Rehtorical Analysis 500 words

Coty Spengler
October 18, 2010
Project 4: Rhetorical Analysis
In my opinion, Al Gore knows what he is talking about. I’m not too keen on Al Gore, himself, but he had a lot of legitimate information and presented his points very strongly. In this movie Gore explains and educates his viewers on the negative effects that come with global warming. Gore explains his travels around the world viewing all the adverse effects on the world and the ozone. Gore is a very persuasive character and is very good at explaining his points in great depth. I agree with most of what he says and his way of putting it in the movie, other than the part where he talks about his personal live. I feel like he is trying to put us in the sympathy mood, but in my opinion, he is just making himself look dumb. The intended emotional appear for this movie is to make the views feel bad and understand that global warming is a major problem that needs to be solved. The films actual effect on me was that it was a little long and drawn out and it could have been a little bit more to the point rather than putting the same information in different ways to try to make them agree with him in all possibility.
Al Gore is a very inspirational man. The joke he makes at the beginning about being the former next president got me kind of intrigued about the actually movie. As the movie went on I decided that he was explaining the same information over and over again. I think he could have a little more to the point and explained his points in a little more interesting way and kept me interested. I did not like how he involved his personal live with the movie. I think if he would have stayed on topic and kept to the story he would have made his point a little more logistical. With involving his personal live he lost credibility because this is not a good way to put people in the mood to learn about global warming. I think global warming is a problem in the world, but I think he only brought up the points that went against it. I do think there is a problem arising, but I think he is being a little to dramatic with this movie. If I knew more about the negative effects this was having on the world I would be a little more understanding and actually intrigued with this movie.
If I watched this movie again I may understand more because I would catch things that I did not catch when I watched it the first time. I will give it to him because he educated in me in what “supposedly” happening. I still have doubts if all Gore’s points were true he could have been making some of it up for all I know. In all in all Gore could have made this movie better with more statistics with reliable sources and more background story.

Project 4 Arguement Essay

In the movie, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore explains the long lasting effects that global warming is having on the world, and the lasting effects it will have on the world. Al Gore does a great job in explaining his points and views and is very inspirational when he is talking. In this movie gore’s main point is to make his viewers aware of what global warming was doing to the Earth. Most of Gore’s life he has been interested in this topic. He even ran for president to help this issue. When he ran for president he did not do a very good job hence why he is not president. It was a close race but Bush pulled through in the end. Melinda Henneberger says, “Actually, I'm guessing we'll still be arguing about how he did as a political candidate when the last glacier melts into a sno-cone.” In my opinion this is absolutely true, and I don’t think this is a reason for people to not watch or understand his movie. He is a very intelligent man who knows a lot about global warming. This movie has been a great way to get his words out and let millions of people hear what Gore has to say about global warming.

In the movie Gore brings up many main points about how our Earth is warming, and it is mainly from the human activity going on in the world. According to the report there is more than a ninety percent chance humans are the cause (Bailey). The activity that is leading to this warming is the abundance of greenhouse gases being let into the world. Some of these gases are car emissions, power plants emitting smoke, and various other things that are killing the ozone and hurting multiple other things on this earth. In my opinion he is completely right.

On this earth people do not know how to live green or even in a way that will save this beautiful place. People need to learn how to save the ozone and stop global warming. In the movie one of Gore’s main points is climate change. If you’ve realized it or not climate change is becoming a major issue due to global warming. Not only is the world significantly warming, but it is in some cases getting to extreme colds. Not a lot of people know that global warming is not only about the warming but it is also about the cooling in some cases. In my opinion, Al Gore’s argument is very successful. It is an extremely long movie with a lot of facts, statistics, and opinions. This helps his cause because it makes his movie much more creditable and people will actually take time to watch it. I say this because people are more likely to watch it when it is not low budget and has someone as important as Al Gore. Gore’s argument thru out the movie is that we need to watch what we do in order to control the warming that is going on in the world. One specific point where Gore was extremely influential to the audience was when he showed us the slides of the glaciers being melted in Greenland, and the ice shelves disappearing in Antarctica. This was extremely prominent in my mind because he showed us actual footage of what was happening because of the global warming. The most interesting part was when he showed us the before and after pictures of the places around the world that were affected by the warming. Roger Ebert explains, “If we do nothing, in about 10 years the planet may reach a "tipping point" and begin a slide toward destruction of our civilization and most of the other species on this planet.” Gore did a great job in expelling this

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information to us as if it were the biggest problem in the word to day. This was very commendable of him and made me on his side for this movie more than ever.

