Daniela Carrillo.

I had already started the outline of my website to have an idea of what needs improvement and what else would I add to follow the rhetorical appeals appropriately. 

Section A: working link of my website… 

https://kfacosta.wixsite.com/rws1302experience/assignment-reflections

Section B: 

As a writer, Ethos, Pathos, and Logos are very important factors that need to be considered when making a website like the one we are all doing for our final project.  Each of these appeals can be put together and guarantee you great outcomes for your website

Ethos is mainly about providing credibility, and as a writer I would follow this appeal by first creating my home page and provide enough details about me. Writing about my experience with writing and reading and even mentioning the name of the school I am attending to provides the details that will give credibility to my website. On the RWS e-book we have some questions that can help me think about stuff to write about myself and what details are necessary to mention. There is a minimum and a maximum number of words that we should follow so there is no extra words or it does not look like we didn’t provide enough information.

Another appeal that I would be considering as I write my website is Pathos. Pathos is more about adding emotion to our writing. I would be following this appeal by writing about everything that this RWS course has taught me about writing skills and development of myself in big assignments. The more I write about what I learned in the making of this major assignments and how it would help me in my future the more emotion I think I will add to my writing. I will provide enough details so the audience can relate and even learn something new from my experience throughout this course. I would also make it professionally enough for future references.

Last but not least, the appeal Logos is also very important because it would help me to emphasize my writing in a specific tone and fluency and not make it overwhelming and boring. I would follow this appeal by revising my grammar throughout my website and add consistency to each of the paragraphs that I will be adding. The logic added to my writing is important because I want to make sure everything I’m writing makes sense and it is not out of context. Make it as clear as water…..

Section C: As a designer!

3. Using these appeals will not only be important in my writing portion of my website, but also in how it is designed. The five principles of design will help be a lot on how to follow these appeals correctly.

I will be using the credibility of ethos in the design of my website by adding a picture of myself and adding a contact tab with my email. These details will add credibility to my website by actually putting a face to the creator of this reflexions. If they are any concerns the audience could easily contact me via email.

I will be using pathos by following the principle of designs,for example the balance principle consists of putting images and text in a way that does not seem overwhelmed. The more organized the design of my website the audience will have a better understanding of its consistency. As you noticed, I love pink and I tried to use it in a way that it attracts the emotions of the audience and have an idea of who I am. I started my website already and this is how it’s starting to look with all the tabs and a picture of me. 

The alignment and grouping principles would fit very well with the Logos appeal. These principles will help me to have the design of my paragraphs in order. Also, the use of contrast in my website will add clarity to identify titles, subtitles and paragraphs. These details will be very important for me to consider in order to add logic to my website along with the writing. I haven’t done much of this portion, but I will be working on it until the submission day. 

THIS IS THE LAST PROJECT!!!!! WUUUU!!!

A.)Trendlines Research

1.) The web page is not well distributed with the content of the text but it looks too busy and viewers might get disturbed and have a hard time looking for the content.

2.) There is no contrast in this webpage, there is no difference in the fonts and everything looks the same.

3.) There is too much consistency in the webpage, there is no balance with the fonts and the content.

4.) There is some grouping of the same content. it is aligned horizontally.

5.) This website had no effectiveness at all. It is too busy and the use of color is somewhat unattractive. The font is too small and has almost no balance. This is a webpage nobody would like to access.

B) Aron Marquez

1.) This webpage is profesional and has balanced, the content is well organized and it is easy to navigate.

2.) There is enough contrast in the webpage. The fonts differ from the title.

3.) There is consistency throughout the page, the content Is about the same throughout it.

4.) Vertical distribution.

5.) This webpage is extremely effective, the usage of images in the background and the simplicity of the text has great balance. All this together makes it easier to navigate in the webpage and it is interesting to look at.

- My Website

1. I will make sure I distribute my information throughout my webpage and make sure the colors and font go together and that go well with my topic. I will use horizontal and vertical alignment to make it easier to navigate. I will work well with the content so there is enough consistency. My webpage will be effective If I include all the basics of design.

