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Reflection
Adam Tarsia Prof. Nicoludis Reflection Essay 12/14/20 As I reflect on my first semester of college, I am somewhat disappointed in my initial experience as a student, however I cannot help but be thankful for the good health my family and myself have had. Some classes dragged on and were difficult to engage with, but […]
Portfolio Paper Organization
acknowledge your and others’ range of linguistic differences as resources, and draw on those resources to develop rhetorical sensibility Eh (covid limited real solid interaction) enhance strategies for reading, drafting, revising, editing, and self-assessment: 2nd essay quickwrite Frank ocean proposal negotiate your own writing goals and audience expectations regarding conventions of genre, medium, and rhetorical […]
Blonde Proposal
Thesis: Frank Ocean’s “Blonde” is the swan song of the conceptual album, a thematically streamlined masterpiece exploring sexuality, materialism, and race through the dual lens of his own deeply personal experiences as both a perpetrator and victim of circumstances created by those issues. How to tie the sources in: Album: For the album, I’ll be […]
Album Proposal – discussion board
For my topic to write a critical analysis on, I would like to choose the album Blonde by Frank Ocean. It does an incredible job addressing a vast variety of topics concerning the life of a modern adult, serving as a criticism of materialism and vanity to conveying experiences of racism, heartbreak, and loss. It […]
Op-Ed Proposal
Rough Idea- In less than a month, an election is taking place. For some people, that election has already begun, as early polling and mail ins have been opened already in some places and are opening in more very soon. I am not old enough to vote yet, and this time around I am feeling […]
Ethos Pathos Logos – Discussion Board
Collapse Ethos Pathos, and Logos are three of the major rhetorical appeals. Each appeal serves to act as an agent of persuasion utilizing a different approach. Through Ethos, the speaker seeks to persuade the reader by establishing a sense of credibility with their words, granting substantiality to their claims. Through Logos, the speaker guides the […]
Style/Mindset Discussion Board
1. A mindset is a mental framework that strongly influences how we receive, interpret, react, and respond to information. Those with a fixed mindset are closed off to new information, and consciously (or unconsciously) do not expand their knowledge, and therefore their perspective. Their intelligence also remains static by refusing to accept alternative perspectives. A […]
Free write- Importance of writing for audience
Imagine a scenario in which one drunkenly addresses their professor as a peer while asking for an extended due date, employing profanity and informal slang as agents of persuasion in their plea. Now, I implore the reader to formulate their own conclusion on the result of that plea. It is more than likely that the […]
Critical Analysis Draft
Following the release of “Channel Orange”, legendary artist Frank Ocean’s debut LP, and a four-year silence, 2016 saw the release of Ocean’s second album, “Endless”, in the format of a video livestream. “Endless” was the final LP required by his Def Jam contract, and upon his contract fulfillment, Ocean was able to distribute an album […]
Critical Analysis- Blonde
Adam Tarsia Prof. Nicoludis Eng 21001 Section D 12/8/2020 Following the release of Channel Orange, legendary artist Frank Ocean’s debut LP, and a four-year silence, 2016 saw the release of Ocean’s second album, “Endless”, in the format of a video livestream. “Endless” was the final LP required by his Def Jam contract, and upon his […]
