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In this blog post I will be drafting a few possible thesis statements for Project 2.
1. Georgetown University graduate and writer for The Washington Post and founder of All Digitocracy, Tracie Powell, manipulates the emotions of her readers to gain their support in her article, "Year End Review: Journalism Ethics Took Major Hits in 2014", by discussing failures in media ethics that occurred last year in a sardonic tone, as well as by offering simple solutions to these failures and reinforcing the expected values in journalism.
2. In Tracie Powell's article, "Year End Review: Journalism Ethics Took Major Hits in 2014", she manipulated her audience's values for an emotional response by using various rhetorical strategies to gain their attention and support.
So far, in my development of a thesis statement for this project, I am having difficulty fitting all I want to say into my thesis. The author of my text uses multiple rhetorical strategies, more than I can fit into 1 or 2 sentences without listing them off. I think that because I have so much to say about the author's use of rhetorical strategies, it will be easy to move further into my project. However, I need to find a way to get these ideas across in my introductory paragraph and thesis clearly and without overwhelming my reader.
Reflection:
After reading Annelise and Jenny's blog posts on drafting thesis statements, I noticed that we all had similar difficulties. Particularly after reading Annelise's blog post, I found that we both struggled to incorporate all of the rhetorical strategies we wanted to talk about. After reading Jenny's, on the other hand, I realized that my thesis doesn't have to be only one sentence and it might even be more effective if I break my thesis into two sentences. Overall, I think I had the right idea but did not execute it well enough and will have to make some changes to my drafted thesis statements!
I am having trouble fitting what I want as well, it is difficult to narrow it down to 1-2 sentences. I liked your first thesis how you included the background of the author. I do think that you could add to your first thesis by specifically including the rhetorical devices that Powell uses. You mention the rhetorical strategies in your second thesis so you could potentially combine them.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that you need an intro to your author in your thesis since you also have your entire intro paragraph to do it in. I think that being vague in your thesis is always better than being very precise so maybe start big so that way you can always go into the minute details within your body paragraphs. In your second thesis I think that you should actually say which devices the author uses instead of just saying various. It gives more of a defined path for the argument.
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