Notes: Blog Activity

The first thing I noticed was that this author tells
it like it is. He doesn't beat around the bush to
protect feelings, he simply says it (this can be a
bad thing if he does it all the time).

The author likes to throw in some curve balls/surprises
here-and-there to mix things up a little bit.

Bieberdorf brought up many societal standards and
used them to strengthen his main argument against
them, which was great.

Right off the bat it's clear that this author really enjoys
using pictures to present his ideas.

I like the use of the metaphor using the the dinosaur
costume to represent the child's inner 'monster' coming
out. Whenever he had the costume on, he felt un-tamable,
and powerful as ever.

He use his blog as a medium to tell a story, rather
than to write about a news article or give his opinion.

Rebecca Wolf likes to hammer down an idea.
Meaning she will repeat certain phrases over and
over in order to make it stick to the reader.

Along with facts, Rebecca likes to give her view/opinion
a lot. That makes for a great discussion in the comments
so that people can chat about conflicting opinions.

She seems to enjoy to use CAPS LOCK quite a bit
to drive a point home, or to emphasize parts of
the writing so that the reader can picture how
she would have vocally said it.

All 3 of these blogs had a single message
to send to their viewers. However, each author
chose a unique way of getting the message
across.

Rebcca chose to talk to the reader on a
more personal level, using CAPS LOCK and
other various methods of personalizing her post.

Bieberdorf used a more straightforward, factual
method of presenting his idea/message to the
reader.

Brosch chose to send her message through
a personal story with lots of pictures to keep
the simple, casual reader focused.