Pathos:makes the audience feel a certain way about a cause or feel remorse for not accepting the argument. Usually used as a call to action or for a certain law to be passed.
Logos: The writing illustrates why the position taken is logical in light of evidence.
Ethos: attempt to gain the audience support for the writer's argument by portraying the writer as the type of person the audience would be likely to listen to and support.
Appeal to Authority: Using credible resources to gain support for the point of view presented.

Current Events

Long Island Migration Continues:

There is a growing trend of United States residents leaving Long Island to move to other states then there are United States residents moving into Long Island. Most of the people migrating away from Long Island happened to be in the fifty five to sicty five year old age group; which may be tied into retiring into a more temperate area. Some feel that there are not enough job opportunities, and move with their companies that are relocating to other regions due to this. This reduction in the Long Island population may threaten tax rates and the social fabric of the area; yet the loss is balanced with the influx of immigrants relocating to this area.

I found this article interesting since my father wants to move off Long Island, and relocate to another major branch of his company, after I have moved to college. My friend's families are also looking to move to ifferent areas, as they have less job opportunities here.
It was intriguing how some of the opinions stated in the article, asuch as the lack of job opportunity is affecting the population diversity of the island. I also found it interesting how the article statd that we were dependent upon immigrants to maintain our population, though I do feel that most of these immigrants may be illegal, and offer no benefit to our economy.

Obama Adress/Speech Number Two

Responsibility:
I agree with Obama that people have not been looking toward the future, only to the next day in their lives. If these people are not able to plan for their future, the economy will be the one sffering instead of such people, as aid will most likely be supplied to them. I do not feel any sympathy really for the people who bought what they couldn't afford, being an adult requires you to make educated decisions, and they ovbioulsy could not handle making intellegent ones. I also am happy that Obama will focus upon education, and energy, seeing as these are two important issues to me. I feel that our education now does not quite prepare us for competing on a global level, and does not instill us with the same work ethics and motivation as those of past generations.



3.5 Million Jobs
the tax credit for college is a very interesting thing to hear, since I am going to be applying to colleges soon, and I know there are many schools I would like to go to that I simply will not be able to afford. I do hope that the small amount extra that we will be able to save from this tax credit will aid in the search for a college.
Saving 3.5 million jobs seems to be an extremely large figure, and one that I am skeptical about. However, similar types of reforms have worked before, as shown in the great depresison era, but it is always good to keep in mind that World War II was really what pulled us out of such a depression.

Economy:

There is no arguing it; our economy is not in a beneficial place at this moment in time. The problems seem to have stemmed from the lack of responsiblilty in people, and also, in my opinion, the fact that most of our work producing goods comes form other countries. Since these othe countries benefit off the production of our goods, our workers are not able to get jobs when they should be, which does not bode well for the amount of money being spent in the nation. If the nation is simply a consumer nation that does not produce many products on a global scale, which is important in the world today, I feel that our economy may stablize, but may not do as well as it is able to. While I do not know much about the economy, I do feel that Obama's plan to increase public works and provide things such as better mass transit and roadways will aid in the restoration of our economy, much as the depression era presidents instated.

Commercial

The commercial uses pathos to try and relate to the people who actually do not like their jobs, and uses humor to create a more effective meaning. There is no use of logos or ethos, since there is not really a place for it in this commercial in my opinion. Adding these two would most likely take away from the humor of the commercial, and create a less effective meaning.

Obama's Inaugural Speech Part Two

Posture and Body Language:
While Obama used his hand gestures to aid in emphasizing his words, some gestures seem to be uneeded, and do not add much to the speech. For the most part, his gestures did help into making the speech more personable and friendly, rather then comming across as "talking down" to the audience.

Articulation:
Obama's speech was clear and eaisly understandable. The words are pronnounced clearly and without stumbling. His mastery of articulation and pronunciation help to portray his intellegence, without introducting traces of arrogance.

Pronunciation:

His pronunciation was pretty much one hundred percent correct, I could not find any flaws in what he had said.

Pitch and Volume:
The changes in his pitch helped to accentuate the message of his speech. He raised the pitch of his voice at the right moments to helpto show the importance of certian words. I think that he kept his voice at the correct level of voulme as well to be projeted to all who were attending, yet not yelling at those in the front row. He had strength in his voice, which also helped to keep the attention of the people.

Pace and Caesura:
The changes in pace helped to show the continuous problems that the early people who had settled here hhad faced. It also helped to emphasize everything that they had done to make the society better for the people now. His pauses after "for us" helped to show that it was all for us, rather then to emphasize what they had done.

Quality:
His voice was even and strong, it did not seem like he was struggling to make a point, rather it seemed as if the words had come to him naturally.

Variance:
The changes in the different parts of making a speech helped to show the importance of his points, while letting the other points flow. The less important points allowed for the emphasis on the major points.