Name: Chloe Fields                                                                                                Section: 17

Title of Speech:

Intro:

I. Attention Catcher: All of us here can read. Not only can we read, but we all love to read. You think you don't?

II. Listener Relevance Link: We read daily. If you didn't know how to read, you wouldn't be sitting here right now.

III. Speaker Credibility: How do I know that we all love to read? Well… We love being informed by the daily things that get us around in life, but not only that, all of us enjoy reading for pleasure. It might not be in the same form, some of us like to read our friends/favorite celebs tweets, some of us like to text, and some of us like to read books for pleasure. I would include myself in all 3 of those categories. I love to read. I read every day

IV. Thesis: Although, I enjoy reading in most forms, I especially love reading books. I mainly enjoy fictional stories. However, although I love to read, I absolutely HATE carrying books. I refuse to bring a book anywhere, except for schoolwork. Books just get in the way. The end up being too heavy and too large, and it’s just not worth it to carry a book around all day. So, without further ado, let me introduce you to my secret love, my kindle.

V. Preview: I cannot live without my Kindle. It is my gateway to books on the go. It helps me fall deep into a story outside of my own home.

Body:

I. So, whats so great about a Kindle?

            1. It's paperless. Saving the environment.

            2. It's extremely portable and lightweight. Saving my energy

            3. Reads just like a book.

            5. The device is relatively expensive. I’m a college student.

Transition: Sounds more convenient, but...

II. Why choose a Kindle over a real book?

Listener Relevance Link: Let's face it: carrying books around sucks. Even storing books at home can be a pain. Eventually, youre going to have to build a bookcase..

            A. My Kindle provides me with an effortless reading experience.

                        1. The device is extremely lightweight. There is absolutely no strain from holding up my kindle for hours on end, unlike a real book.

                        2. I can hold about 2,000 books on my Kindle. Can you imagine carrying 2,000 books around with you at all times? No. Not likely.

                        3. Not only is it lightweight, but also the print is just as crisp, if not more crisp and polished than an actual book. Super clear, and super easy to read.

            B. Hey, buying books on my Kindle is actually cheaper than buying hardback books and paperbacks!

                        1. Not only are the books cheaper but my Kindle comes equipped with 3G built in, for no additional cost! Well, what does this mean? It means I can buy books anywhere that I can get service. Instant books in my hands.

Transition: All right, so you know a little bit about why I need my Kindle, but is there more?

III. What can a Kindle do?

            A. With my Kindle, all of my reading needs are satisfied.

                        1. I can read books. Yes. True. And?

•                I can highlight.

•                Get instant dictionary definitions

•                Bookmark pages

            B. My Kindle also comes equipped with a battery life that can last up to two months, depending on if I’m using wi-fi or 3G, and how much you read. I find myself that my battery life lasts way too long for me to track.

IV. So, what are some other perks of using a Kindle?

            A. Amazon. That's it.

                        1. Amazon has incredible customer service.

                        2. The shipping is so fast. I’ve gotten packages concerning my Kindle within a day with free shipping. Not kidding.

                        3. Amazon has provided Kindle users with a huge book store, loaded with over a million books.

                        4. Although I absolutely adore my Kindle, and the experience that comes with it, it’s not durable. I’ve had 2 Kindles replace, but Amazon made the experience very amazing and replaced both of the Kindles for free within that first year.

Transition: All right, so now you know why I need my Kindle in my life. It's extremely convenient to carry on the go, I love to read, and it's an amazing product for people with needs like me.

Conclusion:

I. Restatement of Thesis: My Kindle isn't so much of a secret now that I've shared why I love it, and why you should think about getting one as well. I hate carrying books. I like to carry as little as possible, but having a book around is a really great thing when you want to pass some time.

II. Summary of Main Points: Why is my Kindle so amazing? It opens up opportunities for me to read on the go, or at home, comfortably. It leads me into a world of books, without the inconvenience of not being able to take a couple hundred books around with me, and without the high price tag on normal, printed books.

