Final review

Final Review Exercise

Please correct comma splices, run-ons, fragments, misplaced/dangling modifiers, apostrophe usage, or any other punctuation or usage error you find. NOTE: Not every sentence has an error, and some sentences have more than one.

 

I have always wondered why am I able to see random television program, often for less than ten seconds, and immediately recognize which network the show is airing on? To me the differences seem obvious and undeniable on ABC, colors are always darker and the definition is softer. NBC programs look more like traditional videotape brighter, sharper, and more aggressively modern. Everything on CBS, has a slightly grainy understated appearance, Fox looks like the middle ground between CBS and NBC. When the show Cavemen premiered last fall and I came across the first episode by accident it was not known what channel I was watching, but I did know this aesthetically Cavemen looked like an ABC show, it looked like Head of the Class which had looked like Barney Miller. I had a similar experience, when I first saw30 Rock a sitcom that visually resembles Friends, which visually resembled Silver Spoons. These relationships have nothing to do with content they refer only to the technical non-narrative aspects of how the shows are broadcast. For reasons I don’t understand I can identify the look of any major network instantaneously. So can a lot of other people we can do it without even trying.

Except that we can’t.

It’s a paradox. My ability to differentiate between TV networks is real. When I watch Lost I sometimes think this reminds me of Twin Peaks and Moonlighting. And I am right, but not for the reasons I believe. I think they look alike, but they don’t or at least not any more than all the other TV dramas shot on 35mm film. It’s an optical illusion created by my own mind and what’s weird about this particular illusion, is that it usually ends up proving accurate, I am tricking myself into seeing the truth even though that truth is invisible. I have watched so much television that I am now a genius.

And I suppose an idiot.

When initially pursuing this discrepancy the hypothesis was that these differences must be purely technological. I assumed the answer would be explained by different kinds of film stock or by different frequencies used during the transmission of satellite feeds. These possibilities were proved false. All the network producers buy their film stock from outside sources so there can’t be a brand of film that makes NBC look like NBC. It also can’t be a result of frequency because networks use different channels in different markets. As far, as I can tell there is no meaningful difference between how different networks shoot and broadcast.

This dead end made me question my whole premise, was I the only person who saw these differences? I started asking acquaintances if they could tell the difference between CBS and NBC. I noticed that whenever I asked a person who watched lots and lots of television. He always said “Of course." But whenever I asked someone who only watched TV casually he inevitably said something along the lines of I’m not sure. At first I thought those responses helped prove my point, I thought they suggested that these aesthetic differences were real but their subtlety was lost on anyone who wasn’t a sophisticated viewer. But now I suspect a different explanation in reality watching an inordinate amount of TV, causes a person to imagine concrete visual differences that are merely just the manifestation of abstract subconscious knowledge.

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1. The green car on the bridge is mines.

2.  Our plans were made because we accepted confusion.

3.  Our sweaters were taken off because we were hot.

4. I took my dog to the vet because he had fleas.

5. This afternoon, Larry told me, he was getting married tonight.

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7.  While swimming in the sea, the current got stronger.

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9. The Honda was out of oil, therefore, it was stalled.

10. In his desk was a black book of all the girls he has dated.

11. Entering the room, you can see the messages.

12. The sun was shining bright on the sunbathers at the park.

13. Mandy should jump.

14. The medicine, which was prescribed to him, is kept in the medicine cabinet.

15. My mom took me scuba diving as a baby.

 

Exercise number two

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Exercise three

My head started to ache

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My bags were searched

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Exercise four

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Comma Splices and Run On sentences

Comma Splices

-          Bj’s Vevlet Freeze, is mostly known for its ice cream and being a place to buy ice cream, but along with the many ice creams, they also offer hamburgers, sandwiches, French fries, and drinks, with a wide variety of food selections, this is an outstanding place to enjoy a delightful meal, with a delicious dessert after.

-          She is sleepy, she has to go to work.

-          The dog is barking, it is hungry.

-          Sally is running, her flats are not good shoes.

-          The Tell-Tale Heart is a great book, Sarah loves to read.

-          The teacher is crazy, she probably drinks too much coffee.

-          The love of shoes, she likes hoodies.

