Group Questions for 4/12/16

The four types of body rhetoric include embodied argumentation, street theater, rhetorical style and the vibe as bodily emanation. In each case the body plays a rhetorical role in promoting or contesting political agendas. Furthermore,  we then get the 5 Steps of Style.

5 steps of Style

1)   Observation

a.     Must first observe your style and the style of others before even beginning.

2)   Reflection

a.     See out the pros and cons of each style given

3)   Experimentation

a.     Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. You must go out and experience different styles before coming down to one.

4)   Application

a.     Comfort in your own style allows you to apply it in a broader sense.

5)   Chance

a.     You miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take.

These 5 Steps are very beneficial because they give us a solid step-by-step process for finding one’s own style. I feel as though they can be applied to other aspects in your life such as the goals you make for yourself in life. If you view these steps with an open mind, the realization that they are much more than just steps of style will soon come to mind.

English Discussion Questions 4/7/16

My definition of language pertains to each culture on this planet having their own distinct “language” that creates uniqueness between each other. Furthermore, the 5 guidelines to language and communication consist of accessibility, clarity, respectfulness, provocativeness, and to also provide interest. These all have a clear motive of engagement towards the audience. Each one of these guidelines respectfully backs up the other in various ways that then ultimately lead back to the beneficiary of the people. The quote that you gave us relates back to the way a systematic government uses their language to either make or break a country. The fact that “War is Peace” generates a single enemy that then creates a distinction where people are willing to agree with this statement. So too goes with “Freedom is Slavery” since it is basically stating that all individuals who choose to act alone are prone to failure. “Slavery is Freedom” generates an understanding that because we were given freedom, we ultimately gave way to the theoretical feature of slavery. Lastly, “Ignorance is Strength” ties all of them together because it inevitably tells us that once people cease to recognize the contradictions, they then lose control to the hierarchy above them. The language nowadays on social media makes us think a certain way due to the way people tend to phrase their arguments. A perfect example consists of Donald Trump. The way he phrases his speeches begins exactly with language. The way he has used his language has increasingly gotten the attention of many fellow Americans. Americans have lost their self-control to realize right from wrong to the extent that they are under this man’s extremist’s views, yet the language he used first, got them on his side. Therefore, we can also point out the fact that today’s world is largely swayed by the propaganda factors that come with the media. They should be blamed for much of the “bad” trends that we tend to view on social media. I feel as though propaganda will continue to live on with us forever. It has stuck with us for such a long time that it’s completely inevitable to eradicate.