender of hope! She hated to see her daughters like that, so in the middle of the bleak Wyoming wilderness, she lifted up her skirts and began an Irish jig. The three girls in bed stared openmouthed at their mother who had trekked hundreds of miles on the plains, leaping and cavorting in a whirl of frayed petticoats. When she suddenly stumbled and fell, they jumped out of bed and raced to her side. She stood right up, and they were all ready to begin another day…
I love how you can choose what color you want your cast to be if you break a bone. I love how nonsensical tickling is, old cell phones that will still work even if you hurl them down two floors of cement stairs, and how even an awkward dinner with relatives can turn out fine because you had someone to laugh about it with afterwards…

Step to your left, stomp, shuffle to the right,
and into the van we go!

TA: Intro; Narrative

I am the third of twelve children; the reader can imagine that family road trips are always a little interesting. On one excursion the carsick sister situated directly behind me started heaving into an available paper bag. Another sister noticed a small trickle escaping from the paper bag. "MOOOOM, IT"S LEAKING!" she yelled as she lifted the entire driping mass--presently pink becuase of hte red Jello Jigglers we had been eating--directly above me. Due to my position and the constriant of the seatbelt, I was unable to reach or stop her. Primitive bursts of unintelligible sound spouted from my lips, but it seemed my attemps of communication were not reaching her. She remained frozen, staring at me with a look of fascination and shock.
I watched in horror as the outside of the dripping paper bag became more saturated. Then it happen. The pathetic and pulpy barrier that the bag had bravely striven to maintain had reached its limits and the cargo was released. The hysterical noises I had been making became one loud wail as vivid pink, artificially flavored chunks rained down upon me.

RA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL3rfuKwMDI
What are the consequences of buying Window’s Vista on computer performance?
Buying Window’s Vista will enhance computer performance
because when you buy Windows Vista you are purchasing an exceptional computer program.
Anytime you purchase an exceptional computer program you will also enhance your computer performance.
This commercial is mostly for middle-aged computer owning adults.
The theme of the add is that there are some things that make you say ‘wow’ and Windows Vista is one of those things. This appeals to the viewer, trying to make the viewer feel like they ought to seek for the best, and this program is the best. The ad flashes from scenes with people experiencing extraordinary things to people working with this program to graphics with things involved with the program. The argument wasn’t based on logic; it had things like “top 100 reasons why people are so speechless” but didn’t give enough time to say what the reasons were. Instead of representing logical points, graphics and slogans were more to establish authority and emotion. The ad focused on “Window’s Vista will make you say “Wow”” but it didn’t say why. It didn’t give reasons that this program would be any better than any other program.

FW: A tale

Once upon a time there was a princess. She was unhappy. Who knows why; all princesses seem to be unhappy at some time in there life even if they are rich and beautiful. This particular princess was one of such typical princesses. Naturally, she had many suitors, and naturally, the princess was going through royal drama with this predicament (as usually happens with these types of stories). Being SO beautiful and SO rich, and having a princess’s opinion of herself, it was difficult for anyone to measure up to her expectations. This predicament was probably the reason the princess was so unhappy. Princes and knights would come from afar to seek her hand (not because they were in love with her, mind you, but because that was just what princes and knights did in those days).
One day she was making a focused expression that displayed her dismay, very princess-like without even a wrinkle on her forehead, when the stress of being a princess became too much for her, and a big, red zit popped out right in the middle of her forehead. She was mortified! This was the first time ever that something like this had happened to a princess.
She locked herself in her room, and pretty soon all of the suitors had given up and gone away, except for one. This knight had arrived late because his horse had stubbed his toe. He had carried his poor horse all the way to the castle, and he had developed quite a painful blister. Because he was rather tired, he decided to spend the night outside the castle walls. He was making so much noise that the princess stuck her head out of the door with such a look of unprincesslike infuriation—glaring her eyes, furrowing her brow, and barring her teeth—that the knight flew back in surprise and landed in a pile of mud. Being kind, if not vain, she regretted her aggravation and helped him out. They began talking, and they came to the agreement that they were tired of the way things were. They decided to run away and manufacture toe-guarded horseshoes together, and eventually they fell in love, got married, and lived happily for the rest of their lives, even with blisters and zits.

