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Week 16:Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Section A: Link to my website!

https://tudaniela.wixsite.com/rws1302

Section B: As a writer!

 Ethos:

Homepage: I will also talk about my experience in this course by being completely honest to create more credibility. When talking about me, I will explain that I am a student from the University of Texas at El Paso and clearly state the purpose of the website.

Reflections: For this section, I will strive to have no grammatical/punctuation errors when writing the reflection for each assignment.

Logos:

Homepage: The content and structure of the homepage will represent the logo appeal. I will make sure all of my writing is clear and understandable.

Reflections: For this section, I will use graphics as examples/reflections of my writing to show how my assignment looked.

Pathos: 

Homepage: I will talk about me some of my interests and expectations for the class. I will talk about what that I enjoyed about the class assignments and some of the times that I struggled with the material. 

Reflections: Since reflections are talking about my feelings towards the class and assignments, I will use emotional language when writing them. I will implement the emotions I felt throughout the class: proud, joyful, overwhelmed, confused, etc.

Section C: As a designer!

 Ethos: 

I will set ethos by adding some of my contact information, social media, and a picture of myself. I am also, thinking about adding some screenshots, or quotes from the RWS e-book to have more credibility. 

Logos: 

 I will also make sure that my website is easy to navigate and proportional by creating several tabs and divisions to separate each section. I will focus on the structure of my website to make It look organized.

Pathos:  

To appeal by emotion, I will use a professional style to design my website. I will include visuals both academic and personal to make it more personalized and to help the audience know me a little better. Of course, I will use emotional language when writing each section.

Goodbye everyone! Thank you for all your feedback, good luck in all your finals!

[pruittmo-blog]

Week 15 Website Analysis

SECTION A:

1. The balance of the website between images and text is relatively even. However, the amount of info and size that it is displayed is very unappealing. It makes the website look like there isn’t much text, and the images are the main portion. The webpage designer could have done that on purpose, drawing more attention to the images because they are bigger, but it makes it look like the balance is thrown off.

2. The contrast within the webpage is overwhelming. There are so many different colors from headings to body text and linked text. The size of the text is all relatively tiny, so it makes it hard to see where the actual headings are for the different parts of the website.

3. The same goes for the consistency. It is all over the place. There are different colors like i mentioned before. There are also different fonts style and size for each heading and different paragraphs of body text. 

4. The website does an okay job at grouping things together, but the site is still confusing. I’m not really sure what exactly it is about, but from just giving it a quick glance I would be able to figure out where to find certain information. The alignment isn’t bad either, but there are some minor adjustments that could be made for the site to be a little more professional looking. The top section and middle section are off centered from the bottom section so that makes it a little distracting.

5. Like i said earlier from just glancing at the site as a whole it is hard to understand exactly what it is about. The size of the text makes it really hard to read, and the different fonts and colors makes all the wording very distracting and overwhelming.

1. The balance of this website is so much better in comparison to the 1st website we took a look at. The images and graphics are pretty much used as background tools for the text on the website. It makes it very visually appealing. Also the use of small graphics is also helpful.

2. The contrast in the webpage is helpful instead of hurtful like in the last one. The bigger text is specifically set out for headings and important text that needs to take a forefront from the rest of the text. 

3. The creator is very consistent with design throughout the entire website. There is a lot more to this website than the 1st, but the creator uses that to his advantage. The links that are created to guide you through the website are easily accessible and visible. The text is all relatively similar in style as well.

4. The alignment and grouping for this site is amazing. The links separate all the information into categories. You have a basic understanding of what you are going to find under each link when you click on it. The alignment helps make the website visually appealing and easy to navigate.

5. Overall the effectiveness of this website is great! It follows the same structure throughout making it easy to adapt to. The information is easily accessible, and readable. The website is visually appealing to top it all off. 

Now to talk about future plans for my own website......

SECTION B:

1. To ensure that my website is balanced their doesn’t necessarily have to have an even distribution of text to images even though that is the whole goal. Just making the layout of the website “seem” like they are even will be sufficient. If the first website would have switched up his layout and the size of all the text, it would have looked more balanced.

