Q:John mcmurty's essay begins with a personal anecdote about the results of playing sports-especially football- since childhood. When he can no longer ignore his physical condition, he seeks treatment and is hospitalized. How does the anecdote lend credibility to his argument?
A: the anecdote lends credibility to his arguement because he has been through all of that before so anyone going through the same issue can look to him for support because he knows exactly what they are going through. Mcmurty also knows how his passion for football has made him a more driving and more competitive person anyone who has that drive as well knows how he feels.
Q:paragraphs 5-7 compare and contrast football and war. Is this comparison convincing? How does this comparison appeal to logos?
A:this comparison is convincing it gives the reader a reason to really think about all of the things that make them the same and all of the things that make them different. This comparison appeals to logos by making the kill em expression that is used in both sports and war real it's actually used by coaches to convince their players to do better and to make good tackles, in war asearghants use this to tell their regiments to keep themselves safe and to kill the enemy.
Q:Consider the language of football, especially the words shared by the military. What sports other than football have a militaristic side?
A: the sport world has several different sides there's sports that are played by two single people and then there is team sports, team sports mostly have more of a militaristic side bobsled is a great example of this it's dangerous like war and football both are and they both could use the same language. Also rugby might be considered to have a militaristic side sine it's considered to be more like football but safer.
Q:mcmurty charCterizes general George Patton and president Richard Nixon as "jock loving media stars" think of contemporary media stars who associate themselves with football or other sports. Does the association enhance or tarnish their image?
A: Tim tebow is a professional football player who is an icon to almost every single boy or girl in America even tho he did not win the super bowl or even go for that matter he still makes himself noticed in the media world. Tebowing has become a world phenomenon and is very popular to today's society, tebows association with football and being a known Christian doesn't tarnish his image at all but strengthens it toward Christian viewers who might not like sports, because of the sometimes foul things sports stars do. Now that they have somebody like Tim tebow they can have a great icon to look up too.
Good point about how some of his audience could possibly look to him for support. I felt like you could have gone a little more in depth with your response.
ReplyDeleteI like your Tim Tebow reference, very much so! You should probably check your grammar though, I'm also pretty sure you have some run on sentences in there too.
ReplyDeletei like how you made mcmurty a sort of role model for people going through that same issue.You sort of made him more relatable.
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