For the aftermath of the film there are many people hating on Gore and the movie itself. One author, Dan Schneider, explains his hatred by saying, “Overall, An Inconvenient Truth has important ideas, but is a bad film precisely because those ideas are made secondary to the ego of Al Gore. That is not Gore’s fault, but Guggenheim’s, yet is precisely why An Inconvenient Truth is a bad film, and not even remotely a ‘documentary.’” This film is very much so a documentary, and is in no way primarily about Al Gore’s ego. The definition of a documentary is: Consisting of, concerning, or based on documents, and there is no way that this film is not a documentary. Other people bash Gore as a person, not just the movie. Kevin Carr explains his views by saying, “An Inconvenient Truth” is Al Gore’s 100-minute campaign commercial, testing the waters for him to take another stab at the Presidency in 2008. (Oh, sure, he says he won’t do it, but when was the last time you heard a politician tell the truth?)” This is a false statement all around. It is in no way a campaign commercial because Gore has been looking into this subject throughout his life, not just after his presidency. Also, he knows he already lost the election why would he still be worried about trying to get peoples votes? Just because Gore decided to make a movie over global warming after his presidency doesn’t mean he was still trying to get elected.

Al Gore did not only explain his information very well, but he explained them with emotion. The points when Gore would go into his personal life and how the warming was effected him was a tremendous way to suppress his guest, and viewers, into

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thinking the same way he was. One of the most important personal quotes in the movie was when he was talking about his son and how after his son’s serious accident. “My son had suffered a concussion, a broken collarbone, broken ribs, a compound fracture of the thigh bone, and massive internal injuries as well as a bruised lung & pancreas & a fractured kidney.“ His way of setting the mood in the audience was amazing because not only were his words compelling, but the music and all aspects of the lights and sounds were basically speaking for themselves in the movie. This movie was very influential and did a great job in explaining to the world how big of an issue global warming was.

At the beginning of the movie I was not too keen on Al Gore as a man, or political figure. After watching this movie I realized that I have an abundance of respect for the man. After Gore ran for president, he decided to devote his life to the educating side of one of the biggest world issues, global warming. He has traveled around the world and studied many adverse effects of global warming, and has done studies on what might happen if something in the world does not change. He needs to be commended for his work and this movie has definitely made me come to realize Al Gore is a decent man, that knows the facts.

Project 2

Coty Spengler
October 1, 2010
Rhetorical Defense
The audience for my promotional piece would have to be towards incoming freshman that have not yet explored the library. I say this because it is very informative and easy to understand. Also, the audience could be someone who likes to think out of the box. This is true because there is an audio tour, which is a very cool aspect of my project. It helps the audience actually visualize the library in its fullest, even though there is not much going on in the library.
The reason I did a audio tour/power point was because it was the easiest way I could show the history, and what the library is all about. I figured if I did only and audio tour it would not be very informative at all. I like how this power point turned out because it holds a lot of information without being too long, or too confusing. I was going to get a couple interviews with librarians, but this fell through with our uncompromising schedules. I wish I would have had an opportunity to interview a librarian because this would have gave the students a supreme description of the opportunities in the library that most don’t find out about until they have been here for a while. I think I did a fairly good job showing all the important information about the library. It is a great place to study and everything else you can think of, and I want everyone to know this.
I chose to make each slide with an animation because this makes the project a lot more interesting instead of feeling like you were taking notes. I used bright colors in my power point because it caters to my audience the best college kids do not want to look at a bunch of black and white. This power point being colorful helps keep my audience interested instead of being bored out of their minds while reading my project. I made it so you had to click on the audio clip, rather than playing the clip automatically when the slide came on, because this makes it so the viewer focuses on the clip rather than just hearing it while they are reading the information. This way they can do one at a time and get the full effect of the audio tour.
I chose The Vernon R. Alden library because I am there all the time. I use the library almost 5 times a week and I wanted everyone else to know what the entire library has to offer. Also, the library had the most information on it so it made the project easy to educate everyone on everything I wanted to mention. The genre of my promotion piece would be an informative/ creative piece. I say this because it has a lot of information, but it has an artistic side to it.

Campus Tour Reflection

The conclusions I can make about campus is that they do a great job keeping the campus up to par. When I say this I mean this is exactly what i want from a college campus. Other than the hills I would ask for nothing more, or less. I must say the hills give the school another characteristic that helps it to be the best! The overarching "image" the constructors are trying to convey is that OU is more of a private school rather than a open university, which we are. I think they are slowly succeeding within the next few years I think all the buildings will be renivated and a very nice place to live, even if you live in an old dorm.
The thing that stuck out the most to me during the tour was the arch behind Sigfred. I say this because I am a very art oriented person and I really like are like this because there are no guidelines. I think this is awesome! I have no idea for my promotional piece yet. I'm thinking maybe doing something on the river but i have no idea yet, maybe a slide show. We will see.
Something I think should be added for the next tour would be the river and the ridges. I think both of these are a side of the campus that most people dont venture to go see. I think if these were on the tour it would be extremely interesting. Also, then people that have never been there would not be cut out of a talk because they don't even know where they are.

Hometown of Kellea

Coty Spengler

English 101

Hometown of Kellea Roberts

Located northwest of Columbus lays a small town called Dublin, Ohio. This just so happens to be the hometown of a freshman attending Ohio University, Kellea Roberts. Kellea has been living there her whole life and says it is a fabulous place to grow up. From K-12 Kellea went to Dublin city schools, which in general are upper-middle class schools. They also all have superior ranks in education. There are three high schools in Dublin: Coffman, Jerome, and Scioto. Kellea attended Jerome High School all four years. The hometown of Kellea is a very overpopulated place, but there is a lot to do and is a great place to raise a family!