2. Making sure that there is a size difference when it comes to headings and body text will help ensure that the website has good contrast. Also setting up the text in a creative and visual way will help contrast the really important information on the website. 

3. Keeping the same format throughout the entire website instead of switching things up will ensure that the website has consistency. In this aspect going with the saying “sometimes simple is better” is my goal. If you have a simple lay-out with visually appealing yet readable text, it doesn’t mean the website is boring looking. Use the layout and images to make the website really pop and have a creative feel. Making sure that all the headings match and the text looks the same will ensure a more professional look.

4. Making sure that information that goes together is grouped together is the big goal when grouping text. Different links or tabs to a website can be useful tools when grouping. Making sure the website is aligned evenly just helps with visual appeal, and makes the website look more professional and put together. 

5. I think black and white are really good text colors when you have a pop of color in the background. If you have a neon-green background and fluorescent pink text that can be extremely unappealing and distracting. You don’t want the text or background to cause anyone to strain to see or comprehend. I’m not saying super dull colors are the way to go either, but just don’t get too crazy!

Because look at this! Whoever doesn’t get a headache after this, is crazy!!!

6. Including some interactive parts of the website I feel like will really engage the viewers, and make them want to explore the rest of a site. You don’t want to cram too much information on a website because then viewers are either going to get bored, or your website is going to be text heavy. That’s boring and ineffective. 

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Week 16: Ethos,  Pathos, Logos FTW!

Section A: Let’s see what you’ve got so far!

https://rmescalera.wixsite.com/rws1302

Section B: As a writer! 

In order to connect with the audience, the writer must provide information with the use of ethos, pathos, and logos. This will insure that the audience not only is reading the information, but understanding it. 

Ethos: I will introduce ethos in three different sections, including my About Me section and my two reflections sections, where i will reflect on major assignments throughout the semester and readings given to us in order to help us with the assignments. This is done in order to establish credibility amongst the audience, showing I now have a background in rhetorical studies. This way you don’t have your audience looking at you like this, wondering if they should trust you or not. 

Pathos: In my opinion pathos is the most important aspect because of the fact that you can solidify the connection with your readers. I will present this throughout my website, specially in the reflection sections, providing opinions about past major assignments. That way I connect with people that are overly emotional.... like me. 

Logos: I will provide my audience with references of statements that i have made, ‘cause i ain’t no liar, backing up evidence and proving it came form a reliable source. 

Section C: As a designer! 

Ethos: Because i am reviewing past assignments and readings, i will be providing pictures of each, that way i show what i am talking about, providing credibility for the audience. If i add pictures, the reader will believe me because the the graphic is next to the context. 

Pathos : Even though i have not finished my design of the website, i plan to employ a theme that has to do with my semester topic, that way i provide a sense of emotion. I plan to use the Hope’s example. Her semester topic was electrical engineering ,so her website theme looked engineer-ish. 

Logos: Again, by providing pictures i will allow the reader to trust me, the writer. For example, even though not an image of the actual assignment, Adali posted a picture of feedback received by professor, showing a god response, and adding to her logos; the professor. 

[kfacosta21-blog]

Week 16: Ethos, Pathos, & Logos

I had already started the outline of my website to have an idea of what needs improvement and what else would I add to follow the rhetorical appeals appropriately. 

Section A: working link of my website... 

https://kfacosta.wixsite.com/rws1302experience/assignment-reflections

Section B: 

As a writer, Ethos, Pathos, and Logos are very important factors that need to be considered when making a website like the one we are all doing for our final project.  Each of these appeals can be put together and guarantee you great outcomes for your website

Ethos is mainly about providing credibility, and as a writer I would follow this appeal by first creating my home page and provide enough details about me. Writing about my experience with writing and reading and even mentioning the name of the school I am attending to provides the details that will give credibility to my website. On the RWS e-book we have some questions that can help me think about stuff to write about myself and what details are necessary to mention. There is a minimum and a maximum number of words that we should follow so there is no extra words or it does not look like we didn’t provide enough information.

