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McCloud states " when we abstract an image through cartooning we're not so much elminating details as we are focusing on specific details."(200) What McCloud means by this quote is when we look at an image we dont delete the details we dont care for but we pay more attention to the important things. Like the photo above shows and states, "By stripping down an image to it's essential meaning an artist can amplify that meaning in a way that realistic art can't." (200) What this quote means is that when the artist takes the painting or picture and traces it down to when only the thought of the image was put on paper, he can give a bigger meaning or explanation of the painting or picture than the original. How is that? you might ask. Well when you start with an image in your head you put it down on paper and when you start drawing you think it might come out the way you planned in your head, sometimes it does come out that way but others it doesn't. Also when you start off with the original picture you can make a bunch of diffrent pictures. And when you talk about them you can trace it back to that one image you had drawn on paper and then you have more to talk about than your original paintings or picutres.

An example of logical fallacy is "My friend Jen said her philosophy class is hard, my philosophy class is hard to, so it must be that all philosophy classes are hard." This quote is logical fallacy because it is based on a poor peice of reasoning.

If ever there was an idea custom-made for a Jay Leno monologue, this was it: audio books. Isn't that like watching a radio? Whatever happened to reading the actual book? I happen to sympathize with illeterate people though perhaps because if you have the time to listen to war and Peace then you have the time to learn how to read.

Rhetorical Criticism

Foss states that the definition of rhetoric doesnt mean empty, bombastic language that has no substance. (3) Rhetoric actually is defined as the human use of symbols to communicate. This definition has three basic examples. First example states that humans are the creaters of rhetoric because the symbols we use today were created by us. (4) Second example states symobls as the medium for rhetoric, which means a symbol is something that stands for something else like a picture or a word, or even a phrase. Foss had gvien a few example of symbols one was smoke. (4) Smoke stands for fire which means fire is present. Not all symbols have a meanings behind it. For instance a speaker could be for a computer or a car. If you see a picture of it everyone thinks diffrent things. Or as Foss had mentioned a tree could mean a forest but everyone thinks otherwise. (6) Rhetoric usually involves symbols that get people to communicate with each other. The third example Foss had given was communication as the purpose of rhetoric. Communication as the purpose of rhetoric simply means that symbols are used for communication with others or oneself. (5) Basically this means when you talk to people you use symbols to start the conversation. The way we express things, look at things also is a meaning of rhetoric. Rhetoric Critisim on the other hand is the explanation of symbolic acts and artifacts to understand the processes of rhetoric. (6) Rhetoric criticism also has three examples behind it. First example of rhetoric criticisim is the systematic analysis as the act of criticisim which means when we use symbols in conversations we choose whether we like them or not and explain why we do or don't. (7) Second example is the acts and artifacts as the object of criticisim. An act is a speech or a musical performance that is done infront of an audience. Most people rather study the artifact of an act, which is the text, trace or tangible evidence of the act. (7) When a rhetorical act is copyed and printed, posted on a Web site, recorded on film, or painted, makes it accessible to a bigger audience. Third example of rhetoric criticism is understanding rhetorical process as the purpose of criticism. This process begins with an interest in understanding particular symbols and how they operate. (7) As an example given in the text if a friend never returns your phone calls , or e-mails you come to the conclusion that the friendship is over. (8)


Rhetoric: the study of the effective use of language
Rhetoric: the art of making persuasive speeches ; oratory