OUTLINE OF THE PAPER!

Ashley's "Blog Perfection" paper starts out stating what all should go into making a good blog "structure, style, language, and strength". After that, she begins to go further in explaining the key factors that should be used in creating a blog and gives spacific examples. Then she uses those examples to explain why the blog that she choose makes a "good" blog. In the end she ties all what she has said and summarizes what she had just told us.
I would say the way she organized her paper would be concidered as a "thesis style" of paper used in an inductive way-has a point then gives further examples on that point.

Over all I liked Ashley's "blog Perfection" paper, but I do believe that she could have made it a stronger, more interesting paper by using a different type of outline to go about writing it. If I were to rewrite it i would probably use the deductive style. I wouls start by talking about the general principles that go along with writing a blog and then in the end talk about how all of those things put together in one blog will make it a "good blog".

ANALYZING A PICTURE: NAVAJO DANCERS ENTERTAINING A TOURIST TRAIN

When comparing what I got from the picture with what Zoe Morales got from the picture I found that some of our thoughts about it were the same, yet some were very different. We both thought that the dad walking with the boy seemed not interested in the dancers by looking straight ahead while walking. While Zoe Morales believed that the young boy with the dad was smiling and interested in the dancers, I thought that his facial expression looked confused and that he did not really understand why the Navajo's were dancing around. Morales and I are in agreement that the Indians are only preforming to entertain the tourist while waiting for the train and to receive money in return. The girl standing off to the side is dressed in the Whites style of clothing. "She lives in what we call the real Navajo world, the modern world, which whites dominate. And this world to which the Navajo performers probably will return. After the last performance the costumed men will put on jeans and Cotton shirts, and they will replace their beaded and feathered moccasins with sneakers" (Morales). From looking at the picture I thought the tourist on the train seemed amused by the Navajo dancers because the had their heads poking out of the window and were taking pictures. In contrast, Morales thought that the "tourist on the train are gawking"-staring stupidly or rudely. Yet, we both were in agreement that some of the tourist were not amused and that there was a strong separation of whites from Navajo since many of the tourist walking around were not mingling with the Indians and were walking away with there backs turned.
As you can see, not everyone analyzes pictures the same. Some interpret expressions in a different way and certain things mean different things. So don't just takes someone else point of view on something, make your own!

THE LANGUAGE OF PICTURES

I was always told that paintings were more than just a piece of art, they actually told a story or had some sort of message in them, but I never new that photographs were the same way until I read The Language of Pictures. Now, looking back at some of the pictures I have taken, they actually do tell a story; who knows? Maybe I just have a natural gift in taking photos! It is amazing how professional photographers use certain techniques in how they take a picture by using different lights, color, objects, and emotions to get a message across to the viewer. Like when Minor White says "I don't take pictures, I make them," he strategically arranges and displays things to make it have meaning and tell a story. Reading this story really makes me want to visit an art gallery so I can analyze pictures and paintings by using the "basic things to look for in understanding the language of pictures." ( Mr. Roesler, I am definitely feeling a class field trip in the near future!)