Another appeal that I would be considering as I write my website is Pathos. Pathos is more about adding emotion to our writing. I would be following this appeal by writing about everything that this RWS course has taught me about writing skills and development of myself in big assignments. The more I write about what I learned in the making of this major assignments and how it would help me in my future the more emotion I think I will add to my writing. I will provide enough details so the audience can relate and even learn something new from my experience throughout this course. I would also make it professionally enough for future references.

Last but not least, the appeal Logos is also very important because it would help me to emphasize my writing in a specific tone and fluency and not make it overwhelming and boring. I would follow this appeal by revising my grammar throughout my website and add consistency to each of the paragraphs that I will be adding. The logic added to my writing is important because I want to make sure everything I’m writing makes sense and it is not out of context. Make it as clear as water.....

Section C: As a designer!

3. Using these appeals will not only be important in my writing portion of my website, but also in how it is designed. The five principles of design will help be a lot on how to follow these appeals correctly.

I will be using the credibility of ethos in the design of my website by adding a picture of myself and adding a contact tab with my email. These details will add credibility to my website by actually putting a face to the creator of this reflexions. If they are any concerns the audience could easily contact me via email.

I will be using pathos by following the principle of designs,for example the balance principle consists of putting images and text in a way that does not seem overwhelmed. The more organized the design of my website the audience will have a better understanding of its consistency. As you noticed, I love pink and I tried to use it in a way that it attracts the emotions of the audience and have an idea of who I am. I started my website already and this is how it’s starting to look with all the tabs and a picture of me. 

The alignment and grouping principles would fit very well with the Logos appeal. These principles will help me to have the design of my paragraphs in order. Also, the use of contrast in my website will add clarity to identify titles, subtitles and paragraphs. These details will be very important for me to consider in order to add logic to my website along with the writing. I haven't done much of this portion, but I will be working on it until the submission day. 

THIS IS THE LAST PROJECT!!!!! WUUUU!!!

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Week 15 Website Analyzation

SECTION A:

1. In this particular website there is a sense of balance within website, but there is also a lot of information to obtain and comprehend all at once. The website is not really organized, and not appealing to the reader to continue to read the entire content. With it being disorganized it looks as if the creator of the website through all of the information together in a rush. 

2. Contrast is employed on this site by the use of it’s images on the website itself. The images are all different meaning by size, and color. Since the images are all the same shape making the images bigger, and readable is a good idea to make sure that the readers know about the point that is trying to get across, and to provide substantial evidence for any claim made on the website itself. 

3. The website does not really have a lot of consistency from the scale size of the images, to the sizing of the print on the website that is describing what the website is about. The size of the text is similar throughout most of the website until it gets to the end of it, becoming smaller and harder to read; causing a break in consistency for the whole website. 

4. The use of alignment and grouping in this website is decent, but can still be fixed with a little bit of adjustment, and condensing the images to make it look somewhat like an “electronic newspaper”. It would look more appealing to the eye and create a better understanding of the content. It would also help with the alignment on the website, and make everything flow better.

5. The effectiveness of the website would be better if the creator would have made the website more interactive, using links, or subheadings that you can click on to get more information. It excelled in getting to the point and providing examples and substantial evidence to back it up.

1. The balance of the website is much better than the first one in the sense that the creator made the website more interactive, and used white space to make it look spacious and appealing to the eye. 

2. Contrast is shown in the website with the use of images, and text also with the subheadings that are on the left of the website to help you navigate through the website more effectively. 

3. The use of consistency in this website is more effective and more noticeable than the other website. Each subheading and section of the website has it’s own title, and different information that flows with each topic that it is talking about at hand. 

4. The alignment and grouping on this website makes it look more professional, and spaced out; unlike the other website you can tell that this creator was more calm and relaxed than being rushed to finish the website.

5. The effectiveness of this site is more appealing, understandable, professional, and likely to catch more readers attention. It is helpful for the readers to be able to navigate through the website more freely instead of being limited.

SECTION B: 

1. To make sure that my website has enough balance, I will make sure that I use the proper amount of images all the same shape, size, and color. The text also needs to be the same size and font. 