RA: The Treachery Of Images (La trahison des images)

Rene Magritte's "The Treachery Of Images"

What are the consequences of focusing solely on traditional expressions of art on artistic freedom?
Enthymeme: Focusing solely on traditional expressions of art puts a strain on artistic freedom because limiting oneself strictly to representational painting presents an incomplete interpretation of the scope of art.
Implicit assumption: Anything that presents an incomplete interpretation of the scope of art will put a strain on artistic freedom.
Audience: Representational artists, or more broadly, any type of artist set on traditional methods.
Magritte in this painting has a representational painting of a pipe with the words “This is not a pipe” written in French, scrolling along the bottom. Magritte is right; it is not a pipe—it is a painting of a pipe. Instead of making an aesthetic piece of work, this piece is an artistic statement. He is asking the question of why some artists try to mimic three-dimensional objects. Paintings are essentially two-dimensional; they are paint on canvas. They are not people, or buildings, or baskets of fruit, and so he urges the viewer to celebrate that difference. It is a rational argument, and being an artist himself, he has some authority to make such an argument.

TA: Organization

To write well the writer ought to compose the topic of a paragraph without actually having to write a specific topic sentence, or so I’m told. This can be a difficult task if you are used to writing topic sentences. For example, if I were writing a paragraph about how to slip in a topic sentence without actually writing it, then this specific paragraph that I am writing would not be a very good example. However, if I were writing an entry about how there are no real rules to organizing a paper, then this paragraph might just be a fair intro.

There are some great literary works written in a specific order and pattern, and there are others that don’t seem to follow any type of model at all. The thing that these great works have in common is that they were all written well. But there isn’t a set definition for what writing well is; for some reason, people just know fabulous prose when they read it. So for one who is seeking to write better and who might even be taking a class to pursue this aim, it is rather unfortunate that there is not just one great formula for writing well, only the notion that there aren’t any real rules to organizing a paper.

TA: Intro; Narrative

My roommate and I had finally gotten the names of the people who we are supposed to visit teach. I was a Freshman, and this was my first assignment ever. My roommate and companion, a year older and a year more experienced, was to give the lesson, and I was to assist. We did not have the numbers of the people we were supposed to visit teach—just their names, and so we just decided to drop by.
Katie told us to come in; she had a few minutes before a friend was going to drop by. I stared stupidly and smiled as my roommate gave the lesson. Occasionally I gave a nod.
She had just finished when Katie’s friend arrived at the door and as she went to let him in, I asked her if she liked oatmeal. After she had answered in the affirmative, I excitedly pulled out a packet that had been stored inside my planner. Unfortunately, I found the packet had already been opened once. Oatmeal rained over my roommate’s head and Katie’s living room floor! What a great first impression.

RA: The Gym

I walked into the Gym and they introduced me to someone who's responsibility it was to convince me to join. He wasn’t really what I expected. He wasn’t very pushy, and he seemed interested in the things I was interested in. Unfortunately for him, I was skeptical because I was doing a rhetorical analysis on his methods of persuasion. He was pretty direct; he showed me around the gym and had me try out some of the equipment. He wasn’t hounding me for my number and was cutting the prices. He looked online for some places in London where I’d be able to use their facilities. He related and referenced his schooling at BYU and talked briefly about his mission after he probed for some subtle hints of my schooling and religion. He actually did a really great job. I was surprised. At the very end he had to go ask his manager some questions because, he confided in me, he was pretty new at this. His manager came in and completely undid everything. He first talked about the marathons in the sand with his gear on that he had to do every day when he was in the marines. He told me that this was the first person’s first time. He told me what a great deal I was getting and that it would only be for this day. He offered a free class that day. The first guy sold me the most; he seemed more real. The second guy made me want to leave the Gym as soon as I could.

FW: 50 things to do before I die

1. Visit 25 temples
2. Write a book
3. Go skydiving
4. See the Aurora Borealis
5. Drive a tractor
6. Change someone’s life (for the better)
7. Learn a foreign language
8. Be in a Harry Potter, Seminary, or some other kind of Movie.
9. Train for a marathon
10. Meet the prophet
11. Donate one yard of hair to Locks of Love
12. Go on a mission
13. Make an important discovery
14. Get kissed in the rain
15. Create a masterpiece
16. Follow the prophet’s council with exactness
17. Read all the books on a reputable book list
18. Become a church history expert
19. Learn to sight-read music
20. Graduate with a Bachelor’s degree from a university
21. Teach class in a classroom
22. Become a published writer
23. Wax my legs
24. Have a piece of art displayed in a public place
25. Visit Europe
26. Ride my bike through a part of Europe
27. Go to a Broadway play
28. Ride a horse into the sunset
29. Donate blood when able
30. Ride on a train
31. Have a foreign fling
32. Write a song
33. See the Mona Lisa
34. Surf
35. Learn how to snowboard
36. Create my own recipe
37. Fall in love
38. Do at least one act of service a day
39. Make an environmental stand
40. Spin a basketball on my finger
41. Read and study the standard works
42. Live on the east coast for a while
43. Learn how to ballroom dance
44. Understand Einstein's theories of relativity
45. Make a ginger bread house from scratch
46. Help someone get ready for a formal dance
47. Sew a quilt
48. Walk barefoot at an ocean beach at sunrise or sunset
49. Sing a solo in Sacrament meeting
50. Be quoted

