Research Project Proposal

I would like to do research on the different views of the use of anabolic steroids in sports. I found the article in the book to be very interesting and i would like to know more about it, and potentially come at it in from a different side than the book.

Rhetorical Situation of "The Original Kuleshov Experiment"

In the video, and actor is observed to be standing still staring into the camera. There is then a flash to soup, and then back to the actor. The actor then has the appearance that he is hungry. After that a image is shown of a girl in a coffin, the actor appears to show grief on his face. Finally there is a picture of a women shown, the actor then looks to have desire on his face. The audience of the piece are the people watching, the author is a filmmaker, and the message is to show the facial expressions of an actor.

Words to protect Ethos in Student Writing Sample

Ignores
Over-simplifying
Underestimates
Overly-commercialized
Americanized
Demonizes
Condescending

Visual Rhetoric Analysis: Introduction

You are sitting on a lonesome golf field, 9-iron in hand, staring at the flag flapping in the wind, lining up the shot that can potentially win you your game, there is no room for error. As you come down hard from your backswing, you feel as if something has gone awry. Your shot flies in an awkward arc only to land in the nearest sand bunker. You drop your shoulders in anguish and scuffle off in shame. This has happened to everyone at some point in their expansive lives, whether it is in golf or anything else, the feeling of defeat. Advertisement companies love to draw on this fear, the fear that you are not as good as you should be, and attempt to convince you that their product or products will give you the winning edge or help you compete at a high level. None do this better than Nike, and in the contained ad, Nike uses the image of Tiger Woods and one bold sentence to try and convince you that their product has the power to elevate your game.