2. Using contrast in my website would require for the images and the text to coincide with each other to look more professional, appealing to the eye, and to make it flow more easily.

3. I will focus on the consistency of my website by making sure that the images are all relatable to the topic that is at hand, the text is flowing throughout the website, and that the use of white space is equal.

4. Alignment and grouping is key to help my website look professional, have the readers intrigued to read my website, and what i have to offer them. It also helps with the website all flowing and coming together nicely. 

5. I will more a likely use black and white colors, due to the fact that i want my website to look professional, especially since it is going to be read and analyzed by a scholar (professor), and my fellow peers. 

6. By using these examples of websites, i will utilize them in the sense that i will know what to do correctly and what not to do in my own website. 

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Creating a Plan of Action

A. Based on my schedule and what we have completed on my project, I will commit my work time to Thursdays and Fridays. But also this time will vary if I need to do more extensive work.

B. We will be meeting up as a group Wednesday after class and Thursdays from 10:30-2:50. As a group we might not take up that whole time but it depends on how much work we have and are able to complete on Wednesday.

C. Hopefully during our visits this week we will complete the poster. So by next Wednesday we can have our presentation done and begin practicing.

D. We all have the responsibility to bring the perspective from our Literature Reviews. The rest of the group members focused more diversity of the medical field. While my perspective was more on the results of not having a diverse field on the accessibility to healthcare. Which is why being able to connect all of our data we can finish both our poster and presentation in a timely manner.

E. The end of the semester is coming fast and with comes finals, term papers and such. Everybody is ready for it to be over and we just want to sleep. That is why I am concerned about time and scheduling but all will be well.

F. All my group members are obviously very passionate about their topic, so we are not lacking information or energy. I am sure we can work efficiently and be able to do a great job with our project.

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Week 14:Plan of Action

As my team and I agreed in our contract, we will work on Mondays, however if we require to meet more days is order to get done the assignment, we will check our schedules and check when can meet. Working alone would be depending of everyone, but we will limit a deadline for the work alone gets done.

The aspect of the project would be discuss by the members and assigned by the member too. In order to complete the aspects of the assignment, I plan to dedicate time on Wednesdays after class and Saturdays.

The aspects that most concerns me is the information and who to display it. Since we are working on a poster, it is important to not overweight with too many information. Also, the format and colors of the poster are important. About the information, I believe we have almost everything, since my team and I wrote research papers of closes topics we have a lot of sources .

The aspects where I feel most comfortable is for my team, they are very supportable and easy to work with. I believe we are going to do a great job.

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Week 13: Analyzing Research Poster and Implications for your own design

Section A: Analyzing Research Poster

Internet Inequality: The impact of home internet access on school success 

This poster is similar to the one we need to create. Like ours, this poster is divided into sections for example: background, results, and conclusion to discuss the topic. This poster, however, is missing the sources/references section and ours is not required from an abstract nor a methodology sections. This poster and ours are similar in that they must include  images and/or data graphs that are representative of our research.

The purpose of the poster is to inform about the effects on academic performance of students who have and those who lack from internet access at home. The research poster also focuses on the comparison between Hispanic/non-white and White students’ academic performance due to mostly economic reasons. This causes the poster to be very straightforward and clear in it’s purpose.

The intended audience for this poster are families that lack internet usage at home, Hispanic parents, Hispanics in general, non-white parents, non-white students, teachers, school districts, and English speaking communities. The topic seems to fit these audiences because it uses the words to refer to specific societies such as “Hispanics” and “non-white” to referred to the students being affected.  

The ethos of this poster is established by the mentioning of the University of Texas at Austin. This provides credibility because it makes the reader believe that the information is, in fact, not fraudulent or made up. It is effective because UT Austin is a very recognized university that it would be hard not to believe what they are saying.  

This poster displayed pathos by using an image. In this image, we can see several students using at a computer lab, however, there is a boy, that seems Hispanic, struggling in front of a computer and he is the only one being assisted. The image can be interpreted as how students could be struggling in school due to the lack of internet use at home. This creates an emotional response from the readers. 

