/blog A Blog on "Writing Issues" for U of Florida Students in ENC-1101/1102 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:27:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This advertisement shows football athletes making a tough play with a can of bud light on the right side. The slogan says "Bring you best" refering to bringing your best to the game. This they are linking with Budweiser company bringing their best beer to the advertisment: Bud Light. They ... /blog/2008/04/09/bring-out-your-best-mike-hutchison/ This advertisement is awesome. It displays a hugs bottle of Fleichmann's  Whiskey held by a large man with a female looking in his direction in the back round. I think it displays a dominance of that man in the world by depicting him much larger than the woman while carrying ... /blog/2008/04/09/fleichmanns-whiskey-mike-hutchison/ Advertising I never made a connection with being hard work. But, the author has convinced me. The deadlines and the parameters that are placed up copywriters and advertisers make the job intense. I enjoyed the easy to read prose and I enjoyed how she explained the main ideas of advertising. ... /blog/2008/04/09/makine-the-pitch-in-print-advertising-mike-hutchison/ This narrative had elevated diction and tone that seemed to present a more informative based essay. Thompson entered us into a world of humanities and the common links between civilizations throughout the world, particularly in the area of folktales. How stories may range in plot and details but be linked ... /blog/2008/04/09/universality-of-the-folktale-mike-hutchison/ This advertisement selling Camel cigarettes was the most interesting to me because it was the most ironic. It is ironic because in today’s day and age, cigarettes are looked down upon tremendously. The groups of people that are always telling others not to smoke or to quite smoking tend to ... /blog/2008/04/09/doctors-smoke-camels-advertisement/ In her article, Dorothy Cohen outlines what a successful advertisement needs. The most important thing about it, she says, is layout. When looking at an advertisement in a magazine, for example, the orientation of pictures and text is the first thing you notice. For me, this is definitely the case. ... /blog/2008/04/09/elements-of-effective-layout-3/ This article was easily understood by me because it was written in terms that I am familiar with. This article explores the results of a school district in Minnesota changing that starting time for school to a later time to accomidate sleeping schedules for adolsescents. I enjoyed how the article ... /blog/2008/04/08/starting-time-and-school-life-mike-hutchison/ The Miller ad embodies many marketing techniques that are used in beer advertisements today.  There are three men in a bar smiling and laughing with a Miller beer in their hand.  The ad is depicting two pictures on the bottom where the men are working during the day.  The ad ... /blog/2008/04/08/miller-beer-1979-advertisement/ After reading this piece by Susan Ince, I was intrigued. Her detail into the research that has been done is amazing. I was truly amazed at the variety of different types of sleep as well as the different levels. Describing the different types of sleep and then moving to discussing ... /blog/2008/04/08/the-science-of-sleep-mike-hutchison/ Budweiser is one of the most identifiable brands in the country and are known for their progressive and creative advertising.  The company has done a great job in recent decades to illustrate why their beer is better than others, and to go out and buy it.  One of the major ... /blog/2008/04/08/budweiser-beer-6/