-          He is crazy, she is crazier.

-          Bj’s Velvet Freeze, is an excellent place to eat, everyone loves it.

-          The light burnt out, the stove is off.

 

Run on sentences

-          The squirrel ran up the log to chase a cat that was running up and down the log.

-          The cat chased the squirrel ran into the lake they did.

-          The squirrel could swim but the cat had troubles.

-          The Cat got out chasing the squirrel again up in a tree.

-          The squirrel got up the tree but the cat was following him.

-          They both fall out the tree and, fall to the floor with a thump.

-          Even though, they are both hurt, they run away again.

-          The cat happens to be a bit, faster than the squirrel so, it catches up quickly.

-          The squirrel trips and falls but, the cat comes to its rescue.

-          They then become friends and live, happily ever after.

Marthin Luther King Junior Speech

                                                Pathos

                Martin Luther King junior uses quiet of bit of Pathos in his “I have a Dream,” because it is full of emotional situations and all because of the time period in which this speech was made. The use of Pathos, he uses in his speech is outstanding, because though many people think, his speech is mainly for African American people, and it is actually for White and African American people of both genders. It is for both races because the way he says things and how he wants equality, because he doesn’t just want equality for African American people, he wants it for women as well, so therefore it is for all genders and races in a sense. I believe a huge emotional appeal to his audience is when he says “and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together,” this was a use from the Bible as well, which brings plenty of emotions itself already. He uses this Biblical approach in order to provide a sense of belief and faith in what he is saying, trying to provide that it is true, because him being from where he is from and being an African American, makes what he says not truthful, so this quote makes all things said in this speech through. Which I believe was one of his biggest approaches was to make it true and show how true it really is. This is engaging to his audience because this is for them and he is using lots of metaphor which engages his audience into the speech more because he is being persuasive.

 

                                                                Logos

                In Martin Luther King Junior, “I have a Dream Speech,” there is some logos in it because his speech is very logical. He uses these analogies to himself, the people, and different points in history, which makes a logical appeal. An example of Logos, which is also an analogy, is “America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds,” this is a logical form of reasoning to his cause, which makes his speech even stronger. This is a reason he uses because everyone understands money and money is a big part in the American life now and back then as well, so therefore his audience can relate to his speech in that way. Also, this is reliable because everyone will reserve a bad check in at least some point in their life, so that is logical for Dr. King.

 

                                                                Ethos

                The “I have a Dream Speech,” by Martin Luther King Junior has some Ethos in it as well. Well actually more or less credibility because ethos is credibility. An example of Ethos is when he announces Abraham Lincoln, when he says “five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation.” This is credible because it is something Lincoln did, which he is a reliable source, therefore it must be credible. Also, this brought some authority to his speech, because he shows how much he knows and provides the people wrong. The whole speech in a sense is credible though, since Dr. King said it, and he is a reliable source, it is credible, which is ethos.

The three logical appeals

Logos/ ethos
1. The first sentence when he says " Twenty- five years ago, only a handful of American companies directed their marketing at children-- Disney, McDonalds, candy makers, toy makers, manufactures of breakfast cereals.'
   - This statement makes a great argument because the statement is true, that we have more ads targeting kids, than we have ever had, and some of those ads shouldn't even be targeting kids, so it is bad. Also, it is a good argument because it is true and reliable.

Pathos/ Logos
2. " the decade of the child consumer"
    - This line makes an effective argument because during the 1980s, it was a decade for child consumers because that is when more and more ads began targeting to children rather than adults. It makes an effective emotional appeal because it makes you feel bad because children are the target for everything, and honestly this shouldn't be the case for anything.

Pathos
3. The discontinued Joe Camel campaign, which used a hip cartoon character to sell cigarettes, showed how easily children can be influenced by the right corporate character.
   - This is an effective argument because as sad, as it might be, it is so true because if there is a cartoon in an ad, a child will be more likely to watch it and want what that cartoon has.

Ethos
4. Children's clubs have for years been considered an effective means of targeting ads and collecting demographics information; the clubs appeal to a child's fundamental need for status and belonging.
   - This is an effective argument because is it very true, that targeting to kids, appeals to them and then they want it, which is an effective way how producers get their money.