The Logos of the poster were presented by the graphs and facts provided by the authors. The authors used data to create statistics to persuade the readers by logic.

Section B: Implications for my own research poster

I will use the poster as a guide towards designing my own. This research poster is very easy to read and it is visually appealing. I will definitely use this poster as inspiration to design my own. I want my poster to be as clear and as appealing as this one. I like the colors they used because it grabs the attention and at the same time it looks profesional. My group and I will each work hard to make sure this is achieved and that our purpose is understood.

Now that I have evaluated this poster my group’s outline has changed because now I have a clearer idea of what it is expected from our poster. I now  have a better perspective of how to arrange the sections to avoid making it too heavy on words. This will also change the outline since I have realized how the author used all three rhetorical appeals to get their message across and its effectiveness. This poster has also changed my group’s outline because it has given us an idea of how the final project will have to look.

✓DONE, TILL NEXT WEEK!

[pruittmo-blog]

lSection A: Link to my website!

https://morganpruitt14.wixsite.com/rws1302

Section B: As A Writer

Ethos:

Homepage

Here is where I will create my credibility for the course as a whole by showing my educational background. By being enrolled in the RWS course here at UTEP, I am qualified to give a reflection based on the course.

Reflections

I will establish my credibility by discussing all of the things that the different assignments have taught me in this section. By answering the appropriate questions, I prove that I completed the assignment in a thorough way or I wouldn’t be able to answer the questions.

Pathos:

Homepage

By using a visually appealing website I draw the attention of the viewers to the information that is being provided. By using bright colors it helps to get the viewers excited to look at the rest of the website. 

Reflections

I hope to establish pathos by sharing my personal experience about the assignments with the viewers. By opening up and sharing how I felt during each assignment it really allows a viewer to relate.

Logos

Homepage

Creating a homepage is a pretty given thing. A Homepage sets the theme for the rest of the website as well. So having this is pretty logical in itself. Specifically logos is seen in the homepage with the basic information that should be there for example my background information, introduction material, and most importantly....my NAME!

Reflections

I will show logos through the reflections section by supporting the answers I am given with specific back up and examples from the assignment. 

Section C: As a Designer!

Ethos

Homepage

Provided my picture creates credibility by establishing who I am. Also provided pictures of both school that I attended helps establish credibility.

Reflections

By creating an easily navigable page for the reflections, the viewers are able to see all of the provided information and really take me seriously. 

Pathos

Homepage

By using a visually appealing website I draw the attention of the viewers to the information that is being provided. By using bright colors it helps to get the viewers excited to look at the rest of the website.

Reflections

Same as isn the homepage sections, by appealing to the viewers visually it attracts their attention and leaves them wanting to view more.

Logos

Reflections

Logos can be established by organizing the website and creating corresponding tabs with correct content on each one. Making the different assignments easy to navigate is another plus!

[escalerarosa-blog]

Week 14: Wrapping Up the Poster

What specific aspects of the assignment are you most concerned about? What can you do to address those concerns? Being a teamwork project, my teammates, Morgan and Karla, and I have been meeting in order to create a poster that will catch the audiences’ eye and bring forward a topic that is very important to us, Diversity in the Medical Field.

What days and times will you commit to the project? 

 My teammates and I have decided that we are meeting once a week to put together ideas that we have come up with during the week before and look at how far along we have come. Sincere still need a few things to polish up our poster we are meeting two times next week, Monday and another day we are all available, each meeting consisting of atlas two hours. 

What days/times are you working as a group and when will you work alone?

The following week we will be working two days out of the week together, and the rest we will work by ourselves, meaning we have the chance to edit the postern our own, and when we get together talk about editions.

Specifically, what aspect of the project will you address on each of those days?

After completing the first part of the assignment, we didn't have to work on any section as a whole. We are, however, editing each section, like Introduction and Conclusion, adding our collaborated thesis statement to both parts and simply tweaking the appearance of the poster, making it more appealing. This will be done on the first meeting of the following week. On the second meeting we will be preparing our presentation on  PowerPoint, where will will explain in detail the reason behind everything on our poster. 