III. Clincher: Hopefully now, you may understand why I always carry my Kindle with me and why I can’t live without it. 

Sources:

My sources either came from my personal knowledge and experience using a Kindle, or from http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007OZNZG0/ref=sv_kstore_0.

Name: Chloe Fields Section: 17

Title of Speech:

Intro:

I. Attention Catcher: We all love to read. You think you don't? Ha, well let me elaborate.

II. Listener Relevance Link: We read daily. If you didn't know how to read, you wouldn't be sitting here right now.

III. Speaker Credibility: How do I know that we all love to read? Well… We love being informed by the daily things that get us around in life, but not only that, all of us enjoy reading for pleasure. It might not be in the same form, some of us like to read our friends/favorite celebs tweets, some of us like to read subtitles in a foreign language movie, and some of us like to read books for pleasure. I would include myself in all 3 of those categories. I love to read. I read every day. Basically every time my eyes are open I'm reading something or another.

IV. Thesis: Although, I enjoy reading in every form, (except for long boring fourteen page articles in which I'm not the intended audience)… I especially love to read for pleasure. Mainly books, and mainly fictional books. I love to read books. However, I absolutely hate carrying around books. I refuse to bring a book anywhere with me, because it just ends up being too heavy, and becomes a giant pain in my ass. So this is when I introduce you to my secret lover. My Kindle.

V. Preview: I love my Kindle for various reasons. Let me elaborate in as much detail as why I cannot live without this piece of machinery.

Body:

Listener Relevance Link: Why would you want to spend money on an electronic device to read...? Well, you have to particularly enjoy reading books for pleasure. But other than that, why else would a broke college student want to buy something that may seem frivolous?

I. So, whats so great about a Kindle?

A. It's paperless.
1. Save the environment!
2. Save your energy you would have spent lugging a couple books around!

B. It's extremely portable.

1. All you gotta do is slip it into your purse, or your backpack.
2. So much better than carrying a book around.
3. Looks just like a book would on the inside, meaning, the picture is nice and crisp. The Kindle uses "e-ink" technology, which makes the display on a Kindle look just like a book.

4. It's very lightweight.

C. The device is relatively expensive.

Transition: Sounds more convenient, but...

II. Why choose a Kindle over a real book?

Listener Relevance Link: Let's face it: carrying books around sucks. Most of us carry books around to and from class. It sucks.

A. A Kindle provides you with effortless reading.

1. The device is extremely lightweight.

2. You can hold about 2,000 books on your Kindle. Can you imagine carrying 2,000 books around with you at all times? No. Not likely.

3. Not only is it light weight, but the print is also just as crisp, if not crisper than an actual books print. Super clear, and easy to read.

B. Hey, buying books on your Kindle is actually cheaper than buying hardback books, and also buying paperbacks!

1. Not only are the books cheaper, but most newer Kindles come equipped with 3G built in, for no cost except for the initial price of the Kindle! Well, what does this mean? It means you can buy books anywhere you can get service, which is basically anywhere that you're going to be around town… Instant books in your hands.

C. Maybe you forgot your glasses at home, and they help you read better. Well, on your Kindle, you can adjust not only the font, but also the size of the font. Small print be gone!

Transition: Alright, so you know a little bit of why economically and physically you might want to switch to a Kindle, but thats not enough to get you over the hump.

III. What else can a Kindle do?

Listener Relevance Link: So, you know abouta few of the handy features on a Kindle, but you're still not buying. There are certain things in a real book, that you think you may not be able to do with a Kindle. You might have thought wrong.

A. With the original Kindle e-reader (not the Kindle tablets available), there are plenty of reading needs that my Kindle satisfies that you might not have expected.

1. You can read books. Yes. True. And?

• You can highlight.
• Get instant dictionary definitions
• Bookmark pages
• Your Kindle can also sync what page you're on, and the above bullets, to any other device using the Kindle app.

