Blog Post 7: Compare and Contrast

a. If I were to write a compare and contrast essay on these two posters, my purpose would be to state the differences and to explain how the distinctions affect the purpose of each poster.

b. Although both articles adopt the widely known "I WANT YOU" poster, both posters have different purposes. The first one, showing Barack Obama posing like Uncle Sam, encourages people to vote for him by saying "I WANT YOU TO CAUCUS;" whereas the second one is meant to satirize the first one, showing Osama Bin Laden instead of Obama, saying "I WANT YOU TO INVADE IRAQ," and tries to convince people that Obama's real desire is to attack Iraq.

c. My key points would be the people in the posters, and the quotes.

d. I would use Point by Point.

Blog Post 6: Working Definitions

Numerous people already know that the word "punk" is a homonym. However, few know this meaning of the word "punk", and I will express this meaning in four common forms of definition:

• Definition by Negation: A Punk is not as dangerous as a match or a lighter.
• Definition by History: A punk has been used since around 7th century China, when China invented fireworks to scare away evil spirits and needed something safe to light them.
• Definition by Example: Marvin's daughter asked for a lighter so that she could light some firework fuses. However, Marvin suggested her to use a punk instead as a safer way to light fireworks.
• Definition by Compare and Contrast: While a firework fuse can be lit with virtually anything, the punk stick is safer than a lighter or a match because it does not use an open flame.