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PB1A - Anti-Smoking Advertisements

The advertisement I picked is a young male smoking a cigarette, with the smoke trail that shapes a firearm pointed at males head. At the bottom of the picture it reads, " Kill a Cigarette and Save a life. Yours ." Another picture has the male smoking a cigarette with the fumes resembling a deadly scull. Furthermore, a girl is smoking a cigarette with a smoke noose that hangs around her. The advertisement shows and uses rhetorical features, through this, the picture ensures that smoking poses a dangerous threat to human beings. The picture implies to both nonsmokers and smokers, the picture can either present a scathing impact on people or they won’t have an effect on people. To smokers, the picture will be an indication of the mischief they are doing to their bodies. However, generally, they will probably be not interested in the picture since they definitely know it's terrible for their wellbeing, and will keep on smoking since they are either dependent or

Annotations

My annotations: ]- in the enclosed bracket, I will write a brief overview of the contents - jot down facts about the specific line or paragraph _- key facts and information about the subject ?- a question that I might have ^- my thoughts about the line/paragraph aka adding my own comment *- lines that really stands out Classmates annotations: Different colors for different subjects/topics Circling a word to pull away main points star good quotes +/- for pro/cons of statements and comparisons :( something that confuses me more than what I originally was <3 for a word that they liked What I learned: Me and my classmates have very similar techniques on annotations. Many of which are different symbols but are used the same way that I would use them. The different uses of annotation allows the reader to interpret the article a little more clearer to their liking. I think it is very important to annotate to also grab the best information from the articl

WHO AM I?

Welcome to my blog! My name is Connor and I was born on the 30th of December in NorthEast Philadelphia. My favorite color is blue. I also have a younger brother. I love hanging out with friends during my free time and also love going to the gym. If you know me then you know that the gym and dieting is what I stand for. I also love football and lacrosse of which I played during high school. I love going to the beach and relaxing my mind during the peak sun hours but overall would love to travel the world when I grow up. One very interesting fact is that I have yet to still step foot on a plane. Ive also never broken a bone.