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This website goes over ethos, pathos, and logos. It helps me understand the readings better because it gives several examples of each concept. Ethos is ethical appeal that the author uses. Pathos is when the author trying to appeal to the readers emotions. Logos is the logic portion of writing that will begin to make sense to the reader.

CBS News article I referenced in my ROD post this week. Points out the CDC's utilization of Aristotle's rhetoric appeals. 

A humorous and actual good outline for what a video resume should be. The content is terrible but format wise it is appealing.

Much of new media is formed with social changes. The more variable new media is, the more it appeals to the individuality of this generation.

This website does a fantastic job describing how rhythm can be created and utilized in a web design. Rhythm can be very effective in moving a user's eye across the website while also providing an aesthetically appealing appearance. Rhythm is an element that can tie an entire site together when used properly.

This page will help me with Project #1 because it informs me on how to write instructions specifically on the web. It contains a lot of great information, including why knowing your audience is important, how to remain brief but be exact, how to select appropriate wording, and how to perfect the visual appeal of the instructions.

This short presentation gave a concise, real world definition and application of rhetoric. The examples in this video were especially effective.