Who is the audience for Commonplace?
-The audience for Commonplace is college students who are trying to improve their writing skills and learn how to effectively convey their point.
Create a list of characteristics that define the genre of writing on Commonplace?
- Commonplace has many different genres of writing. They include informative, scholarly, humorous, and educational.
How have writers ensured their pieces are timely, compelling, and relevant?
- They have chosen topics that are relevant to the world that we live in today. They write about current topics such as war, terrorism, excessive consumerism, etc. Their writing is geared towards college students and they make it easy to understand and make it interesting so college students will be willing to read it.
How has the writer used ethos, logos, and pathos in composing the piece?
- The writer used ethos by the fact that he is a college student, just like us. It gives him credibility. He used logos because everything he said was logical. He asked logical questions and he had logical answers for them. He used pathos by highlighting the fact that Warhol was indeed a visionary and many tabloids exploit him for their "15 minutes of fame."
How do the writers draw their audience into the essays in the introduction?
- The writers open up their essays with a interesting hook that will "hook" the reader. They open up with interesting facts or an interesting story that will appeal to the reader. The author for this essay opens up by telling us a story of when he went to the Wexner Center's exhibition of Andy Warhol.
How would you describe the style of Commonplace essays?
- Commonplace essays seem really laid back and casual, which is good because college students (like us) are more interested in reading these types of essays rather than formal, strict ones. They are timely, compelling, and relevant so college students will be interested in reading the essay.
How are Commonplace essays similar to academic essays? How are the different?
- Commonplace essays are similar to academic essays in the sense that they both aim to be timely, compelling, and relevant. Commonplace essays differ in the fact that they are a lot less strict than academic essays.
How has the essay published on Commonplace incorporated the work from the ARP? Can you see what primary source the writer was working with? How is secondary source material used?
- The author incorporates his own voice throughout the paper, which is a key for ARP. He also offers a lot of complicating evidence, along with supporting evidence. The primary evidence he was used was Warhol's famous works, such as Campbell Soup and Marilyn Monroe pop-art, as well as album covers he designed for bands like The Rolling Stones and the Velvet Underground. The secondary sources he uses are tabloids who exploit pop-culture and consumerism.
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