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Another common entry my lit log was working out at the co rec. Although I have been super busy the last couple weeks, I try and workout as often as possible. Sometimes I go and play basketball with my friends, sometimes I will lift with a buddy, or sometimes I just run on the treadmill. Either way, I like to stay active by some sort of physical activity. When I am stressed out with school work, working out really helps me to calm down and refocus my energy. It’s a great stress reliever. My mom tells me that working out gives you more energy which is kind of ironic but in a way that is true for me. After I workout and calm down from my daily activities, it is much easier to focus on my schoolwork that needs done. Yes, you do burn energy but physical activity also gets your heart, mind, and body going so you wider awake. Also in my lit log, which is a 2 for 1 with working out, is that I love listening to music. Certain music can really motivate me to run that much farther or do that many more reps. Upbeat music especially really pushes me to try harder because since it is fast paced, you want to be fast paced and moving. Music can affect everyone in different ways and that is why it is interesting to me

One of the many things I do that is on my lit log is fencing. Each week on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, I will go to the Crec center to join the Purdue Fencing Club in their practice. In fencing there are three types of fencing, you can either fence foil, sabre, or épée, and I, myself, choose sabre as my weapon of choice. During practice, we would first do fifteen minuets of footwork, along with some conditioning, and of the remainder of the two hours we would do battles. The rhetorical situation of this is the practice itself, and it mainly happens at the start of practice when our instructor is coaching us in our footwork. The rhetor is mainly the instructor, where he would tell us to advance, retreat or lunge, during our short footwork session, and we as the fencers would be the audience, doing as we are told. The constraint within this situation would be not to mess up the steps or else you will look silly and out of shape. Another rhetorical situation within fencing practice occurs is when we are doing our battles. There would be two fencers on each strip, and their objective is to gain five points by hitting the opponent their blade before his or her opponent could counteract the attack. The constraint would be being defending yourself while at the same time being aggressive and try to take the attack at the right time. The rhetor would be the judge of the battle, and the audience within this situation would be the fencers themselves because the judge would be making calls and they’ll have to listen to see what the judge’s point of view was so they can learn better ways to gain advantages on their opponent when the kairos is right.

Out of the many things that I put on my lit log, I’ve noticed that Facebook is one of the top few things that pops up the most. I’ve often use Facebook as a source of entertainment. I like to scroll through News feed at times to see if there is anything funny that my friends have liked on Facebook, or look up pages that I liked to see what’s new and worth reading. Within this process of checking Facebook from time to time, I’ve noticed that I’ve been the audience of this rhetorical situation, and people who make the posts are the rhetors, but at times I am also the rhetor as well. Due to the fact that sometimes if I see posts that gives me the urge to reply and insert my opinion upon a stance with ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos; I then become the rhetor of the situation, and whoever will stumble upon my posts will be the audience of this situation or perhaps another rhetor when they decide to respond to my stance which will then create a discourse that might go on and on, depends on how good one side is. The constraints of this situation would be to make sure to have the right wording or ideas for the people who is making a statement or posts, because that they would never know if their future employer or school admission consoler would check up on their Facebook to see if this person is who he or she really say they are and are they the right person they want for employment or place within their school.  So the constraints for posting on Facebook is great,  since everything someone posts is so publicized that it can be find my even searching up on google.

Literacy Log Rhetorical Analysis 2

Throughout most every week, especially in the fall, I have a lot of interaction with football. During our Lit Log assignment I noticed that I was either watching football on TV or I was playing football video games. Unfortunately I haven’t had the opportunity to play in person since I have come to Purdue, I still love the sport. I watch football almost all Saturday and all Sunday every weekend. Then on top of that I watch Monday Night Football as well as occasional Thursday night football.  Between all of these games I recorded in my lit log that I play NCAA Football video games pretty often as well. I am a Purdue fan and a Colts fan so I follow those two teams. My second video game I ever got was a football game. I had to teach myself the controls and learn all of the different plays and teams. I would challenge friends and sometimes family to play me to test my skills as well. Sadly enough I think video games gave me my basic knowledge and interest in football.          

Easily the most common post in my Lit Log would be texting. It was a very frequent reoccurring theme that fills a lot of time throughout the day. I text  when I wake up, before I leave for class, on the way to class, between classes, on the way home from class, and basically during every other aspect of my daily schedule. I am not one that is glued to my phone but I am definitely a frequent texter. I think that texting has changed our society dramatically especially over the last 10 to 15 years. Nearly every teenager is a daily texter and even older generations are beginning to take part. Both of my parents slowly learned how to use the iPhone and probably use it just as often as me now. My dad can do basically all of his work jobs at the palm of his hand now. Since my generation was born into the era known as “Digital Natives”, as we learned in another reading, we can pick up on technology use a lot easier.

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