TA: Enthymeme

I do not know what to write about for this entry. We are supposed to write a response or an experiment about what we have discussed in class—to practice a technique. For this English blogging assignment we have to write in our blogs three times a week; one day a rhetorical analysis (RA), one day a free write (FW), and one day a technique assignment (TA). Since I’ve done a free write and a rhetorical analysis already this week, I need to do a technique assignment.
We’ve primarily covered enthymemes in class so far. An enthymeme is a formula for an argument with an implicit assumption. In an enthymeme A leads to B because A leads to C. So with the enthymeme ‘Michelle is unintelligent because she is an art student,’ the consequence of A (being Michelle) leads to B (being unintelligent), because of C (she is an art student). The implicit assumption in this argument is that any art student is going be unintelligent. This example is an example of a weak argument. However, even though it is a bad argument, it is remarkable how many people believe it to be true. Just because somebody’s primary major is art does not mean that he or she is an idiot. There could be plenty of other reasons why Michelle might appear to be stupid.

FW: Legs Crossed

I don’t like buying jeans. It seems like every different brand of pants has a separate interpretation for what a particular size is. As it may be, I have pretty raggedy pants. There is one set of pants that fits. If you find a set of pants that actually fits it is pretty amazing. Because of their suitability and my dislike of jean-purchasing, these jeans are worn a lot. Now they have a hole in the crotch. I am ticked. It’s small enough now that I am still going to wear them. I’ll just keep my legs crossed.
I don’t know why I shared this. Now, if you read this blog, if ever you see me crossing my legs you’ll be wondering if I’m concealing wear and tear. I take it all back. I do not mind going jean shopping; I’m perfectly indifferent. All my jeans are in just fine condition, and I have a new pair for everyday of the month. The whole hole thing was hypothetical—it was a supposition posed to the reader, so that he or she will take into consideration the various seemingly inconsequential physiological processes that propound quintessential existential dilemmas for the modern man or woman, presented in a style mimicking the vernacular to generate a literary assertion correlating with the general populous. I do maintain, however, that there ought to be a standard women jean-sizing method for all brands.

RA: Dove Commercial

This ad calls to women concerned about beauty to support Dove products. In this ad, Dove comprises what they want their viewers to perceive as other “typical” beauty advertisements—how it isn’t “real beauty”, as the ad suggests Dove reputes, but merely applied beauty. The commercial follows an average woman going through an “evolution” of change in order to correspond with the “distorted” but glamorous beauty of the media. It implies that other companies are trying to trick women into buying their products by fabricating some idealistic woman and suggesting that somehow their products had a hand in creating this elusive goddess.
Because dove is a company for beauty this seeming “unmasking” of companies like itself shows an ostensible honesty, which draws trust from the viewers. Another way of establishing this trust is by identifying with the viewer; instead of saying “your” when talking about distorted perceptions it says “our.” Not only does this word choice build trust, but it also avoids a threatening atmosphere by removing accusation toward something negative—a distorted perception. Also, the ad appeals to women who view themselves as less than glamorous but does not threaten these women by identifying their self-esteem issues. Instead it calls upon the viewer to help others with self-esteem issues.
The ad is successful in winning support for this cause from its audience. However, in order for beauty companies to make a profit, they must sell beauty care products. In order for them to do that, they must convince an audience that they will benefit from their products—that purchasing and using their products will make them more beautiful. This suggests that the consumer is not as beautiful as they could be with the aid of the company’s product, which goes against the message of the commercial. If a viewer truly believes in the message, they will be less inclined to buy beauty-care related products, including those produced by Dove.

(the commercial): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibyAJOSW8U&mode=related&search=