WH GCE Portfolio

This third unit of our Humanities class this term, Rhetoric, was all about investigating the ways rhetoric can work to motivate people to be engaged. The same appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos from our last unit can be used to analyze many forms of art, not just written texts. We went on a Field Experience to Marquette Park to visit the Living Memorial to Martin Luther King and the Chicago Freedom Movement, a piece of public art erected in recognition of the anti-segregation march held there in 1966. While we were there, we met Sadia Nawab, the Director of Arts and Culture at non-profit community organization Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN). She was one of the primary drivers behind the creation and installation of the project. We also explored how artists use their work as a platform to send political messages, and how Cuban art fed Africa's liberation struggles. For this Action Project, we had to look at an important social topic in today's society and make an art...

This second term of our Humanities class, Rhetoric, we learned more about how to compare modern problems to things that have happened in our past, and how to improve our rhetoric based on that. We also learned about op-eds, and how they're written. For this Action Project, we were tasked with writing our own version of an op-ed, and giving the reader a new perspective on a timely topic. Below is my own op-ed, along with an analysis of the op-ed. My op-ed uses my own experience as an addicted gamer to prove that I am a credible source, along with the various sources that I cite in the paper. It also uses rhetorical devices such as similies (like moths to a flame) and anaphora (repeating "that ___" in paragraph 3). I also gave a logical appeal at the end when I talk about how doctors would likely be flooded by over-concerned parents. My emotional appeal lies in how I mention how children especially should not be labeled as addicts at such a young age. https:/...

This Humanities class is called Rhetoric, and during our first unit of this class, we learned about all the different rhetorical devices that go into making a message, including the three main appeals; the ethos (appeal to ethics), logos (appeal to logic), and pathos (appeal to emotion). We also watched the Democratic Primary Debate, and follow along with our certain candidate. I was given Kamala Harris as my candidate. For our Action Project for this unit, we were asked to make a little video speech from the perspective of our candidate from the debates, and answer a question that might be asked to them from their perspective. Below is my video speech. WH, Our House Is On Fire Speech , 2019 In conclusion, I thought that this Action Project was enjoyable to make, and an interesting experience to do overall. It was difficult, though, and hard to properly speak from the perspective of the candidate that we were given.