Since we have already worked as a group, hopefully it won’t be hard to determine the meeting days. Following a similar format for the poster project, I plan to meet with my group especially on Monday after 10:30 am. However, I believe the load for this task is heavier so we will probably have to meet during the week, maybe Wednesday at noon, and even Friday at any time possible.

As mentioned, the load for this project might take a bit of extra effort so it will be necessary to work alone. I am planning to do that on Tuesday and Thursday.

One of the most important parts of the meetings is to discuss what and how each of the group members will do. We are going to address aspects as the introduction, the claim, our style, good research, advocating, the use of Ethos, Pathos and Logos, and the Conclusion. 

In order to properly address these aspects, we will use the e-book to check what is required from each one of them and the internet to complement the information. 

The aspects I am most concerned about are the claim and the style. 

Claim: Not because I do not now my position towards the matter or because I do no not know what I want my audience to think, but because I am not sure on how to structure it. 

Style: I am a die-hard fan of the seventh art, so I am very picky about every single detail related to it. Therefore, defining our style for this project might be a bit difficult. 

However, the guidelines from the e-book seem helpful and with some time meditating by myself I might be able to create a mental picture of what we want to do for the project. 

I feel more confident about the Introduction, the Conclusion, and the Copyright because once the main part of the documentary is done, these aspects are merely technical and easier to work with. 

I think that most of us started this project very confused but now we are slowly understanding more what is expected from our poster. I agree with you that the structure can be hard to design especially if there are three people trying to put their own style into the project. Which is great! You just have to come to an agreement by combining everyone’s ideas. You said you feel confident about most of the content and personally I think that was the hardest part of this project so now you just have to work on the design. I am excited to see your poster!

It is now time to analyze and figure out how to make my own research poster……

Section A: Analyzing a Research Poster

1. Effects of Electrical stimulation on Schwann cell migration on polypyrrole substrate 

2. This poster is similar from the requirements for our own research poster in how the information is structured. For example it includes introduction, title, author, results, and conclusion. This poster provides short but precise paragraphs that are understandable which are also a requirement for our own research poster. Other requirement similarities are that in this poster they include images, colors, different fonts for titles and subtitles, which are helpful for the audience to read and have a better understanding of the poster. The requirement differences between this poster and our own is that the Intro is more of a background and a question-based information. Also, this poster provides the methods used and ours only requires the results because the topics for the poster are different. The information from this poster is more of science-method and our info would be more of a persuasive information.

3. The purpose of the poster is to show the effects of an electrical stimulation to cure nerve injuries and actually show how and why is it done like this and under what circumstances. The purpose of actually informing the audience is well done because they provide images showing the treatments and the methods of how can this nerve injury can be repaired. What they missed to include in this poster is the why does this nerve injury occur, and how to prevent it.

4. The intended audience for this poster is people with knowledge in biology because they include images that only people that know about biology would understand. Also, other intended audience for this poster would be people who are interested in knowing more about nerve injuries and how can it be repaired, because the poster also includes information that is understandable for someone not knowledgeable in science. The intended audience would also have to be young adults/adults because of the elevated level of information this poster includes, which a child would not understand.

5. This poster display ethos by including the schools in which this poster got the information from. These schools seem to be biology-related so they are really effective when it comes to providing credibility to the information. Also, it includes the names of the people who created these posters (Authors). This type of information provides trustworthiness because people can easily look for the schools and the authors to see if they are knowledgeable people.

6. This poster displays pathos by providing trustworthiness by the authors, and intellectual information which is not very effective. It is not effective because after providing all this information they ended with a conclusion of “hoping to” which displays confusion about the possibilities of this methods actually working.

7. This poster displays logos by providing a well structured and understandable poster, and this is effective because the audience could easily follow through. The sentences provided in this poster are also very straightforward, which helps the audience to understand the purpose of this poster. The only thing that this poster seemed to fail according to logos is the font size, which is not very clear and hard to understand the sentences.

