This might be one of the most inspirational pieces I've read in awhile. This piece goes along with my blog post from last tuesday. Essentially, it goes more in depth about the argumentative process, and how to address rhetorical situations. My favorite part about all of this is how open and "free" the format base for these arguments can be. For one thing, the creative and brainstorming processes described are pretty rad, and I can think of more ways I could have utilized these in the past two years of college than just for this upcoming project.
The second thing I liked is how your main purpose can find sub purposes that all can support your argument. It makes me feel like I have more room to stretch my ideas out. All of it is kind of like a complex physics question: you have to answer certain parts of the question in order to gather more information to come up with a final answer. As I was reading, I was reflecting on my purpose statement for Plug Mittens. I feel like even though I have a good basis, I should definitely try one of these brainstorming ideas, possibly with Brittany, to really explore all of the options I could use to create an argument for the website/Tumblr. I think this will also help me address the "layers of purpose" in my argument.
Phew. Looks like I really have my work cut out for me this week...
I like the idea of free advertising for your friend's company, and I think the Plug Mittens idea is a really cool idea. Perhaps when setting up the advertisement site, try and link it with other media forms like Facebook or Twitter to reach more members of your audience. One thing to be careful of, though, is over-advertising the Plug Mittens so that others start creating their own versions. This is a great opportunity for people with gauges (especially those in colder climates) to make a personal statement and improve the general mentality of what gauges are.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really cool idea, it's very unique but a really strong, centralized idea. I like the idea of creating a tumblr for your friend to both advertise and sell her products. Overall you really seem to have a well laid out plan for this assignment, and you know what you'd like to achieve. I like the idea of a disclaimer section to address some of the criticism she's received also.
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