Plagiarism and Academic Honesty

This week in English 1302, we analyzed paper mill websites to decide whether or not the websites used plagiarism. Our group discovered that although each of these websites uses rhetoric to persuade desperate students to buy a paper, the writers are unqualified and use plagiarism to finish the papers on time. We also learned that turning one of these papers in is plagiarism, even if it has your own writing in it.

We also used rhetoric to persuade our classmates to buy our assigned candy. We had to discover persuasive elements about the candy using the wrapper, then advertise our candy as if we were making a commercial. Although my group didn’t win “most persuasive,” we still had a fun time analyzing rhetoric and we got to eat some yummy candy afterwords.

The candy that we were assigned was “Skittles” and we found that it used multiple types of rhetoric to persuade customers to buy it. Skittles uses pathos by providing a large range of flavors to appeal to everyone’s taste buds. They use ethos by listing their email, Facebook, and phone number to make sure that their customers know that they’re ready to listen to feedback and they’re willing to help; they use logos by depicting their official trademark on the packaging.

This week I experienced rhetoric in my life when I persuaded my brother to go to the store to get me oats while I was making cookies for Valentines Day. He agreed to go as long as I made a special batch of cookies specifically for him.

The photo above is of baby yoda using his rhetoric to have the reader “give him fuit gummy.” (this is my all time favorite baby yoda meme 🙂 )

“Baby Yoda Drawing I Want Fuit Gummy.” Clipart.Email, www.clipart.email/clipart/baby-yoda-drawing-i-want-fuit-gummy-233091.html.