Persuasive Brochure
Our group decided to make our brochure on the foreign language strengths that BYU has. BYU ranks highly in the nation for their languages departments. It is also number one in the nation for Study Abroad. The main reason why we chose this to go in our brochure is Ashley, and Sarah are bothe in the process of applying for Study Abroad so they were both really excited about this subject and have some knowledge on it. Rawleigh also thought it would be cool because he’s been on a mission and is one of the several RM’s on campus that can speak a foreign language. I know that BYU has a good program on it so I was ok with doing it also.
I’m not exactly sure how to best tailor it to the selected audience (non LDS HS students looking to where they would like to attend college). We’ll show all of the stats that show that the program here at BYU is really good and also show them the advantages of coming to BYU to learn a language, such as the fact that we have the most diverse selection of languages offered, and many students on campus speak the languages so it will be able to be used more than just in the classroom. We’ll also explain reasons why they will want to know foreign languages in their everyday life as they continue after their education here at BYU. An example of this would be the fact that employers look highly on language diversity and it makes one a more targetable employee.
We’ll also be focusing on BYU’s study abroad program. I have heard that it is number one in the nation. As I continue to research I will find more things to contribute to my argument here. Who wouldn’t want to travel and see some of the most beautiful sites that our world has to offer, while getting an education and having fun? For students who are already interested in doing study abroad before they choose a school that they want to attend, this might help persuade them to come to BYU.
My last argument here is that several foreign teens have aspirations to attend college. As the United States is still the worlds power, some might want to attend here. If they speak a foreign language, or if they simply don’t speak English this might be a good place for them to attend school. It will be easier to communicate with people at a school that has a lot of foreign language background rather than a traditional state school where most of the students have taken their required two years of foreign language to graduate from HS and that’s it. Also maybe their specific language would be something that they would like to excel in. Not many schools have majors in several foreign languages like BYU does.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Chapter OCHO! (that would be 8)
Style and Organization
There were several parts of writing listed in this chapter that we can use to make our writing better. Most of it is technical stuff that takes practice to get better at it. These things are style, clarity, coherence, conciseness, delivery, punctuation, usage and voice.
All of these things are very important to language and how our writing is read/ how we get messages across. Of them I think probably the two most important are punctuation and voice. The punctuation makes it so that the reader knows what’s going on. It’s a set of rules to make sure that things are delivered correctly. Voice gives the writing a little personality and makes the reading fun. Many of these include other parts of the language in them. So by getting one of these areas really well done, most of the time you are also incorporating many of the other parts of language that make it good. For example, voice includes word choice, sentence structure, sentence length. Style includes voice, coherence, clarity, and conciseness.
In my own personal writing I’ve always been told that I have really strong voice. I’ve never been really sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing, being from Utah and not always having the best grammar. As for now and after reading this chapter in the book, I’ll just assume it’s a good thing as it is one of the important parts of writing. On the other hand something in my writing that still could use some work is my punctuation. I’m getting better. English has never been something that has come easy to me so I still am not positive on a lot of the rules. I just try to write simply and incorporate that which I remember. Doing this has worked out decently for me so far, but the fact that I don’t know all the rules still makes me a little nervous. Punctuation is bound to be in my paper. It’s just the skeleton of all writing. I’m going to try to stick with my rule of keeping it simple so that I don’t get in trouble for wrong usage, and also so that it’s simple for the reader to read.
Another thing that I’ll be using in my paper is delivery. This is an important section of language also. This is what we have been studying all semester long in this class. The way we deliver things makes all the difference in the world of how the reader forms their thoughts and whiter they agree with us or not. It’s all about rhetoric and organization. Organization is something that I struggled with at the beginning of writing my paper. It was all over the place and I wasn’t sure how to best fit things to make my argument persuasive. With a little help from Mr. Keeley, and a lot of time and energy on my part, I got my research paper in a better order. I hope that it will be effective.
There were several parts of writing listed in this chapter that we can use to make our writing better. Most of it is technical stuff that takes practice to get better at it. These things are style, clarity, coherence, conciseness, delivery, punctuation, usage and voice.
All of these things are very important to language and how our writing is read/ how we get messages across. Of them I think probably the two most important are punctuation and voice. The punctuation makes it so that the reader knows what’s going on. It’s a set of rules to make sure that things are delivered correctly. Voice gives the writing a little personality and makes the reading fun. Many of these include other parts of the language in them. So by getting one of these areas really well done, most of the time you are also incorporating many of the other parts of language that make it good. For example, voice includes word choice, sentence structure, sentence length. Style includes voice, coherence, clarity, and conciseness.
