Contrast Assignment

Description of the same scene in two different POV.

Favorable

The wind blows my hair out of my eyes as the Wilson bell tower's percussion sings the JMU Duke song. The mint green grass I'm sitting on is fragrant with freshness. Puppies are leaping and hopping like bunnies through the thick grass. The sounds of students' bustling to their next classes sounds almost like bees buzzing around their hives. A frenzy of activity goes on around me as I leisurely peruse my People magazine and wait for my next class. Finally, I'm home. I am back at JMU reading on the quad for the first time since summer and it is a familiar comfort.

Unfavorable

Since I first started going to JMU, the school's population has only gotten bigger and bigger. It's the first time I've had, since returning from summer vacation, to sit out and read a little in between classes. I first tried the Commons, but all the tables were taken up by clubs or people sitting by themselves at lunch. I wish I could just ask to share a table with one of them, but I was too shy. Then I try to find seating on a bench or a swing, but they were all occupied too! Finally, I went over to the quad in a last attempt to find some seating for myself. I found a clear area under a tree, not realizing the many insects that fly around that area. As I start to read a really interesting article about Jamie Lynn Spear's comments on her older sister (Britney Spears), the JMU bell tower starts ringing. I can't even focus on a People magazine article with all the noise the students are making around me. I just wanted to enjoy an afternoon reading in the sun, only to find a cacophony of interruptions in wait for me.

Reflection

This chapter showed a great deal about how to present an argument. It is important, in general, to think about the audience's senses that are being appealed to. Although, to present something for an argument, one could show that through a logical(logos) progression, it seemed much more attractive to present it by appealing to pathos. However, when rebutting an argument, it seemed much easier to appeal to logic and facts. It may be that when rebutting, giving facts discredits the original argument much better than any other form of argument. Of course, throughout the book, writing is shown to be much better when appealing to logos, ethos, and pathos.
It is much easier to write a positive description of the scene in great detail. The details made it a lot easier to show what was pleasant about the event/scene. Mentioning sitting on the quad, with my intended audience to all be apart of the JMU community, is very easy to relate to . Most students at JMU have, at some time, had to at least waste time between classes by sitting on the quad. Also, describing fresh cut grass and the JMU Dukes song, it would conjure up memories of both childhood and good times in college.
The negative description was a lot easier to write, since it was not important to get in touch with very detail oriented memories. It simply described in a logical way, why the experience had not been good. Describing difficulties faced was simple. It made it easy to realize how leaving out different parts of the events drastically changes the audience's feeling.