Precis Seven

In "Re-Examining 9/11" author Kenneth Jost questions the US Government on possibly preventing these attacks and the way they handled the situation when it happened. Jost supports these claims with interviews and evidence collected from both before and after the attacks. Jost calls out the Government in order to point out the opportunities the US could have taken to prevent the 9/11 attacks. The targeted audience would be any mature person(s) who questions our Government for previous decisions.

Jost, Kenneth. "Re-examining 9/11." 14.21 (2004): n. page. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. <http://library.cqpress.com.ezproxy.colostate-pueblo.edu/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2004060400&type=hitlist&num=0>.

Precis Six

In "The 9/11 Truth Movement: The Top Conspiracy Theory, a Decade Later", Dave Thomas believes the 9/11 truth movement " has refined its arguments but still hasn’t proved the attacks were an inside job." Thomas backs up his beliefs by revealing evidence collected from the ruble of the towers. He uses this evidence because its irrefutable in order to persuade people to believe that 9/11 was inside job.

Thomas, Dave. "The 9/11 Truth Movement: The Top Conspiracy Theory, a Decade Later." 35.4 (2011): n. page. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_9_11_truth_movement_the_top_conspiracy_theory_a_decade_later>.

Precis Five

In David Corn's journal titled, "When 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Go Bad" he recalls some warnings that the United States received about that were ignored. He supports these claims by using documented evidence of the warnings various countries sent to the US. He supplies his audience with all of this evidence in order to make people ask the question "was 9/11 avoidable?" I believe Corn's intended audience is a older group of people who have a better understanding of the events on that day.

Corn, David. "When 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Go Bad." ZNet. 1 Mar 2002: 1-3. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://mouv4x8.perso.neuf.fr/11sept01_A15_Zmag_When_911_conspiracies_go_bad.pdf>.

Precis Four

In the book, "The Greatest Story Ever Sold: the Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina"(2006) author Frank Rich believes that 9/11 was "to jump-start the realignment of the Middle East." Throughout the book, Rich's acquisitions are supported by interviews and statistics surrounding September 11th. His purpose for this book is to disprove the hype around the Bush Administration in order to show the corruption. His intended audience is anyone who has time to learn something new about the Bush Administration and 9/11.

 

Rich, Frank. The Greatest Story Ever Sold: the decline and fall of truth from 9/11 to Katrina. 2006. 1-35. Print.

Precis 3 (Non Scholarly)

Samuel Aleshinoye's article, "The 11 Most Compelling 9/11 Conspiracy Theories"(2011), gives reasons for these 11 conspiracy theories. He backs up each of these theories with evidence gathered by eye witnesses and other professionals at their field of study. Aleshinoye's purpose for this article is to give his perspective on the events of that day in order to send a message of "don't believe everything the government tells you" to his audience. The intended audience is a mature audience who has an open mind about corruption in politics.

Aleshinoye, Samuel. "The 11 Most Compelling 9/11 Conspiracy Theories." . News One, 09/01/11. Web. 16 Feb 2012. <http://newsone.com/newsone-original/samalesh/the-11-most-compelling-911-conspiracy-theories/>.

Precis Two

In Lev Grossman's Time article, "Why the 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Won't Go
Away"(2006) he explains reasons for why the Bush administration would be behind these attacks. Grossman supports his claims by using events that actually happened following the attacks on September 11th. His purpose for this article is to have the reader reconsider what he or she beleives on what really happened on that day. This article is for a mature audience who has an opened mind on the subject of politics. 

 Grossman, Lev. "Why the 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Won't Go Away." Diss. Web. <http://www.mphsmusic.com/911conspiracy.pdf>.

Precis One

In Phil Mole's article titled, "9/11 Conspiracy Theories"(2006) he explains why he believes the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon can be considered the works of our own government. Mole supports his claims by showing detailed animations and statistics of heat, jet fuel, and the construction of the buildings. His purpose of this article is to inform people that 9/11 could have been an inside job in order to make people aware of whats going on in the world. The intended audience for this piece could be for mature people who are interested in conspiracy theories.