In my own personal writing I’ve always been told that I have really strong voice. I’ve never been really sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing, being from Utah and not always having the best grammar. As for now and after reading this chapter in the book, I’ll just assume it’s a good thing as it is one of the important parts of writing. On the other hand something in my writing that still could use some work is my punctuation. I’m getting better. English has never been something that has come easy to me so I still am not positive on a lot of the rules. I just try to write simply and incorporate that which I remember. Doing this has worked out decently for me so far, but the fact that I don’t know all the rules still makes me a little nervous. Punctuation is bound to be in my paper. It’s just the skeleton of all writing. I’m going to try to stick with my rule of keeping it simple so that I don’t get in trouble for wrong usage, and also so that it’s simple for the reader to read.
Another thing that I’ll be using in my paper is delivery. This is an important section of language also. This is what we have been studying all semester long in this class. The way we deliver things makes all the difference in the world of how the reader forms their thoughts and whiter they agree with us or not. It’s all about rhetoric and organization. Organization is something that I struggled with at the beginning of writing my paper. It was all over the place and I wasn’t sure how to best fit things to make my argument persuasive. With a little help from Mr. Keeley, and a lot of time and energy on my part, I got my research paper in a better order. I hope that it will be effective.
Bibliography
Works Cited
Butler, Rhett. “Fragmentation reduces biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest &worsens global
warming.” Rhett Butler. Nov. 2006. 26 Nov. 2008.
This source had lots of good stuff. It’s focus was on fragmentation in the rainforest (tree islands in crops/pastures). Fragmentation is a big deal and has effects on three of my main points: the environment, Animals, and weather. It had a lot of really good information, that’s why I used it. I’ll use this in my paper by explaining what it is, telling about how it changes content of wood, the effects it has on weather, and summarizing what it means to animals.
Naranjo, Laura. “A Rainforest Divided.” Earth System Science Data Project. Laura Naranjo.
2005. 26 Nov. 2008. http://nasadaacs.eos.nasa.gov/articles/2005/2005_rainforest.html
I used this because it had some good facts that backed up the position that I was trying to take on the effect of the fragmentation, other destruction on the rainforest and the animals residing in it. This source had good facts about animal populations. I used it by stating the problem and backing it up with the information from source and let the readers reach the obvious conclusion by themselves.
Nations, J. D. Tropical rainforests: Endangered environment. New York: Franklin Watts. 1988.
This book had some really good information about what’s unique in the rainforest and how if it’s misused how we won’t be able to enjoy it anymore. I used it by telling about what these things are such as animals and foods. They all have roots in the Amazon and if further destruction continues than we might be destroying these objects as well.
Nunez- Garcia, Fernando., and White, Thomas H. From Cage to Rainforest. Aug. 2003. 29 Nov.
2008. http://www.fws.gov/endangered/bulletin/2003/07-12/16-17.pdf
In my talk with Mr. Keeley about my paper he asked me about my section on animals and said who cares? You need to have something in here that will make us care. I used this website to get more info on birds and how they’re becoming extinct and why that’s a problem. The article summarized this focusing mainly on the Puerto Rican Parrot.
Schaller, D. T. Indigenous ecotourism and sustainable development: The case of
Rio Blanco, Ecuador. Department of Geography. University of Minnesota. 29 Nov. 2008.
<http://www.edu.com/schaller/rioblancosummary.html>
This book is mostly about the effects of globalism on the rainforest, and how it effects the peoples residing in it. I used it in my paper to talk about and give some information on those who dwell in the Amazon. It also had a lovely definition of what a rainforest is so I supplied my paper with that as well. It had some really good stats and information about the effects of globalism.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. “Year of the Frog.” Publication Sept. 2008. 29 Nov. 2008
www.fws.gov/home/feature/2008/frog>
This source was amazing for what I needed it for. I once again needed to back up some information and tell why people should care. It talked about endangered animals in the Amazon and most specifically about frogs and amphibiens in the rainforest. I used this in my amphibian section to explain that they are important and to help readers come to a conclusion that something needed to be done about the situation at hand.
Wallace, S. “Brazils dilemma: Allow widespread and profitable destruction of the
rainforest to continue or intensify conservation efforts.” nationalgeographic.com
26 Nov. 2008. <http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/07101/feature/#toplink>
This is another source that talks about the effects of globalism on the rainforest. It talked about illeagle things that people are doing in the rainforest to make profit. One of these things is building illeagle roads. These roads have been a huge contributer to deforestation and fragmentation. It was a huge support to my argument.
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