1.) The first form of argument I encountered was an argument that suggested exploring the underlying portrays that one's clothing can suggest. There was a girl that lives on my floor and was in attendance to our hall meeting. She was wearing a UK hockey jersey which could suggest several different things. It got me thinking that she could be dating a UK hockey player or maybe that she just enjoys watching hockey and attends several of the UK midnight hockey games. However, those are assumptions that could be false as it could a be friend's jersey that she likes to wear because it is comfortable.
2.) While I was watching a college basketball game on TV, on commercial breaks, there were commercials aired advertising both colleges playing. The commercials showed clips from each of the schools and highlighted the researched programs, inovating technologies, and successful/happy students. This argues that these schools have both cutting-edge education and successful sports programs. Also, the pictures are beautiful scenes from the campuses which argues that not only are the schools prospering in education, technology, and athletics, but the commercials also show happy students walking on a campus with sunshine. This argues that people who go to these schools have a good time and receive a good education.
3.) Also, I have noticed the different fonts, colors, and emojis that people use in snapchats. The different fonts suggest that the people are fun, creative, and possibly good with using technology in order to be able to change the fonts. The colors argue the moods of the people sending the snapchats; the bright colors suggest that the sender is in a happy mood and dark black colors can convey that the sender is angry or sad. The emojis are good indicators of the mood in which the senders are in because the faces argue moods, emotions, and feelings.
4.) This past weekend, I went to the Kentucky Horse Park and the I noticed the Alltech Arena. The symbol for the Alltech Arena has an orange horse head circling around the "A". This first and foremost argues that the arena hosts equestrian related events. The orange is an eye-catching color that draws the attention of the people. Also, this logo argues that the Alltech brand is associated with the equine world, sponsors several international horse shows, supports protecting horses, and insures the health and safety of horses. These interest me because I am a horse lover and attend many of equine events sponsored by Alltech.
5.) When I printed off a boarding pass to my flight back home to Charlotte, I noticed advertisements on the bottom of the boarding pass. The advertisements included the number to the Discovery Place, The Nascar Hall of Fame, and The Bank of America Stadium. Each of these places are unique to Charlotte and are printed on the bottom of boarding pass to visitors who are flying into the city. These arguments suggest that Charlotte is a city full of unique and exciting things to see, learn about, and do. It took thousands of dollars to build each one of the tourist attractions in hopes to bring in thousands more in profit. This argues that cities hope to attract visitors to bring in a profit.
Excellent work, Natalie. You're doing some nice rhetorical analysis already, and this is something that we'll be working with extensively this semester. It's also interesting to me to see how, if we widened the scope of these observations, we could see large topical arguments that you could intervene in this semester. For instance, in your fifth observation, I could see a topic developing about the revitalization of cities in recent years. Or in your fourth observation, the logo suggests the protection of animals, which is an especially interesting topic considering the corporate farms of late. So the question to begin asking as you look back at these observations, your pet peeves, and your passions is how we could turn these into topics that you could (and would want to) intervene in.
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