Part 1 The definition of literacy is to be able to read and write. I think being literate means to be able to fully understand what you are reading and be able to respond back to it. People who are taught to be literate are literate, and people who were unable to get the proper schooling/teaching of how to read and write are illiterate. I am literate because I was taught to read and write and understand other people's reading and writing at a younge age. Part 2 1. When do you capitalize a letter? At the start of a sentence, the first letter of a person's name, a name of a place, first person pronouns, titles of books/movies, months of the year, days of the week, seasons, holidays. 2. Name the parts of 9 speech Noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection 3. Define verse, stanza, and paragraph verse- writing arranged with a metrical rhythm stanza- group of lines forming the basic reocurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse paragraph= a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme indicated by a new line, indention, or numbering 4. What are the principal parts of a verb? The four forms of the verb from which all forms of the verb can be made. In English the four principal partsare the present (or infinitive), the past tense, the past participle, and the present participle. 5. Define case Any of the inflected forms of a noun, adjective, or pronoun that express the semantic relation of the word to other words in the sentence. 6. What is puncuation? The marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning.
Digital Assignments
PowerPoint presentation using Logos to argue why marijuana should be legalized.
Prezi presentation using Pathos to evoke sadness while arguing the negatives of puppy mills. https://prezi.com/phmjlkvelskf/animal-cruelty/
Reflection
The main goal of the digital literacy unit was to show how important visual aid is when trying to sell something to an intended audience. We started by looking at different advertisements and how they used egos, logos, and pathos to persuade the audience into feeling the way they want them to feel. We also did an online scavenger hunt where we defined literacy and then took an “are you dumber than an eighth grader” test. During this test we were asked questions such as “when do you capitalize a letter” and “name the nine parts of speech”. I think this was interesting because it’s something that as a Freshman in college you don’t normally think about the basic rules of grammar because they were taught so long ago. I found myself looking up a lot of the answers when I should know all of the rules off of the top of my head. During this unit we also did a memos and artifacts project where we had to create something (for example an ad or a bumper sticker) using egos, logos, and pathos to make a reader feel something. I did a PowerPoint presentation and a Prezi presentation. For my PowerPoint presentation I chose to do the topic of marijuana and why it should be legal. I used logos to get the audience on my side. Logos is the appeal to logic, so I filled my PowerPoint with statistics and facts about marijuana and why legalizing it would have a positive effect. I also did a Prezi presentation on the problem of puppy mills. I used pathos to evoke emotion from my audience. I used visuals of the puppies in poor conditions to evoke sadness from the viewer. I also included a video that tugs on the heart strings so that the viewer understands the negatives of puppy mills because it is sad to see. I already knew about egos, logos, and pathos from high school English, but this section of literacy really helped me get a deeper understanding. I learned how prevalent the use of these tools are in advertising and I learned that it has been this way for a really long time. This unit was really fun because it was very hands on, and we got to create our own visuals using egos, logos, and pathos to really help us understand.