Artificial-Connotative

The Language Court Division #1 is meeting today. On the board we have Mr. Aurthur Artificial, Mr. Barry Bombastic, Mr. Christopher "Hi-C" Colloquial, Mrs. Cathleen Concrete and Ms. Cassidy Connotative. Today Mr. Colloquial has a new idea for the board.

Colloquial-Yo, what's up everybody? I'm Hi-C Colloquial and i would like to propose
that we build a zoo out on White Street. Any of you peeps got anything to
say?
Concrete- Mr. Colloquial, could you please tell us what species of life forms you will
have in this zoo?
Colloquial-We are going to have monkeys, tigers, lions, bears, gorillas, crocodiles;
you know all the pimpin' animals.
Connotative-Oh my! I do not think we should have a zoo with so many dangerous
animals in it. I would hate to see anyone laid to rest from something I
passed.
Artificial-Why that's propostorous! Its a proven fact that a common house dog is
more dangerous than any animal found in a zoo!
Concrete- Actually, Mr. Artificial, my research shows that over 64.78632400492% of
the animals that would be found in this zoo are more dangerous than a
house dog.
Bombastic- Mrs. Concrete danger is nothing to worry about. When I was talking to my
good friend Bill Gates the other day, we made a partnership and now my
fencing company has the newest safety features. So, ill take care of that
and you just go ahead and say yes, okay?
Connotative-Let's all speak our votes.
Artificial- no. it will be bad for our economy.
Concrete- Yes. the economy will go up by 12%.
Bombastic-Yes. My good friend Will Smith told me it would be a great
idea.
Colloquial-Forshizzle. That makes this court closed.
The zoo idea was passed.

Talking Points

The speech I choose was President Elect Barack Obama's first press conference.

Here is the toumlin for his speech:

Claim: America's economy will be fixed by helping out the middle and lower classes, fixing the dependency on foreign oil, and the other needs that president-elect Barack Obama sees.

Grounds: The economy in America is down and people are losing their jobs. Also America just had an election and president-elect Barack Obama has new ideas to relieve our country.

Warrants: CReating jobs for the middle class and the unemployed will jump-start the economy. With the invention of new automobiles that less of a dependency on foreign oil will save our country from spending money. If we can fix problems with clean energy, health care, education, and tax breaks for the poor we can get out of our economic crisis.

Backing: This is what he and his advisors have come up with as to how to solve our economic crisis and other related issues.

Qualifier: These ideas would all work, unless Congress does not allow Obama to go through with some of his plans; and even if they go through they are not tested and have no proof as to their reliability.

Reservation: The new ways to make cars could end up costing us even more to fuel than the ones today do; or if everyone get jobs then the value of the dollar will go down because of inflation.

Here is the toumlin of my speech that I gave:

Claim: The economic crisis in America can be fixed by making a variety of jobs avaliable to the jobless.

Grounds: The economy in America is down and people are losing their jobs. Banks are failing and people are falling into a panic.

Warrants: The provision of jobs will bring money into the economy, eventually solving the economic crisis. The provision of a variety of jobs will keep one product fro being over produced, thus leading to the loss of money.

Backing: During the Great Depression Franklin Roosevelt made a number of new jobs avaliable for the people who didnt have any. He also provided a variety of jobs so that there was no money lost. From these actions America moved out of the Great Depression.

Qualifier: If the jobless do not want to work and do not accept the jobs then the economy will not get better.

Reservation: If the economy goes back up on it's own, like it normally does, then we will have nothing to worry about.

Persuasion Sensation

1) Flu Vaccination for Preschoolers

2) ://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/opinion/22wed3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin

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4) In the article "Flu Vaccine for Preschoolers" the author tells you about the current problems with parents and the state government. New Jersey recently became the only state to require preschoolers to have the influenza vaccination before entering a preschool or licensed child care center. Parents held a protest at the government building. The author then tells us why it would be a bad idea to let parents excuse their children from having the flu shot. They say that children get sick easier than adults do, and also that about 100 kids under the age of 5 die from the flu or its complications. The only way around this is if you have a religious reason or if you have a medical reason.

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7) My argument is just about the same as the author's. I agree that the children should be made to have their influenza vaccinations before having to go to a public school or child care facility. This is what would be safest for that child and the children around them. I do see some room as to where children with allergies and religious beliefs that prevent them from being able to take the shot would still be able to go to the school. Other than those two reasons I see no need for anyone else not to have their shots before entering preschool.

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http://www.healthnews.com/files/images/vaccinations%20of%20a%20little%20girl.inline.jpg
(The blog wouldnt let me add nymore pictures than this. Or it might just be my slow computer. So there is the link to the picture for that section.)