B. The Kindle also comes equipped with a battery life that will last up to two months, depending on if you're using wi-fi or 3G, and how much you read. I find myself that my battery life lasts way too long for me to track.

IIII. So, what are some other perks of using a Kindle?

Listener Relevance Link: I personally hate calling, and dealing with customer service representatives. The machines they use are frustrating, and the process takes forever. So who provides the Kindle, and why are they worth your time?

A. Amazon. That's it.

1. Amazon has incredible customer service.

2. Living in Lexington, you tend to get Kindle's, and Kindle related accessories extremely quickly. 

3. Amazon has provided Kindle users with a huge book store, loaded with over a million books.

4. Kindles aren't made to be the sturdiest thing on Earth, so if your Kindle breaks within the first year, (mine did about 2 times), they will replace it. Basically no questions asked. Awesome.

Transition: Alright, so now you know why I need my Kindle in my life. It's extremely convenient to carry on the go, I love to read, and it's an amazing product.

Conclusion:

I. Restatement of Thesis: My Kindle isn't so much of a secret love now, I've shared why I love it, and why you should get one as well. I hate carrying books. In fact, I like to carry as little as possible, but having a book around is a really great thing when you want to pass some time.

II. Summary of Main Points: Why is a Kindle so great? It opens up opportunities for you to read on the go, or at home, comfortably. It leads you into a world of books, without the inconvenience of not being able to take a couple hundred books around with you, and without the high price tag on normal, printed books.

III. Clincher: Hopefully now, you may understand why I always carry my Kindle with me, and why I cannot live without it.

Sources:

My sources either came from my personal knowledge and experience using a Kindle, or from http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007OZNZG0/ref=sv_kstore_0.

Speech Overview/Brainstorm. Click the image to enlarge.

"What is Pinterest? I've never heard of that before." I asked my friend. My friend mentioned that she found this new website that was totally different from anything she had ever used before. I was immediately intrigued. Five minutes later, I set up an account. I couldn't tell you exactly when I created my account, but I think it was perhaps at the beginning of my senior year. After I created an account, I still asked, "What is Pinterest?" After a few weeks or so of forgetting about Pinterest, since I didn't really understand how to use it, I came back to it to explore more territory. After viewing other profiles that I had stumbled upon, I finally started to understand what the website was all about, it was a visual scrapbook of sorts. It seemed to me that Pinterest was your personal curation of ideas, images, and inspiration. 

So, more in depth about what Pinterest really is… What can you do on Pinterest? It turns out that there are a lot of things you can do on that nifty site. You can share pictures of your own, or share pictures that you might have found on another website, not belonging to you. Don't worry about plagiarism. Pinterest has created a special way of posting photos that you found on another website. All you have to do is click "Add +" in the top right hand corner, click "Add a Pin," and then just enter the URL where the image you want to post is. By doing this, if anyone that sees your pin is interested in finding out more about the image, they can simply click on the image and it will take the straight to the website where you got it from. Giving credit where credit is due. If you want to post an image that you've just seen on Pinterest that another user posted for you, all you have to do is click "Repin." Pinterest makes it really easy for their members to share. You can also add a caption to your original pin, or you can change the caption to a repin that you found from somebody else's pin. Not only can you repin, but you can also like people's pins! I don't prefer "liking" pins, because you have no way of organizing the things that you like.

You may be wondering, why should I actually use Pinterest? Other than the ease of sharing, of course. Well, for me, I really enjoy using Pinterest because it's a place where I can organize images that inspire me. On Pinterest, most of my compiled images consist of hair, architecture, home decor, beauty, and fashion. Although all of these sound girly, and some are to an extent, there are also many other popular categories that Pinterest has chosen for you to browse. Some categories consist of animals, cars, art, food and travel. With so many images to compile and gain inspiration from, how is one to organize these images?

Just a few of my own boards.

