Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Why exercise is good for you.

Ethos: The health benefits of regular exercise and physical activity are hard to ignore. And the benefits of exercise are yours for the taking, regardless of your age, sex or physical ability.

Pathos: Exercising causes the body to produce endorphins, chemicals that can help a person to feel more peaceful and happy.

Logos: Doctors and researchers are finding evidence that regular exercise, along with other things that make up a healthy lifestyle, can prevent some diseases that occur later in life and lead to a longer, happier life in general.

"Why Exercise Is Wise." Persuasive Article. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2013.
"TeensHealth." Why Exercise Is Wise. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2013.
Staff, Mayo Clinic. "Exercise: 7 Benefits of Regular Physical Activity." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 23 July 2011. Web. 31 Oct. 2013.

Answer to weekly question. Ken Ross

I disagree with parents banning cellphones, texting, tweeting, and laptops from their bedrooms and limiting their fun time to two hours a day. I believe banning the kids screen time will make surreptitious kids; when the parents are out, the kids will sneak around the house and try to find their laptop or cellphones and use it. Also a lot of kids use their screen time to interact with friends and others. Kids use Facebook or email to connect with team members to figure out schedules for sports, but if you used up your limit time of screen time of two hours for the day, you won’t be able to find the schedules nor you won’t be able to talk to them about it. Also having a social life could be tricky to get with only two hours of the day to make plans or if we had an emergency we wouldn't be able to call 911 or our parents because out limit of two hours a day is gone. Although parents may think it could be a good idea to have their child two hours a day for their screen time, if parents want you to be safe and have friends and a social life, they shouldn't think about limiting because a phone can help a lot.

Magazine Analysis

The Fry Graph shows the magazine "Better Homes and Gardens" is designed for a 13 yeas old reader. The ratio of contents to advertisements is 57:141. This shows that this magazine uses more advertisements than contents. Based on the information I got from the classmates in my group, my magazine has more advertisement pages for product sales than content pages such as interviewing interior designers. This comparison shows that my magazine is made more for adults. If I were to create a profile for a reader of this magazine, I would go towards more adults and 20 year olds. Maybe a 13 year old would want to read it to get ideas for their room decorating, but not many do. I know a lot of teenagers go towards the magazine "PBTeen" to get decorating tips and ideas. The more readers of this particular magazine label has more of the characteristics of designing and decorating. This magazines shows women and men with the qualities and interests in interior and exterior designing.

Are you a sweet snacker or a salty snacker?

Lizzie Hanson

October 16, 2013

Period F

Data Driven

                Do you prefer salty snacks or sweet snacks? Asking so many people of all different ages I came to the conclusion that as you age, you grow out of the sweet snack phase. I know a lot of kids go for cookies or cake but when you grow up you start to like salty snacks more. As said by an adult, Karen, “I prefer salty snacks such as lays potato chips because I ate too much sugar as a kid.” Karen also enjoys noshing on pretzels. Sharing the taste buds of an older adult, I decided to ask a younger kid preferable around the age of 10 to see if age had anything to do with the decision of choosing a snack. I asked a girl named Brooke. “I love sweet snacks,” Brooke replies without even thinking. You could tell she liked sweet snacks over salty snacks because she didn’t even second guess herself. The next person I asked was a little older but not by much. Tori is a 15 year old, “I would rather eat a carton full of Ben & Jerry’s chocolate fudge brownie ice cream than a box of cheez it’s .” Tori and Brooke being around the same age and liking sweet snacks while Karen, an adult, likes salty snacks make me think it was age and how young or old you are made you choose between the two different types of snacks. What I did was ask an adult older than Tori but younger than Karen which type of snack they preferred. Melissa, a 33 year old, preferred to have salty snacks over sweet snacks. “Well I love salt and vinegar chips but I also like cookies,” she says with an indecisive look on her face. A few minutes after thinking about the question, she came to a realization that she likes salty snacks more than sweet snacks. After asking people with a variety of ages, the question of sweet snacks or salty snacks resulted in sweet snacks but as you start to age and grow older you start to like salty snacks more.

Data-Driven Journalism

Qualitative: Do people prefer salty snacks or sweet snacks and what makes you choose?