Section B: Implications for your own research poster

1. I will use the sample and my own analysis towards guiding my own group research poster by following the structure and all the things that this poster seem to have in common with mine. Also, I really liked how the information was structured, in a way that it is not overwhelming. It also provides the sufficient images with its short but understandable text. My group and I may not do the same structure used in this poster, but I think it does gives us and idea of what a good poster can look like.

2. Our research poster outline was changed in a way that it gives us an idea of how an effective research poster should be done. At first, we were confused on how to structure the information but analyzing this poster gave us an idea of what should and should not be done according to ethos, pathos, and logos. Using the Rhetorical appeals to analyze this poster also helped me to follow the same analysis when it comes to my research poster.

FINALLY DONE!!!! and prepared to make my own research poster 

My group and I were also kind of lost and confused when we begin drafting the outline for our poster. We really did not know where to begin or which structure to follow until we looked at these examples (well speaking for my self only of course). You were very specific on answering each of the questions and that’s great! You were able to analyze this poster in depth this will help your group a lot when creating the research poster. Good job! I am excited to see your group’s final poster!

Let’s get started

Before this class I honestly would have fallen flat on my face trying to conduct a research paper on my own! 

But now I feel pretty confident. If i had to write another one outside of this class, i have so many tools and tricks that Audrey has given us to use! That’s why taking everything she gives us seriously is very important for future classes. She has given us a good basis for future papers.

At the beginning of the semester I didn’t really understand the whole point of picking a semester topic, but taking a step back now it has really opened my eyes. Everything that Audrey has had us do in class in only going to help us later including the scholarly research and making contacts in our own fields through primary research. Overall Audrey has better prepared me for future papers as an undergrad and grad student!

Making us do the primary research, has opened the door for us to make contacts with people that are currently working our fields of interest. The people we interviewed may be our future professors, advisors, or peers once in our fields.

A. Assignment requirements

Methods

 1. Purpose of your primary research:

 Make sure to title your research

Have a statement explaining what you hoped to learn

 2. Methods used to conduct your primary research 

The who, what, when, how, and what.

3. Results of your primary research:

How the interview results tie in with the rest of material.

Detailed statement telling your audience how the responses will be discussed throughout the paper.

4. Implications of your primary research

How interview results relate to your other sources.

Relate the results to the community or a to bigger scale.

Interview Material 

1. Begins with requesting an interview from your list of picked scholars.

2. Once you receive a response, make sure to follow up with an “Interview Confirmation”

Include your research questions, scholarly articles, and interview release form.

3. Remember to have your interview materials for recording 

 Phone, paper, pencil, etc.

4.  Reminders 

Dress the part (nothing too fancy). 

Act professional and have fun. 

Bring a copy of the “Interview Release Form”.

5. During the interview do not worry about writing every single thing down. Write points that stand out, and remember that you will have a recording.

B. Where I found everything.

Week 10 and the RWS Handbook will be your savior. You can find all your information and requirements in the:

Literature Review Supplemental Guidelines

Interview Material folder

 p. 218-222(which include rubric), 226-227

C. How can we meet these requirements 

https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/ppt/20071030120349_708.ppt

This presentation is a great tool if you are unsure or nervous for the interview.

For the methods section a quick google search can help even more if you still cannot figure it out. 

First two links are great. 

http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/methodology

https://yuwritingcenter.wikispaces.com/How+to+Write+the+Methodology+of+a+Research+Paper

The fist step is to show proof of my interview request, which is already sent and ready to receive a response….

Second step is to show proof that my Interview Release Form was read, downloaded, and saved into my DB account

The third step is to show you my drafted Interview Questions: 

The fourth step is to show proof that I read, downloaded and saved the interview confirmation file into my DB account

The fifth and final step is to show proof of my Recording material: My phone, which I´m using to record the interview and of course a pencil and a notebook

I feel kind of nervous but excited at the same time to interview the scholar

You documented the process by providing a lot of details and I really found it helpful. I always use your work as guide because you are always very specific and organized on your work. I think you did a good job structuring your interview questions. The questions you came up with are strong and very interesting I’m sure this will ease the essay writing process. I am excited to see how your final literature review will look like!