English 1010

 The rhetorical analysis was one of the papers that I wrote this semester. The things I learned while writing this paper included the three different rhetorical appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos. At first these different appeals were hard for me to grasp and understand, but the rhetorical analysis that I wrote helped me to understand each of these concepts more fully.  Logos is the logical appeal- it uses numbers and facts.  Pathos is the emotional appeal- it tugs on peoples’ heartstrings. Ethos is the writer’s background, or ethical appeal.  With ethos, the author uses his credibility and character to persuade others. We believe those we respect. I analyzed the article "Restoration or Destruction: The Controversy Over Wolf Reintroduction". This article was something that was interesting to me. It not only helped me grasp the three rhetorical appeals, but it also helped me to understand where both sides were coming from. 

  This was the first annotated bibliography that I have written.  It seemed crazy to write a paragraph about each source and how I would use it in my paper, but after I finished I could see the value it had.  I no longer had to search through each link trying to find where I read something.  The paragraph was enough to help me find which article I was looking for. The toughest thing for me to grasp onto was the MLA format, I have never written a paper using this format, and citing the pages that I used for research was by far the hardest thing in MLA format. I used a couple of different websites to help me figure it out, mainly "The Purdue Online Writing Lab". The annotated bibliography really helped me to figure out why citing your sources is important and how writing a paragraph about each cite helps keep everything organized while writing your paper.