Boards. Pinterest is so wonderful for organization because they have done something that not many other blogging websites have done. Pinterest has created a feature on the site called "Boards." A board is a collection of pins that usually go along a guideline of a certain theme. You can have as many boards as you would like. I would definitely recommend having more boards than less boards! When you have a more defined theme for your boards, the more organized you can become. With more organization, it'll be easier to find an image that you want to look up once you have a couple hundred pins. The possibilities for customization when concerning boards are quite endless. 

My "Home on Heroin" board.

One of my own favorite boards would be my "Outfit Inspiration" board. I like to come up with witty(ish) names for my boards. My Outfit Inspiration board is just a load of pictures of fashion editorials, photos from shopping websites of clothing, and other sorts of garments that I'm inspired by. Outfit Inspiration, get it? OK enough of that. Another board that I love dearly is my "Home on Heroin" board. An even stranger board title. I came up with this title because it's a great way to describe some of the home decor photos you see on the internet. It's, like, home decor on drugs. Extremely inspirational, and gorgeous decor; something that someone put a lot of effort into. I'm not kidding when I say Pinterest is my inspiration hub. If you take a look at my Home on Heroin board, you might just be so inspired that you'll change your major to interior design.

So, now that you're learning more and more about Pinterest, it might still be a little confusing as to why this would be categorized as a social networking site. Well, on Pinterest, like on many other social networking websites, you can follow people, and have followers of your own. Also like most social networking sites, when you follow someone, you've gained a "subscription" to their pins. One of my favorite things about Pinterest is that it's socially acceptable to repin pin's from people that you don't know! This may seem weird, but you might lose some followers if you retweeted all of Kim Kardashian's tweets. With Pinterest, it is socially acceptable to follow and repin as many pins from anyone you would like. It's basically complimenting the person you repinned from, saying that they have great taste. Imitation is the best form of flattery. Not only can you follow and repin, but you can also comment on pins if you'd like. The only negative about Pinterest is that there aren't many settings for privacy.

My timeline of pins from people I follow.

When I first made my Pinterest account, I was kind of afraid to pin. I know it sounds kind of lame, but I was afraid people would judge me because I'm not exactly interested in what my followers might have been interested in. Lame, right? All I would do, for quite a while, was "like" pins. I realized one day that liking pins gives you absolutely no way to organize them. Then I posted my first pin. I think it was a picture of a bathing suit. After pinning a few more times, I was realizing more and more that I shouldn't be afraid of what people think of me through the internet. Either they'll like what I do, or they won't. Pinterest has helped me, in a way, break out of my shell.

Alright, so you know how to use it, and why I use it. But really, what is my connection to Pinterest? Why do I spend so much time pinning? Well, Pinterest has definitely become an outlet for me. Almost comparable to a diary. It isn't private, but sifting through the pins of people I follow and repinning them sort of releases stress. I find it very relaxing, to have so many images of things that I love and find beautiful, right at my fingertips. It's almost like having something, but not really. I still get some satisfaction from the image, without the price tag. Pinterest is another form of media that helps me individualize myself, out of the billions of people on earth. Even if not everyone sees my Pinterest account, I still have something to myself that makes me feel different from other people. Not everyone is going to pin the same thing, simply because not everyone is interested in the same thing. If I'm ever feeling lost and I have a hard time remembering who I am, I can just get on Pinterest and I am easily reminded of the person I am, and the person I want to be. Pinterest inspires me to reach new heights in my life. It gives me goals to set, and incentive to achieve them. Although I did say that I do gain some satisfaction from looking at images of things I want, but I'm not completely satisfied from just looking at pictures, so pinning helps to remind me to stay true to myself, and to stay ambitious.

My "Outfit Inspiration" board.

Not only has Pinterest created a friendly environment to be yourself, but it has also created a creative outlet for many people, including myself. I consider Pinterest to be a public diary of assorted images. After a long day I find it very relaxing to take a few moments to browse over the lovely images that the people I follow have compiled for my personal enjoyment. Pinterest helps me to stay informed on what things are new and interesting in the world. I love to add images to my ever-growing visual scrapbook.