Mole, Phil. "9/11 Conspiracy Theories." Skeptic Journal 12.4 (2006): 30-43. Web. 15 Feb. 2012.

Working Thesis

People to this day still believe that the events that occurred on September 11th are the results from an "inside job". I am one of those people who do believe in this. From the way the buildings collapsed, the reason why the FAA didn't intercept the hijacked planes, or how the 9/11 commission reports left out so major events.

Conspiracy Theories

1. Were the attacks on September 11th, 2001 an inside job? 2. Why would the government do something like this? 3. Is there evidence that supports the claims? 4. What did the government want from this attack? 5. What do the citizens believe? 6. Were there bombs planted in the building prior to September 11th? 7. Why is there no evidence on to what hit the pentagon? 8. Why the hijacked planes not intercepted by the FAA? 9. Why did the Trade Centers collapse in a demolition style? 10. What caused WTC building 7 to collapse? 11. Why do some experts believe that the buildings in New York were apart of a controlled demolition? 12. What was the outcome of this event?

Chapter 7 Precis

In "Putting Good Reasons into Action," the authors explain how to find an appropriate reason to write an argument. By using examples of the different types of arguments, the authors' are supporting their statement. The purpose of this chapter is to inform writers on ways to shape up an argument in order to make it successful. The audience the authors' are trying to target are college students who looking to build on their writing abilities.

Chapter 4 Precis

In chapter four titled "Drafting and Revising Arguments" the authors believe that the thesis statement is the most important part of any well written paper and explain ways to write a proper one. Faigley and Selzer show many examples throughout the text to support claims. The authors explains to the reader on how to write thesis statement in order to make the process of writing a paper an easier process. The authors appear to be targeting college students who are eager to become better writers.

NPR and Scholarly Article Response

Both the Scholarly Article and NPR broadcast have many things in common. The NPR broadcast talks about music sampling, which is a technique many artist use to create a new song. Sampling is the act of taking bits and pieces of a song or songs and then using it in one of their own songs. That can be related to plagiarism in some ways. During the broadcast, the commentators talk about the never ending battle with the record companies and copyright laws. In the scholarly article I read, it talks about plagiarism and the different punishments dealing with it. I found the professors handling plagiarism in the article can be related to the record companies dealing with music sampling. Both are wrong but with the internet, both will continue to happen. 

Scholarly Article Precis

In the article titled, "Acceptability of Treatment for Plagiarism" (2007) authors Stacy Carter and Maria Punyanunt-Carter  studies the different types of punishments towards plagiarism. The Carter's support their research with interviews and collecting data from other researchers and professors. The purpose of the article is to find out the most effective way to handle plagiarism in order to enlighten other professors. With the purpose of this article being about ways to handle plagiarism, the intended audience could be professors or future educators.

Music Sampling and Lines on Plagiarism

         Many popular songs that people listen to today can be the result of music sampling. Music sampling is the act of taking snippet of other songs and making it into a new song. The audio clip discusses the results of music sampling and if there should be a penalty on doing this technique. People believe that music sampling is the act of stealing music from an artist who has a copyright license. Sampling is a topic that had many outlooks on it, both positive and negative. Some artist believe the sampling can be viewed as an evolution of music. Others believe that sampling isn't original and people should be sued or punish for this technique. The cast of the audio cast have their own theories for solutions for sampling. They believe that people should persuade record companies to create a library of all of these snippets of music that old and new artist want to obtain.
         In the article about plagiarism, Trip Gabriel discusses how often plagiarism is being done by college students around the United States. Students are becoming more and more lazy when it comes to writing papers. When the internet has so many links about numerous amounts of topics, it doesn't make it hard for a student to use other authors work. College professors are fearing that students are becoming so tempted when it comes to stealing another authors piece of work.