Who is the audience for Commonplace?
The audience for Commonplace is college students. The audience for this specific article is college students that want to know more about their soda.
Create a list of characteristics that define the genre of writing on Commonplace?
Trending, Popular, Precise
How have writers ensured their pieces are timely, compelling, and relevant?
Writers have related their articles to the issues we face today. My specific article focuses on the worries of soda and its effect on our health, while giving facts and interesting language to keep the topic interesting. He puts an end to the myths of drinking soda and gives a more realistic view.
How has the writer used ethos, logos, and pathos in composing the piece?
In the article, he questions the ethics of those creating the drinks and compares them to our own. The author logically gives facts about the soda ingredients and the effect they can have on the body. The writer has appeal in pathos by their reaction to the effects some of the ingredients have, he guesses what we could be thinking while reading their essay.
How do the writers draw their audience into the essays in the introduction?
He claims that pop has been said to be bad for the body, but eventually he said it doesn’t have to be bad. Ultimately, it is up to people to decide the amount they consume.
How would you describe the style of Commonplace essays?
They are done in informal ways on interesting topics that keep readers entertained.
How are Commonplace essays similar to academic essays? How are the different?
Commonplace essays speak on topics important to their audience, but they are also informal and less serious 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?
Paragraphs are cohesive and get to the point. Secondary sources are used effectively and do not oppose the argument that the writer makes.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Commonplace questions
Who is the audience for Commonplace?
The audience for commonplace is mostly composed of young college students. The website exists as a place to review and be reviewed as far as college level writing is concerned. The authors get an in depth review of their work with the given opportunity to critique another’s piece.
Create a list of characteristics that define the genre of writing on Commonplace?
Most commonplace essays are typically short, to the point, and typically opinionated. The articles on common place typically informative nonfiction works intended to peruse some point or to reach some validation.
How have writers ensured their pieces are timely, compelling, and relevant?
My article was titled “Back Like a Batarang”. The piece was centered on the idea of previous batman films in contrast with the relatively new movie The Dark Knight. The article is timely through the topic the author chose to write about. The movie is relatively new and most of the authors’ target audience has probably saw the film. The piece is compelling in the way the author backs up his claims with rather straight forward opinions. The review uses rather compelling, truthful statements to convey the authors intended idea. The claims made in the article are relevant to the topic and category in which the article is found, pop culture.
How do the writers draw their audience into the essays in the introduction?
The article starts with the line “have you ever wanted to kick someone’s teeth in?” The opening line is actually the reason I chose to review Kyle Bolser’s essay. The introduction to the piece clearly outlines the general direction the paper will be headed. The writers on common place use rather effective snatch and grab technique as demonstrated above. Rather exiting introductions, hook the readers into reviewing the piece in its entirety.
How would you describe the style of Commonplace essays?
The essays on commonplace are peer written and peer reviewed. This factor I think leads to most of the essays being expository with some being persuasive. Expository essays are common with expansive explanations and informative articles popping up here and there. The more common style though would have to be persuasive. Almost every essay on the site is in some attempt to convey some idea or thought.
How are Commonplace essays similar to academic essays? How are the different?
One major difference in the writings on commonplace vs. academic writings is the target audience. With the establishment of the peer to peer system the target audience is no longer directed entirely at a college professor. The essays appear slightly less formal and tend to speak to the general student body.
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?
While looking at “back Like a Batarang” evident primary and secondary sources did become apparent. The primary source being the “Black Knight” is used as benchmark to describe what the author believes to be a good film. The older batman films are referenced in effort to describe how the films have evolved and become what the author believes to be a watchable film. Secondary sources reinforce the general idea brought about in the piece while also contrasting with the primary source, also contributing to the authors point.
1. Students
2. Informative, factual,
3. 1.The author has chosen a recent event to talk about as it pertains to a popular sport.
4. 2.The author starts off by talking about what it is like to have a goal and succeed which calls on pathos
5. 3.He seeks to relate with the reader in the intro
6. 4. Expository
7. 5.Common place essay are similar in that they serve to teach you something, but they are different in that they cover a variety of none school related topics.
8. 6. Yes I can see that there is a primary source, he uses the secondary source to reinforce his claim.
Who is the audience for Commonplace?
College students who all share an interest in writing and peer editing research papers.
Create a list of characteristics that define the genre of writing on Commonplace?
There is no specific genre of the writing that can be found on commonplace. All of the pieces found on commonplace are pieces that are timely, relevant, and compelling. So, a lot of the work on commonplace has to do with pop culture, current affairs, politics, etc.
How have writers ensured their pieces are timely, compelling, and relevant?
In the article I read called Bad Sex by Matt Teegarden, he brings ups a lot of references about politics at the time that he wrote his piece. It was about how sexism sells when it comes to politics, and he spoke about political candidates Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton.
How has the writer used ethos, logos, and pathos in composing the piece?
Ethos (credibility): He has credibility with he’s audience, because his audience is fellow students much like himself.