Sources:

https://pinterest.com/about/

http://gigaom.com/2012/01/04/you-are-what-you-curate-why-pinterest-is-hawt/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/2012/03/16/the-promise-and-perils-of-pinterest/

All photos provided were made by me, except for this one:

http://media-cache-ec0.pinterest.com/avatars/pinterest-1345141049_600.jpg

Is Google making us stupid? Although the author of the article seems to believe so, I can't really attest to him being right. I don't think that the overload of instant information that Google provides is necessarily what's making us stupid. Perhaps the overload of useless information might be making us seem stupider. I think the easy access to all the information that you could possibly need does make us a little less skilled in libraries and when it comes to researching the old fashioned way, but with Google why would everyone necessarily need skills like that anyway? Thinking about it more and more, I'm not sure where I would be without Google. I think that I would be a less rounded person. The internet has taught me so many things that I wouldn't have know otherwise without Google. I certainly have learned a lot of silly things through Google, for example, like what type of Pokemon is weak to poison type. But.. I still learned something from this situation. There are a lot of useful things I've learned from Google's instant results, such as how to format an MLA paper. Google is definitely making me lazier, and perhaps more expectant of getting the information that I want quicker, but I definitely disagree that I'm getting stupider from the services that Google provides. Google is something that I use everyday and will continue to use for as long as I have access to the internet and as long as Google is in existence.

"What is Pinterest? I've never heard of that before." I asked my friend. My friend mentioned that she found this new website that was totally different from anything she had ever used before. I was immediately intrigued. 5 minutes later, I set up an account. I couldn't tell you exactly when I created my account, but I think it was perhaps at the beginning of my senior year. After I created an account, I still asked, " What is Pinterest?" After a few weeks or so of forgetting about Pinterest, since I didn't really understand how to use it, I came back to it to explore more territory. After viewing other profiles that I had stumbled upon, I finally started to understand what the website was all about, it was a visual scrapbook of sorts. It seemed to me that Pinterest was your personal curation of ideas, images, and inspiration. 

So, more in depth about what Pinterest really is… What can you do on Pinterest? It turns out that there are a lot of things you can do on that nifty site. You can share pictures of your own, or share pictures that you might have found on another website, not belonging to you. Don't worry about plagiarism. Pinterest has created a special way of posting photos that you found on another website. All you have to do is click "Add +" in the top right hand corner, click "Add a Pin," and then just enter the URL where the image you want to post is. If there are multiple images on the website, Pinterest will let you click through each image until you find the one you're looking for. By doing this, if anyone that sees your pin is interested in finding out more about the image, they can simply click on the image and it will take the straight to the website where you got it from. Giving credit where credit is due. If you want to post an image that you've just seen on Pinterest that another user posted for you, all you have to do is click "Repin." Pinterest makes it really easy for their members to share. You can also add a caption to your original pin, or you can change the caption to a repin that you found from somebody else's pin. Not only can you repin, but you can also like people's pins! It's not what I prefer to do, because I would rather contribute that image to one of my many boards (which I will explain later), instead of just having it in an unorganized discord in my "Likes" tab. 

You may be wondering, why should I actually use Pinterest? Other than the ease of sharing, of course. Well, for me, I really enjoy using Pinterest because it's a place where I can organize images that inspire me. On Pinterest, most of my compiled images consist of hair, architecture, home decor, beauty, and fashion. Although all of these sound girly, and some are to an extent, there are also many other popular categories that Pinterest has chosen for you to browse. Some categories consist of animals, cars, art, food and travel. With so many images to compile and gain inspiration from, how is one to organize these images?

Boards. Pinterest is so wonderful for organization because they have done something that not many other blogging-type websites have done. Pinterest has created a feature on the site called "Boards." A board is a collection of pins that usually go along a guideline of a certain theme. You can have as many boards as you would like. I would definitely recommend having more boards than less boards! When you have a more defined theme for your boards, the more organized you can become. Let's say you have a board with the theme being "Cars." That's a great theme, but let's also say that you have a thousand images of cars that you've compiled. You want to go back and look at this special red car that you found, but with all of the images in one board, who knows how long it will take you to find that one image. So instead of having such a broad theme, like "Cars," you can have multiple boards focusing on one certain attribute that each car has, such as "Red Cars," "Black Cars," "Blue Cars." You could even go by maker or model if you'd like. The possibilities for customization when concerning boards are quite endless, and your imagination is the limit! 

