I have grown greatly over the course of this semester. I have grown as a person and as a writer. When the semester started, I don’t think I was the worst writer, but I definitely wasn’t a good speaker. I was a shy speaker who was very unconfident in what I was saying. I wasn’t…

I listened to the My Favorite Murder “Investigateighteen” podcast. The podcast reviews murders and infamous crimes that have occurred in the past. For this podcast, they use the rhetorical strategies of informality, decorum, and pathos. These are the most effective tools for the podcast to be successful. To start, the podcast has a very informal…

Hunter Herky is wearing complete camouflage. He is covered head to toe with a hat, long sleeve shirt, and pants in camouflage that is meant for hunting in the woods around the fall. On the long sleeve shirt is the logo for the University of Iowa. The only thing visible on him besides the camouflage…

The speech I chose is more of a monologue made by the late Robin Williams in his movie Dead Poets Society. In the movie, Robin Williams is a school teacher at a prestigious private school for boys. He is trying to inspire them that there is more to life than school. He wants them to…

When I was growing up, I think me and my friends all like Disney at least a little bit. They had great cartoons that made us laugh and have fun and be entertained by the wondrous adventures they went on. However, now that me and my friends are older and more aware of how the…

My names is Jacob Flint and you may have met me a bit if you are in one of my classes. I am from a very small town called Mattawan Michigan. This is not the first place I have lived though as I have moved a total of 8 times in my life. I was…