(this is us nailing our presentation) 

Specifically, what will you do to complete those aspects of the project?

Using past assignments like the Literature Review, including matrices, each member of the group is picking up point of views in order to create our thesis statement. This will later be added to out intro and simplify for our conclusion. We are also researching about ways to better diversity in the medical field and adding it to the Results section. 

What specific aspects of the assignment are you most concerned about? What can you do to address those concerns?

As we first started talking about our assignment, my teammates and I had trouble thinking about what we could include in our Introduction section, not knowing how we would all incorporate each of our thesis, so we started by writing separate thesis, each one, explaining why our topic was important to us.   We are still in the process of writing a single thesis, with all three ideas, but we are breaking it into simple steps to not loose focus of what our main goal is and not feel overwhelmed. 

What specific aspects of the assignment are you most comfortable with? Why?

Even though the introduction is something we are having trouble with, I feel most comfortable with that section because it is how we are providing a point of view for a topic that is important to me and my teammates. I feel comfortable with the fact that we are providing the reason behind the topic even though we are hitting a couple of bumps on the road with wording. Not only do I feel comfortable with the introduction, I feel comfortable with the topic itself because we are bringing an important topic of diversity as a whole into discussion. 

As we put our project together we realize how much on an important topic we chose to talk about on our poster, and I couldn't be any more happy that we chose something that can change the world in a blink of an eye. Or so we hope so. 

[kfacosta21-blog]

Week 14: Creating a plan for action

Since the day the project was assigned, my group and I have managed very well to work on it. We have been meeting once or twice a week, and it is usually a two-hour meeting.

a. Working on the research poster since day one has helped us as a group to get the project going and do not fall behind. For future meetings we are committing to the project on the same days that we have set it before. It may be possible that the committed hours or days could extend in case there is any extra work we have to finish.

b. The research we made individually for the Lit Review has helped us to complete our research poster as a group. The information we are including on the research poster comes from the sources we found by ourselves according to our topic. I can say that Thursdays and Fridays are the days when I work alone. Our group meetings are on Mondays from 12:00 to 2:00 PM and some class time on Wednesdays. These days would be the time when we put together all the research we found and build it up little by little.

c. Individually, I will concentrate on looking for the appropriate information to include on the research poster. There are no specific sections we work day by day, we usually look at the sections that we need to work on more and try to make it better each day. For future meetings we are now concentrating on finishing our Introduction, which includes our thesis. We are also planning to work on finishing the presentation for the research poster. This will be done on the next meeting on Monday.

d. When I did my Lit Review I looked for a lot of sources which could be very helpful for my group to include some information from there. What I am planning to do to get the aspects mentioned before is to get the quotes that match with our group project and talk about them to my group mates. We will commit to meet on the days mentioned before in order to complete our project in time.

e. The Research Poster was kind of a confusing project at first, but working as a group was easier for me to understand the requirements. However, there is still some aspects of the project that I do not completely understand and this would be the introduction and founding images that correlate to our topic. We already have some part finished from the introduction, but we are not sure if it’s supposed to be own knowledge put together as the thesis or the information we put on the contract for the objective part. Also, we have had some trouble finding some images to show our ethos.

 f. I am really comfortable with almost all the aspects of the assignment but specially the topic our group got to make, because I feel that we are now putting the information all together and working as a group. The long process of doing the Lit Review filled us with knowledge from our topics that we are now putting together to inform other about our topics. 

Here’s a video to show the importance of knowing how to work in groups :) ENJOY!!!!

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week 13: research poster process

1. Analysis of DDT toxicity on Alzheimer’s Beta-amyloid Overexpression in Drosophila 

2. The requirements for this research poster and our research poster are similar in the sense that they needed a Intro (Abstract), Results, Methods and Materials a Conclusion, and the Sources as well. It differs by adding some other subtopics to their paper to give us more information on what we are trying to comprehend from this poster. 