Dublin is a very overpopulated town and is growing faster than ever. The population in 2000 was 31,000 and in just 8 years the population is approximately 39,000. It is in fact the fastest growing suburb of Columbus. The town, in Kellea’s words, “Is always building something new.” She says, “Soon there will be no open space left.” The town is in no way a farm town, but is also not a city. The main jobs in this town are small businesses and fast food restaurants. Also, there are many large houses and country clubs. Dublin is very involved with their school sports, especially football. Dublin Coffman High School is especially known for being the regional champs for 2001, 2003, and 2007. Their school district is a very prestigious school district and is nationally known. In conclusion, Dublin is a very nice town and a great place to have a family.

Kellea says that there is so much to do in Dublin. A couple of her favorite things to do are go to the mall, hang out with friends, watch her high school sports teams, go to the zoo, and go to the local water park. The Columbus Zoo is nationally known and has a great selection of animals. Also, the water park is called Zoombezi Bay it is almost brand new, but it is a great place to hang out with your friends. A couple other attractions there are outlet malls, multiple movie theaters, and a couple state parks. It is also known for its high class dining. Dublin has many places to go eat from fast food to five star restaurants. Here they also have one main festival every year that everyone looks forward to which is the Dublin Irish Festival. I have actually attended this festival and in it you’ll find: Great food, live music, and an all around great time! Kellea lives about 15 minutes outside of the city of Columbus, in which kellea likes to go and relax and have fun. There are also many other things to do in Dublin, but that list is way too long.

Kellea also says that Dublin is a great place to raise a family. First of all the school districts are nationally ranked all the way from kindergarten to high school. Secondly, there are many parks and local swimming pools to go to. Kellea’s favorite park to go to is Kiwanis Riverway Park. This park is located right on the river, if you didn’t guess. From this park you can do various things on the river, such as: Sail, wake board, water ski, or jet ski, along with multiple other fun things. Dublin is also a great place to raise a family because they have a great police department to keep your kids safe and protected.

As you can see Dublin is great place to grow up and even have a family. There are many things to do along with much to do in the night life. It is an awesome place from having a great population and enough people to having a great school district. You can have fun from going to a park to exploring some of the great town of Dublin. Also, if you have a middle aged teen that wants to go out and do their own thing this is a great place because the police department is immaculate. If I ever have the chance to visit I will be sure to visit there because the way Kellea describes it, it sounds like a great place to be and have fun.

My Favorite Place

The one place i love to go is Eagles Camp Ground in Bellfountaine, Ohio. I like going there because this is where my immediate family and distant family camp. Things to do there are fish, swim, hang out with my family and friends, and play frisbee. The reason I feel such a strong connection with my camp ground is because I have been going there for ten years strong. We basically go every weekend we can and it is an all around great time. While I'm in college this is what I'm going to miss most, other than my family. Every weekend there they have a concert at the pavilion and this is the best time I've ever had. It is basically soft rock and a bunch of drunk old people dancing. What could be not fun about that? Also, once a month there is a five dollar fish fry there. That statement is pretty self explanatory you go and pay five dollars and you can eat all the delicious fresh fish you want. To add to it there are always the "camper kids" that are always there and playing either frisbee or football basically the entire day. The "camper kids" are kids that actually live at the camper all season long, there are about six of them, and they are great! The family that I have up there are my grandparents, two sets of aunts/uncles, three of my cousins, my mom, my step dad, my sister, my niece, and my three brothers. I love them all dearly! If you like fishing this is the place to go in the camp ground itself there are three main ponds that are all fully stocked, and if you are looking to leave the camp ground there are way to many lakes and ponds to name. Also, about 6 minutes away is Indian Lake where you can swim on the beach, wake board, jet ski, or just go hang out on someones boat. Everyone that lives in, or around, Bellfountaine seem to be the nicest people ever. It is a small town so pretty much everyone knows everyone by name, and that gives you the since of home in my opinion. One of my favorite stories from this camp ground is when my friend Aaron Peck came up with me to camp. We were sitting on my grandparents patio and a bee landed on Aaron's leg and he is deathly afraid of Bees. When this happened in a blink of an eye Aaron jumped up and started to run off the patio and went head to bar with the bar coming out of the camper. He fell straight on to his back and just laid there. Then he proceeded to laugh hysterically at himself so he didn't cry. It had to have been the funniest thing i have ever seen!

About me

About Me!

Hey I'm Coty Spengler I am an eighteen year old freshman. Things I enjoy doing are Boxing, playing soccer, hanging out with friends, and music in general! I have played saxophone for 7 years now and it's my passion. I just recently picked up boxing so I'm new to it all, but it is a great way to stay and shape and have fun. I picked Ohio University because it is far enough away from home to where my mom will not be up every weekend, but it is close enough to go home to see my family and friends! I also love this campus to the fullest; I have been here for only four days and it already feels like home. I cannot wait to see what all OU has to offer and I am looking forward to a great year!