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The overall theme and rhetorical situation I’m trying to establish in this playlist is love. Each song is about love, whether it’s a bittersweet kind of love or a love that’s pursued but never attained. There’s also a variety of musical styles in my playlist, including art rock, dream pop, and pop. This is the kind of playlist I would listen to when I’m alone and just chilling. I feel like the process of creating this playlist showed me how powerful and beautiful music can be when it’s actually telling a story.

For this assignment, my rhetorical situation was surrounded by the idea of walking into a forest and slowly getting lost. This is conveyed by starting off my playlist with calm and peaceful songs, then songs that feel a little more intense and fearful, and finally a feeling of surrender and acceptance. I chose to set it up this way so my audience will feel like they are on an emotional and physical journey of feeling content, but as you get deeper and more lost in the forest, you become stressed and scared until ultimately you accept your fate. My main rule for this was that each song had to serve a specific purpose in the progression of one’s journey in a forest, along with only using one song per artist. By shaping this specific progression in my playlist, I was able to give listeners a unique way of seeing and feeling a story. Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0c6n94Glzamkn76WqE8poN?si=AjX5Z0woRkeTjJwuB4wq7w Track List: Welcome Home, Son by Radical Face Holocene by Bon Iver We Move Lightly by Dustin O’Halloran Setting Sun by Lord Huron Experience by Ludovico Einaudi & Daniel Hope Eyes on Fire by Blue Foundation For 12 by Other Lives Murders by Miracle Musical Fuel to Fire by Agnes Obel Where Is My Mind by Maxence Cyrin

For this assignment I chose to do the lion kind scene where Simba is being held up. The biggest challenged I faced in making this is finding a place where i could stand on to seem elevated like in the movie scene.

Numbered Track:

1. Pasilda – Knee Deep Mix — Afro Medusa, Knee Deep
2. On The Roof — Arlo, fkblnde
3. Rainbow — ATRIP
4. BRIGHT — Atura, Simona Shao
5. Reach For You — Chris Lake, MPH, Kelly Lee Owens
6. Sunshine — D.O.D, RAHH
7. F1 Champagne — EMBU
8. make believe — jigitz
9. Candle Flame — Jungle, Erick the Architect
10. FORMATIONS — Mild Minds
11. Better — nimino, Manta
12. My Coffee – Radio Edit — Noah Loco
13. Satellite — Remedy Club, Charlie Boon, MELODIE
14. Alive — Shankz
15. In Your Arms — Shift K3Y

The rhetorical situation I established is when I’m on the way to a swim meet. The rules I had for myself were only house songs and upbeat/light songs. I feel that house music allows me to change my mood, but also think about my surroundings at the same time. This is unlike other genres because I get too invested into the songs, but house music allows me to focus on myself. I wanted to pick only upbeat songs in order for me to have a optimistic view of the competition I am either flying, driving, or even walking to. As an argument, I am conveying that my mix allows for transportation in a form of clarity. Listeners are able to have a clear mind when traveling to a new destination because of the uplifting house songs I chose to add.

Link to play list

My Album (Party ready) Cover Reflection: This playlist is for anybody that wants to get hype while getting ready to go to a party. I am trying to convey a message of classic party songs that will get you hyped. The main rule I gave myself was to find songs under 4 minutes with a catchy chorus. I chose these songs in particular because I caught myself singing each song in my head and getting hype. Through these songs, I am arguing how uplifting music is.

How was it different to construct an argument that you were giving to the class as a presentation than to write an essay? How did you make choices about the structure of your argument? If you made a choice to organize your presentation in a certain way so that your audience would follow it more clearly, is that something that you could also make use of in your written work? Was your analytical thinking process any different? It was different to construct an argument that I presented rather than writing an essay because when presenting you need to be able to connect with your audience, while also expressing your idea engagingly and effectively. I made choices about the structure of my argument based on the most effective way I could think of, which includes the main plot of each graphic novel and Judith Lewis Herman’s idea on healing. This is something I can use when writing an essay or prompt because it allows me to stay focused on the purpose of my writing. My analytical thinking process wasn’t any different. What decisions did you make about the visuals for your presentation? How did you go about creating an impact for the slides that accompany your spoken words?
I wanted there to be no text besides the title of each slide to ensure that the audience is focused on just what I am saying. However, I ensured that the slides were directly related to what i was saying. What did you learn by giving this type of presentation, where you had no control of the timing of the slides and couldn’t put much in the way of text on your slides, as compared to other presentations you have given? What did you notice about your classmates’ presentations that you might think about incorporating into your own presentations in the future?
I learned that I talk faster when I am actually presenting in comparison to when I am practicing due to anxiety so I saw myself saying my whole point across before the 20 seconds and sitting there waiting till the slides passed. I noticed, in my classmates’ presentations, I found it more engaging when there was no text on the screen rather than when there was.