Logos (logical): The points that he made were logical. He had evidence for almost all of his claims. Most of his evidence came from things Clinton or Palin had said on their political campaigns
Pathos (emotion): The writer describes how sexism failed for both political candidates, and how two women were close to holding big positions in the United States government, but failed.
How do the writers draw their audience into the essays in the introduction?
The introduction was interesting, because it talked about how sex sells, but then it brought up the question: Does Sexism sell as a result? The author argues that it does not.
How would you describe the style of Commonplace essays?
All of the pieces on commonplace seem to describe how college students feel about current affairs, while they are in attendance at a university. They are expressing there feeling about what is going on in the world.
How are Commonplace essays similar to academic essays? How are the different?
They are similar in the sense that they are timely, relevant, and compelling, however they are different in the sense that academic essays involve a lot more time an research, and usually are expected to be more in depth.
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 primary source was most likely an article about women on the campaign trail, and his secondary source was probably something about different strategies these two women used to win during their campaigning.
Illiterate Hillbillies or Vintage Individuals: Perceptions of the Appalachian Dialect
The audience of commonplace is basically the general public, or the main stream people. The essay shows that the writing on commonplace is more informal than the average essay. This makes the essay more relate-able to the average person, and is similar to the articles in the newspapers. The essay matches the audience of common place, and is an overall great addition to commonplace. The writer has made this essay timely, relevant, and compelling because of the references he makes in the media regarding the Appalachia people. The writer uses logos, ethos, and pathos in his paper well, he incorporates statistics into his paper and the paper connects to the audience well. There isn’t a lot of pathos, but the ethos is there because of the circumstances he is writing it under (informal, young audience makes it credible). The writer draws his audience in well because of how he introduces the topic.
Commonplace essays are different in style compared to other essays because they are less formal, and are attracting the young mainstream audience. They are similar because they both have a structure that has points and support of the points. This is related to the ARP paper because it has a primary source (probably a picture of hillbillies or tv show about them), and uses secondary sources such as statistics and newspaper articles, which is very similar to what we did in our essays.
Commonplace essays are different in style compared to other essays because they are less formal, and are attracting the young mainstream audience. They are similar because they both have a structure that has points and support of the points. This is related to the ARP paper because it has a primary source (probably a picture of hillbillies or tv show about them), and uses secondary sources such as statistics and newspaper articles, which is very similar to what we did in our essays.
CommonPlace Questions
You are Being Lied to, Again: Baseball’s New Drug
By Donnie Thomas
Commonplace has a very broad audience in which it is targeting. Mostly anyone can relate to at least one of the issues presented by Commonplace.
Commonplace contains article genres of learning value. All of the pieces in commonplace can be educational upon reading.
The writers get to the main point they are trying to express very quickly and back up their claims with strong supporting evidence.
Logos is the stronger of the three presented in my article. The author uses strong facts and personal evidence to support his claims. The author’s connection to the sport of baseball emotionally also shows pathos to a degree.
He presented cases of illegal drug use in baseball that are very well known because of the notable figures used in the introduction.
I think most of the commonplace essays could be described as informational.
They use claims and evidence throughout. They are much more concise and to the point without much analyzing.
Seemingly every paragraph uses the A.C.E. paragraph guideline perfectly. The primary source is very clear and the author successfully integrates factual secondary source evidence.
CommonPlace: Lucky There's a Family Guy
By Rebecca Loar
The audience for commonplace is college age students. Some characteristics of commonplace writing are persuasive, argumentative and entertainment. The writers have ensured that their pieces are timely, relevant and compelling by simply talking about things that are going on in todays society.The author of this story has used logos by thinking about Family Guy in a more logic way not just as some funny cartoon. The author of the piece also touches on how Family Guy's episodes about domestic violence are actually very offensive because Family Guy takes something so serious and tries to make it funny.Writers draw the audiences attention in the introduction because the writers use suspense to make the audience want to read more. I describe commonplace's writing style as agrumentative or opionated. They are similar to academic essays because they have a good thesis and follow basic academic writing skills. They are different because they don't just talk about academic related things they talk about things that are relevant to the audience for example Family Guy.Yes the author incorporated work from the ARP because the author complicates her thesis among other things. The writers primary source was the episodes of family guy that portray domestic violence.The writer doesn't use a secondary source in the article.
The audience for commonplace is college age students. Some characteristics of commonplace writing are persuasive, argumentative and entertainment. The writers have ensured that their pieces are timely, relevant and compelling by simply talking about things that are going on in todays society.The author of this story has used logos by thinking about Family Guy in a more logic way not just as some funny cartoon. The author of the piece also touches on how Family Guy's episodes about domestic violence are actually very offensive because Family Guy takes something so serious and tries to make it funny.Writers draw the audiences attention in the introduction because the writers use suspense to make the audience want to read more. I describe commonplace's writing style as agrumentative or opionated. They are similar to academic essays because they have a good thesis and follow basic academic writing skills. They are different because they don't just talk about academic related things they talk about things that are relevant to the audience for example Family Guy.Yes the author incorporated work from the ARP because the author complicates her thesis among other things. The writers primary source was the episodes of family guy that portray domestic violence.The writer doesn't use a secondary source in the article.
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