Week 1
The schema used here is to "intensify" by association defined as a cause, product or candidate linked to something already liked or disliked by audience.
Recently in the race for Governor in Florida, Republican Ron DiSantis said Florida voters "cant afford to monkey this up", by voting for his opponent Democrat Andrew Gillum who happens to be African American.
In addition to this ill chosen comment a robo call went out to a few hundred constituents, which as article mentions can be viewed as a rallying call to potentially racist voters, or those potentially fearful of a black candidate being elected.
This is focused on the linguistic aspect of the message. It doesn't necessarily discuss counterarguments or explicitly state a conclusion but presents deep seated and often unspoken fear we are witnessing from this whitehouse staff and ultimately President who make this divisive speech the norm.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/01/an-appalling-robocall-racism-invades-floridas-governors-race-second-time-this-week/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.71db07c7fb12
Hi, Dorena. At first read, the example you provide seems like an interesting application of the theory. However, because of the lay out of the blog post, it is difficult to ascertain what exactly is the focus of the theoretical application. Is it the quote? If so, provide an introduction and context for the example so that your reader understands the situation (what an upcoming theorist Lloyd Bitzer calls 'the exigency' of a communicative situation) that is surrounding the quote. Also, be sure to define the theoretical concept you are attempting to apply. For instance, if you are applying "intensify" then first give the definition of the concept then apply it to the particular example.
ReplyDeleteDr. Harness I am hoping this is a better explanation.
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