Omar Diaz
Author’s Statement
Why and how I create my Poem “Journey to Success”
Poems are always amazing to tell a short story that is inspiring and full of imagery. My purpose of why I create this poem was to tell a story of someone who goes through a one year journey to losing weight. Poems are good to show lots of emotion and that what I hope to get out of it. My audience is going to be for people who want to read a good before and after story of someone who changes their life around to make a difference in himself. They should expect lots of imagery, lots of figurative language and some bits of rhyme. I want my audience to take picture the hard work this person has to go through to get where he wants to. The rhetorical appeals I use for my poem is pathos and ethos. Where I use ethos is where I show the good from eating right and working out. I use lots of pathos because I want my readers to feel for the person in the poem. They will feel passionate for the person and great for him. It's a very touching poem and makes readers happy. There's not a lot of logos because its a story which is fiction.
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It starts off on January 1 of 2005 and ends on December 1, 2005. There are 12 stanzas each representing a month of the year. I use lots of similes because a poem is not a poem without similes. I also have some rhyme in there to make the reader feel like they are a child again. I also use imagery so the reader can picture the work this guy in putting in his journey to success. I constructed the poem in just text format, and I made it so 6 stanzas are on the right and the other 6 or on the left so it can give it the poem feel to it. I wish I put mini pictures so it can give it that poem feel that we had when we were kids. The tone of the piece is positive, happy because there's no reason to be sad or negative when going through a journey to
Pathos is the author's use of emotions and sympathy to urge the audience to agree with his or her standpoint. And lastly, logos apply sound reasoning (logic) to attract the typical ideas of the audience and to prove the author's point of view. "Lockdown" by Evans D. Hopkins is a fine example of an author using these appeals to persuade his audience. Hopkins uses of the three appeals are easy to locate and relate to throughout the entire passage. He undoubtedly uses rhetoric to try and keep his audiences focused and to persuade them to feel the way he does about the treatment of prisoners.
Throughout the course of this novel, Ishmael Beah keeps the readers on the edge of their seat by incorporating interchanging tones. At the beginning of the novel, the tone can be depicted as naïve, for Beah was unaware to what was actually occurring with the rebels. Eventually, the tone shifts to being very cynical and dark when he depicts the fighting he has endured both physically and mentally. However, the most game changing tone is towards the end of the novel in chapters nineteen and twenty. His tone can be understood as independent or prevailing. It can be portrayed as independent because Beah learns how to survive on his own and to take care of himself. At the same time, it is perceived as prevailing and uplifting because Beah was able to demonstrate that there is hope. Later in the novel, Beah travels to
This poem reflects on how when you lose someone you truly care about it affects you mentally. When we lose someone who we're really close to, we tend to hold a grudge and start questioning our love for the world. We lose ourselves when we
In "Self-Reliance," philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson argues that people shouldn't be reliant on what others in society think. The main point of this essay is for people in society to realize that the only way to be comfortable is to be uncomfortable first. Throughout the essay it can be complicating to understand what Emerson is trying to accomplish. In the first paragraph Emerson states," The soul always hears an admonition in such lines." He also writes," Watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind." Lastly Emerson claims," we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinions from another."
Guns do belong in schools and prospective parents should be required to obtain a license before having kids. These are the dominant themes present in Jamie O'Meara's "Gun, Sex, and Education" and Janice Turner's "Should We Need a License to Be a Parent?" respectively. O'Meara argues that just like sex education arms the youth with knowledge, protecting them from irresponsible promiscuous behavior, gun education would serve the same purpose with respect to violence and guns. Similarly, Turner calls for new legislation but in an entirely different arena. She believes that in order to become parents, adults or non-adults for that matter, should meet a certain required standard and obtain a license in order to enter the most important profession of all: parenting. In order to develop these arguments, both writers utilize the general rhetorical strategies of comparison and argument. However, there is one key difference between the approaches taken to the development of the arguments. O'Meara's article has successfully employs ethical (ethos), emotional (pathos) and logical (logos) appeal whereas Turner's article takes a predominantly rational appeal (logos). Though both articles do an excellent job of conveying their points, all things considered, O'Meara's attempt at presenting a well balanced approach appealing to logic, emotion and ethics is more successful than Turner's attempt at presenting a solely logical argument.
This poem shines importance on going through thing s and how you have to start some place. I found this book very inspirational and it has refreshed my perspective on life. My people that came before me went through so much just so that I could even have to opportunity or ability to read this book and wright a review on my own.
Benjamin Franklin’s The Way to Wealth displays the life of Poor Richard who has ultimately accomplished what most Americans would consider the American Dream: Poor Richard, also known as Richard Saunders, comes from a life of poverty then successfully develops a rich and productive life. Franklin demonstrates that Poor Richard’s work ethic and frugality allow him to advance up the social hierarchy. Nevertheless, scholars oftentimes question Franklin’s intentions throughout his almanac. However, in The Way to Wealth, Franklin’s utilization of rhetorical strategies demonstrates Franklin’s intention to persuade his audience to capitalize their life through dutiful, virtuous, and meaningful actions instead of words.
As far as organization goes, there are three stanzas which I believe represent three different ages of the main character. There is no rhyming nor iambic pentameter; this lends a casual and more natural tone to the piece. Also, the stanzas don't all have the same number of lines. This makes the poem less structured, formal, and loose as if the character is telling you the story of her past.
This week’s reading had so many definitions to memorize. Although, it was interesting to learn about Euphemism and how it is suppose to be intended to spread positive attitude. Just by changing a few words can make the whole expression have a completely different outcome. For example, rather than saying a person has died, you can say departed to make the situation appear better. We use rhetorical devices like Euphemism, to make everything have positive results. While dysphemism is the complete opposite, it’s purposely used to produce a negative effect on someone’s attitude. Chapter four provided many rhetorical devices, which will help in writing better. One of the terms is down player, which is used to make someone or something’s value appear
enable us to understand the moral of the poem. Which is work hard and you will receive you goals and never give up.
Overall I feel this poem is the best poem (of the three) to give the
...s the theme of family. For example, when you truly love someone in your family, you make sure that you show them you truly love them by not only giving them a hug but also telling them that you love them. I can relate to this situation because whenever I notice that my mom is feeling down, I make sure that I tell her that I love her and she is the best mom in the world. Another theme that is present in this poem that I can relate with my life is the theme of mortality. For example, the man is obsessed with not only how but also why Annabel died. I can relate to the man in this situation because after my mom’s dog passed away about nine or ten years ago I was wondering for the longest time why she had to pass away. She wasn’t always the nicest dog, but I still loved her anyways. This poem celebrates the child-like emotions with the ideals of the Romantic era.
Everything in life is already clearly defined: many people grow up believing this to be true. One such man, author Bernard Roth, argues against this phrase. In chapter one of The Achievement Habit Bernard Roth, the author, discusses the importance on the things we give meaning to in our life. Throughout life one begins taking on the worldly view of societal meanings, however in the end most realize these meaning drilled into your head are irrelevant. “Nothing is what you think it is.” We give everything its meaning in life, thus we have the ability to change the meaning of anything. (Roth Pg. 18)
poems can be minimalistic and short but still intriguing. The sentences in the story are very short
All of this gives the poem a very loose and unrestrained structure which is very well-suited to the theme of the poem the re-connection with the inner self and the sense of freedom to explore one’s inner self after becoming free from the distractions of one’s life. In addition, by having this kind of rhyme scheme, we could pause little by little and contemplate on how every stanza or verse can be incorporated in everyday living. To summarize, having a sense of freedom is the key to embracing one’s inner self.