3. The purpose of the research poster above is providing readers with information about DDT toxicity in Alzheimer’s Beta-amyloid overexpression in Drosophilia. They want to provide this information to make readers aware of this toxicity that is present in this certain topic to put spread general awareness. Yes this purpose is clearly shown because they provide an abstract and a background to inform us about the topic beforehand. 

4. This poster is intended for researches interested in this topic, patients that are going through this research proposal, or doctors that are trying to help the leading issue proposed in this research poster. Yes, it appeals to the audience, because it gives information needed in order to resolve this issue and help people learn about it as well. 

5. The research poster appeals to ethos by stating and including where the author or authors got their information from. In this case it is a credible source because it came from an actual research center, to where it is credible information coming from scholars that know what they are talking about.

6. It appeals to pathos in the sense that it grabs the attention of any family members or actual patients that are going through this issue, and are trying to find the solution to help end it. 

7. Finally it appeals to logos by knowing what they are talking about and making them sound professional, and educational. If something is written wrong people are less likely to read the information given, or will not have a clear understanding of the point that is trying to get across. 

SECTION B 

1. I will use this research poster as a guide of the layout of the actual research poster as far as white space, spacing, and content in each section. It will also influence me to makes sure that I get my point across in a professional and educational manner in order for other scholars, or readers to understand what the situation is. 

2. This will help me change my outline by rephrasing the information to make it more scholarly, provide background information on my topic, prove my topic with substantial evidence, and the way that this research poster looks; it stands out, has color, and just enough text to white space. 

[msierra7-blog]

My Website

Section A

http://miraclessierra2008.wixsite.com/milagros-sierra

I started a very simple design, I have not been able to play yet with the website. But I am excited what I can come up with. 

Section B

In my writing for the website I will make sure that I use all three rhetorical appeals. The best way I will be able to have ethos in my writing is by citing and referencing the scholarly work I used in each of my projects. If possible I will link  PDF version of my work so that my ethos will be reinforced. Logos and pathos will be employed by making sure that my work is not biased nor shows one side, and that the importance of it is easy to identify. 

Section C

Designing and being creative is not my forte, I tend to be a very straightforward and practical. Which is why I am going to take the challenge to be more creative with my website but still be professional about it. The most practical way I can ensure that all the appeals are in my website, will be the images I use. The images have show the credibility of my writing but at the same time evoke some sort of emotion. Logos can be achieved by using a professional design that does not make my writing and work questionable. 

So as a writer and designer the first step is to find the type of website that I want to create. I feel that the Portfolio and CV templates fit the criteria the best. 

I found a couple templates that I think would show logos and ethos, but at the same time I can make it my own. 

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Week 16: Ethos, Pathos and Logos

Section A:

https://cjmorenogut.wixsite.com/website

Section B:

-As a writer

Logos: For logos in my writing I plan to check the structure and grammar of my writing especially in the home page, reflections and course reflection. Also, I am going to add a reference page where I will show all my sources.

Ethos: For ethos in my writing, I plan to establish credibility in the home page introducing myself and my work through the semester. I pretend to show credibility pointing out my university name.

Pathos: I believe that the best place to show emotions it would be in the home page, where I pretend to introduce myself. Also, I would like to write about my future goals.

Section C:

-As a designer Logos:I plan to create a tab where you can access to the home page, reflections, course reflection and reference page so that way ,my website will look organize.

Ethos:In ethos, I plan to establish credibility in my work being coherent with colors and design of the website.

Pathos: will use pathos a lot in this project because it is a website and I will need to set colors for the website also I plan to use pictures, colors and writing together to  enhance more my work.

Done!!

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Week 16: Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Section A: link to my website 

https://juanjosetg.wixsite.com/rws1302 

 Section B 

Ethos: 

HomePage: I will use this page to explain how it was for me taking this course by being honest to make my credibility. Also I'm going to use this page to talk about where I study and what is my major. 

 Reflection: in this page I'm going to talk about the assignments that we did and make sure that it doesn't have any errors the reflections. 

 Logos: 

 Homepage: the structure of this page is going to be clear and easy to understand so it can appeal to logos. 

