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ENGL 400 Rhetorical Analysis

Article: Great Smoky Mountains Strengths: -Well written lead section -Sources are reliable, includes National Parks Service and additional outside, independent sources -The content is unbiased and the topics are relatively similar in length Weaknesses: -“As a result of the 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, the Great Smoky Mountains have received international media coverage.” This does not have a citation--not sure if it needs one.

This article was started in the November of 2006, and the most recent edit was just a few days ago. Recently, the article was vandalized with an irrelevant comment about Donald Trump, but has since been removed. In its early stages, the article was actually developed by a variety of users. Slowly, over a number of years, the article came to include more and more historic and geographic details. Around 2009, the article first looked like its current form.

The editors use it to asks for others’ opinions on adding information, and the tone is informal. One section of this talk page discusses the relationship between the Smoky Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains, and if the Blue Ridge Mountains should be included in the article. Many of the editors on this page are the same ones from the “View History” page. There is also dispute over the use of “Smoky” and “Smokey”

I made a minor edit rewording a sentence in the “Culture and Tourism” section.

Article Critique: Devil’s Lake State Park, Wisconsin

Article Critique: Devil’s Lake State Park, Wisconsin Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Many of the facts are uncited or come from the same source (although the source is a reliable one. Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Everything on the page is relevant and pertains to the subject. Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position. The article is very neutral and gives factual information. Where does the information come from? Are there enough and a variety of sources? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? There are only a few sources used, and most of the article is cited only under one of them. The most frequently used citation is from the "Regional & Property Analysis: Sauk Prairie Recreation Area". Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? The viewpoint is neutral and encyclopedia-like. Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article? Some of the citations are just links to other wikipedia pages, and one of the links goes to a “Page Not Found” URL.

Brainstorming

• Flint Water Crisis
• CrashCourse
• Snowshoe Baseball- AVAILABLE
• 13 Reasons Why (Netflix Series)
• New Girl (Television Show)
• John Mulaney
• Starved Rock State Park
• PIQNIQ Music Festival- AVAILABLE
• Camp Istrouma- AVAILABLE
• Louisiana Flood of 2016
• Country Thunder Music Festival
• Buzzfeed
• Adam Ellis- AVAILABLE
• Buzzfeed’s “The Try Guys”
• Raceway Woods Forest Preserve

ADAM ELLIS RATIONALE: He is a well known comic artist/ graphic designer for Buzzfeed, and those who don't know his name would probably recognize his work. His comics are often shared on social media platforms, particularly on Facebook. He recently published a book titled Books of Adam: The Blunder Years (this also does not have a Wikipedia page). Online resources might include information found through his employer, Buzzfeed, or from reviews on his book and comics. His page would most likely link to the Buzzfeed page.

Emrzlak (talk) 21:18, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Rough Draft for VV Article: Cathy Brown

Cathy Brown is a co-owner of Valpo Velvet with her husband Mike Brown, and a Valparaiso Native. Cathy worked as a substitute teacher after receiving her degree in Elementary Education from Indiana University. She started working at Valpo Velvet when she married her husband, whose family opened the business in 1947. Mike and Cathy have three children, and both now work full time in the shop. As of 2016, Cathy was appointed to be on the Porter County Convention, Recreation and Visitor’s Commission.