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Procedural Rhetoric Project

I rather enjoyed doing this project overall. I have to admit I was skeptical about the project at first, thinking it was kinda pointless because how hard is it to mess up instructions? Then I started to think of all the times I've tried to put something together when the instructions were unclear or you had to fill in the gaps because there were just steps that were skipped over. Realizing I have had some tough times in the past with instructions that were just garbage (thank you Ikea). As we progressed through the information in class I kinda realized how easy it is to create a set of instructions that look perfect to you but to someone who has zero experience it might look like a different language. I think that is the most critical part of making a good set of instructions. Keeping the idea that the person using them may have absolutely no background experience, therefore, it would be best to never skip steps that seem trivial to you. I had an experience that made me realize thi...
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Campus Signage Project

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This project was a rather enjoyable experience. Doing the presentation through a storytelling perspective was rather refreshing from other speeches/presentations I've done in the past. It was all very natural just explaining your journey through the project. From where you found it, why you chose it still, and all your ideas that went into improving a sign. It also made me realize how powerful storytelling actually can be. I feel like storytelling can captivate people and really catch their attention unlike other formats. The sign I found was behind Holmes and it was suppose to be advertising the study abroad fair. I applied some design elements and basic logic to make the sign look nicer and easier to look at. Originally, my sign was kinda hard to look at. It was very cluttered and some basic stuff like the date, time, and destination of the event wasn't even on the main sign but taped to the sign. There was nothing eye catching to the sign which is kind of a problem if it...
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Ch. 4 Document Analysis assignment

Jacob Bostick Ch. 4 Document analysis The Tone of the comments are kind of degrading in my opinion. The use of “you” as a finger pointer at the writing I could care less for. Along with calling things useless. They could be improved by being constructive and talking about the actual writing. The collaborator does well in the second and fifth comment but the first, third, and fourth the collaborator provides no help really. The collaborator addresses the writer more than the writing. Some of the comments would bother me if I was receiving them. Three out of five comments are kind of pointless and out of place in a professional environment. The first has the right Idea but something like,   “I didn’t really understand what you were saying here and maybe others will have a problem too. Could you clear it up a bit and explain more?” would be better than the original comment. The collaborator did a poor job keeping comments focused on the goal of the document and did...
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Ch.2 Exercises 1 & 2

Jacob Bostick Ch. 2 Exercises 1 & 2 I think it would be ethical to apply for the job, however, withholding the fact that you would leave in a couple months to continue your degree would be unethical. There’s no reason not to apply but you would have to mention that you wouldn’t be there for a permanent replacement for the position. Applying and saying that you would have to leave to continue your degree would be an ethical way of applying. If they’re desperate to fill the position then maybe you can get hired but if they can’t explore that idea then so be it. No harm in trying. I would support the bookstore head. It would be another resource for students, would give back to students with 10% of the sales, generate profit for the company that runs the bookstore, and I can’t seem to think of a negative that could come from the situation from all parties involved. Therefore, I would support the bookstore head.
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Pg. 14 infograph exercise analysis

1.) The audience for this document are american citizens. This document would be on display in education buildings such as elementary schools, high schools, and college/universities along with health care buildings such as clinics and hospitals. 2.) The infograph appears to have 2 main purposes that being physical activity is important and why physical activity is important. These two purposes are shown from all the statistics that are given about diseases and what physical activity can help prevent these statistics. It does try to convince it's audience to make a change and motivate them with a list of benefits to oneself and even the community. 3.) The document is addressing the lack of physical activity culture in the united states. The document does not state any clear solutions besides saying physical activity is good for yourself and others. Maybe an argument can be made that the images show various physical activities being performed such as biking and playing tennis or ...
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Pg. 16 Exercise 1 analysis

Looking at the NIU website, the goal of it would be to attract people to enroll as students at the university. NIU is a university that wants more students to enroll to keep the university open and growing. Some ways that the NIU administration would try to enable this would to be a very simple and easy to use website that shows how great of a university it is and essentially sell itself. Nowadays, many people's first impression of a university or college can be made from their website which a person can continue their college search into scheduling school visits and finding specific information about the institution so having a great website that show cases all the great possibilities and opportunities that NIU has to offer is in NIU's best interests. Therefore, making it feel appealing and easy to navigate to the desired information is also in NIU's interest to attract people. Clarity, accessibility, and professional appearance should top the goals in NIU making a success...
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Why extratextual information is not included in summaries

From my understanding, summaries are about specifically the information given. Whether it be a film, book, article or whatever, it should summarize the information that is presented in that specific piece of work. Therefore, it would make sense that no outside information is included in a summary that wasn't presented in the piece of work because it wouldn't be a summary anymore if it was included even if it was to make the information more understandable. If the information needs to be setup more for the audience to understand then the piece of work needs to include it.
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