 Reflections: for this page I'm going to use the assignment that I did so people can see how each one of the looked 

 Pathos: 

 Homepage: I will use this page to talk about my experience in class, what I enjoyed of the class material and what it was the most difficult part. 

 Reflection: in this one I'm going to talk about how I felt when doing the assignment so I can appeal to the emotions of the reader. 

 Section C: design 

Ethos: I will add my personal information like my utep email address and a picture of myself. 

 Pathos: for this one I'm going to add pictures of the assignments and about me so I can appeal to the emotions. 

 Logos: to appeal to logos I will make my website easy to navigate from page to page by putting each section in different tabs and also by making it look organized

 Thank you everyone for the feedbacks. I wish the best of luck to all of you on your finals and that also you have a good summer

[sylvalerie]

W13: Analyzing Research Posters

1. 

The poster I decided to analyze is titled Internet Inequality.

2. 

Compared to the requirements that we must include in our own project, this poster contains few other elements such as the abstract, background and methodology sections. These sections are not required on our own poster, but the results and conclusion are. Therefore, our poster is required to focus on our main results rather than give so much space to background or general info.

3.

The objective of the poster is to show the facts and correlations of how internet inequality affects students. It gathers data from sources that show how income levels give access to the use of the internet. The purpose is clear since every category addresses its main topic that is displayed as the title. The graphs are appropriate and also correspond to the main subject. They provide enough information for each section in an appropriate manner in which is not too overwhelming in information for a poster. Their conclusion is a well balanced final summary that displays the thesis found in the results and background.

4.

This poster is mainly directed to those who use the internet regularly in which case is usually younger people. It is most likely this reason because the topic is on the internet and the poster is on the internet as well. The facts are given easily, however, there are some larger more complex words, therefore, this poster would be mainly younger individuals who are in a higher education such as in high school or even university. The colors are bright and the information is well styled with the design of the poster which is also appealing when a younger individual is searching through the internet. The strongest aspects of this poster that would easily appeal to others, as it easily appealed to me, was the organization, design, and structure of information.

5.

The ethos of the poster could be found in its visual and information setting. The poster is very organized and appealing to the eye, where a poster that was messy and unattractive would not look credible nor professional. The poster has some of its sources put in its methodology section in which shows how they conducted their research and what they used. The placing of their university in regards of how the university supported their research also applies a credible outlook onto the poster. There is also a graph that provides ethos to the poster to show the information they have analyzed. 

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6.

Much of the pathos comes from the bringing up about the education of children. The topic of children would emotionally tie the audience especially since it mentions children who come from low-income households.The emotional aspect of the children is brought up in the picture in the middle as well. The information also explains the issues on low income communities and minorities. An emotional appeal of poverty stricken minority families could easily bring the emotion from other minorities who read the poster and could be relevant to them.

7.

The logos is effective in this poster as it has a very good structure in presenting information and chronologically has its sections from abstract to conclusion. On the logos aspect, I believe that some of the information is a bit unorganized (in the results), however, in my own opinion-I just couldn’t understand a phrase they gave in as a fact. The rest of the poster is well done, the graph fits where the information is relevant and to the audience the poster is easy to understand.

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1.

The poster’s design is well thought out and extremely appealing. Its logos aspect is very well done and I would take its concepts into my own poster. The organization of each section and the corresponding color scheme is very appealing and makes it credible in that way as well. This poster is very balanced in how much information and visuals it gives that I would like to take from to my own poster. In every section the poster stays on its focus of how the lack of internet access affects how well children do in school which is another model for my own work.

2.

Through my analysis of the poster I noticed that it contains a bit more sections than the requirements for our own poster’s. In the first draft of our outline we only had the requirements, however, as I was doing this assignment a bit earlier I liked the idea of adding more especially to the pathos section. We (as a group) ended up adding another section to the poster of the prominent diverse people in science that adds the emotional aspect of our work. The poster above is also very organized and designed professionally in which for the further process of our poster I will definitely try to incorporate a creative layout that will catch the audience’s attention.