The Mission Critical website was also a very helpful source because it had pretty much everything that was covered so far. I specifically paid attention to the “Emotional Appeals” section, since it grabbed my attention the most. (It’s probably my favorite section we learned about so far.) I liked how the website pretty much used the same example for each emotional appeal and made it work for each one. I laughed so hard when I read the example that said, “Gosh, officer, but if you even think about giving me a ticket, I’m going to shoot you with this gun.”
For sure, these examples can’t really relate to everyone, but they are definitely humorous to an extent. I certainly enjoyed reading through all the different examples.
Comparing this to the textbook, I have to give it to the textbook when it comes to explanations. I’m not sure if it’s because all the information seems to be squished on the website, but the book’s simplistic definitions were enough for me to understand THIS particular concept. Although I’m not saying the website is less effective. The website can be another outside source in learning about all the different concepts.
Guess it just goes to show you that there isn’t one source for everything. You have to do some hardcore digging to learn the concepts and all that jazz.
Hey Chynna, I also thought that the mission critical website was also very helpful source! The example that you read about for the “Emotional Appeal” section was also very entertaining to me. I love reading your blog since your examples are very creative and when I saw that example it reminded me of your blog and the humor behind it. I think that I also liked the website better than the book because the book provides very simple definitions. I think that the only thing I liked better about the webpage was the exercises, because in the book they are very long and repetitive so I tend to skip over them. Anyways, good work!
ReplyDeleteHey cvgotsoul, I really liked your post about the mission critical website because it was unbiased. You showed some good points and bad points of the website which was awesome. But I do agree though that "emotional appeals" was definitely one of the best sections in the lessons so far and that the example the website used was humor worthy. Also, I do agree with you on your complaint about the website. All in all, I liked your post and it pretty much stuck to the question at hand. If I could grade it, I would probably give you an A because it was awesome.
ReplyDeleteHello there Chynna!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you about the mission critical website! I felt that it was a great source of information with a ton of funny examples! I also used the police officer example in my blog! In reality, I have a hard time believing that this example in particular is relatable; it defiantly kept me interested though. I also agree with you that the website could have been out together differently. The book was able to space everything out and explain things in a simplistic way that was easy to follow! I felt that the website was too busy cramming all this information in that they lost some of themselves in explanation! Anyways, nice job and great explanations!