The rhetorical situation I am addressing in my mix is my Friendsgiving trip to New York City. I spent Thanksgiving in NYC this year, and I felt incredibly grateful for how much my friend cared for me during the break. Because of that, I wanted this album to be a small dedication to her — something that captures the mood, the memories, and the energy of that week. When I chose my songs, I set a simple rule for myself: every track had to connect to a specific moment, feeling, or shared experience from the trip. That helped me stay focused on the emotional story I wanted the mix to tell. I included several of her favorite songs, and I added one from The Lamp because we went to their concert together on Friday (11/28), which became one of the highlights of the trip. I structured the playlist intentionally: it begins with a calm, peaceful track to mirror how the break started — relaxed, cozy, and comforting — and then gradually becomes more upbeat to reflect the excitement and fun we had throughout the week. Toward the end, I added a few lyric-less songs to bring everything back down to a quiet, reflective mood, almost like winding down after a long, meaningful day. Even though this mix is not a formal argument, it still argues something emotionally. I am trying to convey my appreciation for my friend and the joy of spending time together during the holiday. The mix itself becomes a way of saying “thank you” — not through academic language, but through the feelings and memories embedded in the music.

I chose to create my mixtape about a beach day. I wanted to add songs that make me feel relaxed or remind me of being at the beach, something I can listen to whether I’m actually there or just want to feel like I am. I mostly used songs I already knew, and that are on playlists I listen to often. Personally, when I want to relax, I like having songs I know well and know what to expect from. I think this mixtape conveys that the beach is a place I love to go, especially when I want to relax and have fun. By playing this tape when I’m not at the beach, I’m hoping it can still give me that same feeling.

Throughout the three parts of the literacy narratives, I believe it is fair to say that a large majority of the learning targets within the course have been tackled. Firstly, regarding rhetorical composition, we focused on making our works in written and drawn formats. Writing out the essay versus compiling it into a comic format checks the box for the rhetorical composition aspect of the course learning objectives. More personally, the literacy narrative process helped me tackle the second learning target. When moving from one part of the literacy narrative to the next, I had to constantly summarize, analyze, and synthesize my own works to improve them and transition between modes of composition. It helped me refine my own argument in a way. The third part of the literacy narrative especially targeted writing as a process. I consider the second part of the literacy narrative, turning our narrative into a comic, as part of that process. It was part of revising, editing, and reflecting on my work. Finally, the second part of the literacy narrative directly targeted the fourth course objective of visual thinking in a hands-on manner. Returning to my alphabetic narrative after creating my comic was difficult. Throughout the making of my comic, I realized there were a lot of details that were unimportant that I needed to cut out. Transitioning back into the alphabetic narrative, it was difficult to cut out those parts. After cutting out the parts as well, I now had to resynthesize the story and make it all work together, which involved a full restructuring of my essay for me. My analytical thinking process has become more centered towards detail, and specifically unnecessary details, which I have become self-aware of within my works. Although it’s definitely a problem that I’ll have to continue fixing and tackling, it is a way in which I see my story in a completely different lens now.

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I recreated a scene from “The Terminal” directed by Steven Spielberg. I decided to recreate this scene in particular because I wanted to take advantage of flying home for Thanksgiving break. Numerous movies have famous airport scenes and I saw the opportunity to recreate this image in particular as I was waiting to board. I grabbed some books from my bag as a prop and asked a friend to help. We recreated the hand positions very well, however, I wish I was leaning a bit further towards him.