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For my paper on the media

Enthymeme:
-WATCO the violence in the media on how it affects children’s behavior
-The violence that children see in the media causes violent and anti-social behavior
-Because children learn by example. If Children see violence on television they will want to copy those actions and will socially deviant.
-Whatever children see and learn on television affects their behavior

Audience: Parents of young children who have televisions.

About the audience:
Most families have many TV's in the home and children may be having a lot of contact with the television. Parents do not want their children to exhibit anti-social behavior. Parents may not know the effects that television has on their children. Effects of the media on children may be long term.


Argument against me:
A lot of people probably do not know or may not believe that the violence that is seen on television is affecting their children. It can be pretty difficult to prove. There have been several studies done but most of them have been performed in a lab, not a real life situation. All of the studies that have been done though have shown that violence that is seen on television affects children and even adults. Children express more violent behavior after watching a violent program than children who do not watch a violent program. (BOBO Doll experiment)

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Diet Pepsi Max super bowl commercial

-WATCO drinking Diet Pepsi Max on your day
-Drinking Diet Pepsi Max will help you to wake up and not get tired during your day
-Because the new Pepsi drink has more Caffeine and ginseng in it to help you get through your day
-Whatever a lot of Caffeine and ginseng in it will help you wake up and not get tired

Audience: This particular commercial seems to focus on those who have busy life styles and maybe get tired during the day.

Ethos: Does not really use ethos in this commercial.

Pathos: This commercial uses humor as an emotion to try and relate to people who find themselves in similar situations while they are at work or at a movie and seem to be falling asleep quite a bit.

Logos: It is logical that caffeine and ginseng will boost your energy levels and help to wake you up a little bit more.

The commercial fulfills star criteria. The subject is relevant to a wide audience and can relate to most people who find themselves falling asleep during the day. The information is accurate in that caffeine and ginseng will help wake you up.

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President Grant

Ulysses S. Grant who was a President of the United States caused many problems for the Mormons. He was anti Mormon and was a big cause of the many false things people say about us. There were actually three Presidents of the United States whom we did not do temple work for right away when they died, and President Grant was one of them. Even with all of his misconceptions about Mormons he decided to come out to Utah for a visit. This would be the first President to ever visit Utah. The saints did not know how they were going to receive him, because it was an honor to have a President of the United States to come out, but as a person he was not well liked. The saints decide to throw him a big welcome anyways even after all that he had done. When President Grant got off the train and onto a carriage he was riding with governor Emory of Utah. As they were riding into town the Mormon families sent their children out to line the streets and sing hymns to welcome him. Emory reported to the saints the Presidents impressions. The president was so impressed by these children he asked who were they and when he said they were Mormon kids President grant looked shocked and mumbled under his breath that he had been deceived about the Mormons. He had a change of heart. But although he had a change of heart he could not undo what he had already started.

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Gatorade commercial with Dwayne Wade and Derek Jeter

WATCO drinking Gatorade on becoming a hero
Drinking Gatorade will help you rise to the top to become a hero
Because those who drink Gatorade have the will power and energy to conquer all others and become a hero
Whatever causes others to have will power and energy to defeat their contenders becomes a hero.

Audience: Specifically made for people who have active life styles and enjoy playing sports.

Ethos: This commercial seems to give Gatorade good credibility because it has Dwayne Wade and Derek Jeeter in it who are great athletes that drink Gatorade.

Pathos: This commercial uses a lot of emotion with the music that is playing. You feel inspired and energized to go out and do the same things as

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Trans Continental Road and the Mormons

Brigham Young at this time sees the rail road as both a threat and a benefit, but he knows that the benefits far outweigh the problems. Because of the rail road the missionaries can get places faster. The immigrants do not need hand carts any more to cross the dangerous plains. It makes it easier to build the temple. We could also export raw and finished material and import raw material. What Brigham did not want was the importation of finished products. Brigham did not like merchants who would sell their material for high prices. Brigham wanted saints to be self-sufficient. The tickets to ride the train were also very expensive and the Mormons did not have the cash for it. The rail road would bring in the "gentiles" and their standards, like their fashions. The fashions would be bad for the women. The Mormons also get the rail road workers coming into Utah territory. We had the Chinese coming out from California and the Irish were coming from the east. The Irish were Catholic and were known to be drunk and violent. No one liked the Irish and no one understood the Chinese. These workers coming in would cause a lowering of morals among the saints. Brigham combated these threats in different ways. To combat the fashions he re created the Relief Society for the women. To combat all the new merchants coming in he boycotted the non-LDS merchants and told the saints they were not allowed to buy any coffee, tea, or tobacco from them. Brigham says lets start to live the word of wisdom. The boycott lasted a year until Brigham created ZCMI as a retail store to help the saints become self-sufficient. Many other Mormons start new businesses as well.

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President Hinckley's Ensign article of March 2008

Audience: Mormons

WATCO having Christ as the central focus of our worship.
By having Christ as the central focus of our worship we know that he is the Son of God, Redeemer of the World, the rock of our salvation, our strength, our comfort and we know that he is the anchor of our immortal lives.
Because if the focus of our faith is on Christ we can be confident of who he is and that he is the son of the Almighty and he was a perfect man who walked the earth and he performed miracles and suffered death for us and conquered it for us as well.


Elder Jeffery R. Holland’s conference talk in September 2007

Audience: Mormons and those who do not believe that we are Christians

WATCO believing that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three separate persons, three divine beings.
Believing that the Godhead consists of three separate beings causes others to believe that Mormons are not Christians.
Because Mormons do not hold a fourth century view of the Godhead, of them being one not three separate beings we are thought of as not being Christian.

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WATCO funding public schools through property taxes.
Funding public schools with property taxes creates inequality in the school system.
Because rich neighborhoods create rich schools through their property taxes and parents also can put more money into the school as well. Poor neighborhoods have poor schools and not enough funding to create a good school for the students.
Whatever causes reduced funding for some schools and increased funding for others creates inequality in the school system.

Audience: Parents who live in rich neighborhoods and have children who go to rich schools.

Argument against me: These parents would most likely say, why should they pay for another school that their children do not go to? They will also say that it is not the money that will help the school it other factors such as the quality of the teachers and the students. The students will perform poorly no matter where they go.


My argument: Money does help poor schools. Most of these types of schools do not have the funds to pay for high quality teachers. The good teachers all go to the nice schools because they pay more. The poor schools also do not have enough funds to support more teachers. Because of the lack of teachers they have there is overcrowding and many of the students drop out because of this. Studies have shown that if funds are distributed equally among all of the schools it does not cause the kids in the rich nice schools to do worse, they do the same. And the kids in the poor schools do better. Vermont does it this way, it gathers all of the money from the state and disperses it to all of the schools in a fair way.