So, now that you're learning more and more about Pinterest, it might still be a little confusing as to why this would be categorized as a social networking site. Well, on Pinterest, like on many other social networking websites, you can follow people, and have followers of your own. Also like most social networking sites, when you follow someone, you've gained a "subscription" to their pins. One of my favorite things about Pinterest is that it's socially acceptable to repin pin's from people that you don't know! This may seem weird, but sometimes it's just strange for you to retweet every single one of Kim Kardashian's tweets, for example. With Pinterest, it is definitely socially acceptable to follow and repin as many pins from anyone you would like. It's basically complimenting the person you repinned from, saying that they have great taste. Not only can you follow and repin, but you can also comment on any pin you'd like. The only negative about Pinterest is that there aren't many settings for privacy. I personally don't mind that tidbit, because on Pinterest you share things concerning what you like, but you aren't giving out really any personal information, unless, of course, you want to.

Not only has Pinterest created a friendly environment to be yourself, but it has also created a creative outlet for many people, including myself. I could also consider Pinterest to be a journal of sorts, and also a stress reliever. After a long day I find it very relaxing, if I have time, to take a few moments to browse over the lovely images that the people I follow have compiled for my personal enjoyment. Pinterest helps me to stay informed on what things are new and interesting in the world. I love to add images to my visual scrapbook that is ever-growing.

Some of my boards.

My timeline of pins by other users.

A look inside of one of my boards.

Sources:

https://pinterest.com/about/

http://gigaom.com/2012/01/04/you-are-what-you-curate-why-pinterest-is-hawt/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/2012/03/16/the-promise-and-perils-of-pinterest/

All of the screen shots provided were made by me.

The Rhetorical Situation by Lloyd F Bitzer. Hmm. Not really sure what exactly I'm supposed to write about this article. Did I love it? Did I hate it? Well.. I definitely can't say that I liked it. Can you really make your living off being a "Rhetorist?" Confused. Other than the article being extremely long, it did inform me a lot on how rhetoric discourse comes into existence. Rhetoric has… I guess you would call it a situational existence. According to Lloyd, Rhetoric only exists "for the sake of something beyond itself." Rhetoric is made to "produce action or change in the world." These are quotes from Lloyd's article, by the way. I never really thought about rhetoric existing because of argumentative conditions. In fact, I think that Lloyd told me that rhetoric is just an argument. Huh. So, does that mean that all writing, speech, and body language is considered rhetoric? Guess so.

Honestly, I had a lot of trouble comprehending this 14 page article.. I think we were assigned to read this article to make a point of how different uses of media and how something is written makes a difference to the audience. I feel like this all has to do with composition and design. For example, the whole class responded well to the Huxley vs. Orwell comic. We all seemed to really get what the article was trying to argue and we had a lot to say about it. It was a short and sweet comic, however, this article is not. This is, like I said, a polar opposite from the web comic. I have a feeling that when we come into class, everyone will be in a similar position with feelings of confusion towards this assignment. I doubt we will have much to say, because I don't think the article REALLY has much to do with us and we don't seem to be the intended audience. This also has absolutely no pathos, in my opinion, but relies solely on logos and ethos. Not a balance that I necessarily enjoy.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/2012/03/16/the-promise-and-perils-of-pinterest/

http://gigaom.com/2012/01/04/you-are-what-you-curate-why-pinterest-is-hawt/

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/02/13/pin-your-interests-online-with-pinterest/?intcmp=features

http://pinterest.com/about/

http://www.mysanantonio.com/life/article/Pinning-These-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things-1882964.php