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The brand I decided to research is the makeup company Colourpop. Colourpop is a popular makeup brand known for having great quality at a very cheap price. Colourpop was founded in 2014, and is owned by Seed Beauty. Seed Beauty also owns large makeup companies such as Kylie Cosmetics and KKW Beauty. Colourpop started sellingContinue reading “Corporation Blog”

In the first 70 pages of Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard, it compares the relationships humans have with each other and the relationships humans have with the Earth. He explains how humans treat the Earth as if its disposable by throwing our trash everywhere and creating pollution. He compares this to theContinue reading “Let My People Go Surfing Response”

My meme addresses the environmental issue of global warming. The audience is the people who do not believe in global warming and ignore the evidence science has given us. Many people believe that global warming and climate change is a hoax, and accuse scientists that do research on it of being corrupt. The meme suggestsContinue reading “Meme Blog Assignment”

Rhetoric is a form of persuasion. Rhetoric has three parts to it: pathos, ethos, and logos. Pathos is persuading someone using emotion. Ethos is persuading someone using one’s credibility. Logos is persuasion through logic. Rhetoric is used to influence a person or an audience’s decisions or ways of thinking. Rhetoric relates to critical thinking andContinue reading “Class Participation 2/27”

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The main purpose of Backpacks vs. Briefcases: steps Toward Rhetorical Analysis is to explain rhetoric, its meaning, and when and how to use it. I was not very familiar with rhetoric before college because my high school English classes never went over it. I think lots of times people know when they are being persuaded,Continue reading “Rhetoric Blog Response”

I think “influencers” use ethos when promoting certain products (makeup, clothes, hair products, etc.), using their credibility to get sales. They are basically ensuring it is a good product since they are using it, even though they are being paid to promote it most of the time. Pathos is definitely being used in that oneContinue reading “Class Participation 2/13”