Going Green

1. "I’m going as a cadaver, an anatomical gift. Hopefully I wont be admitted soon, But when I do go it will be a fulfillment of my childhood dream of going to med school.?"
   
   
   2. The intent of this essay by Semrau is to convince more people to sign up  to be used for medical research and education.  It is strengthened as he keeps information from the reader. He catches your interest without fully revealing the topic. This strategy was basically to keep the reader interested long enough in order to make his point.  Once Waldemar made his point near the en of the essay, he still managed to leave out some info in order to keep the reader reading. His strategy worked on me. I kept reading ignorant to the actual point until the end.  His style also helps to persuade the reader into agreeing with his point of donating your body to science by first working on their emotional side.  It was also clever of him to compare anatomical donations to recycling.  By appealing to peoples urge to “go green” Waldemar is able to persuade a larger group of readers. Waldemar uses his syle of withholding information to keep the reader interested, work on personal emotion, and persuade them to his point.

Tino Moore

Savior of nations

I found Luther's hymn quite passionate. He emphasizes the holiness of Christ with diction. The words he chooses are very eloquent and adoring. He describes Christ's “wondrous birth”, as the “virgins son”, the “savior of nations”, and describes his kingdom as “boundless.” Luther even describes his origin, of virgin Mary as “undefiled.” Lathers theme is the adoration of Christ. His word choice clearly expresses it. Among diction he also uses a rhythmic pattern to keep it interesting. His rhythmic scheme includes words such as “disowned” and ”enthroned”, “child” and “undefiled”, and “hell” with “swell.” On top of diction and a rhythmic pattern Luther also uses repetition to add emphasis to his passionate words. He repeats “flesh”, “praise”, and “God.” His hymn creates a feeling of joy in the reader. We feel safe to take refuge in Christ, after all he is “not by human flesh and blood, but by the spirit of our God.” He mentions the Father and Son alluding to the triune God. Luther pays respect to God by what he describes and by what he alludes to. All in all, Luther’s  hymn is a passionate tribute to a “wonderful” and “glorious” God.

By Tino Moore

Rev. Borghardt Sermon vs Edward Sermon

Part 1.) Christ is mentioned 16 times: he is the subject 10 times. The verbs are:  makes holly, slain, took, slain, died, rose, came, rose, came, is there.


Part 2.) The themes of Edward's sermon and Rev. Borghardt's sermon are completely  opposite. Edward's sermon focuses on our punishment. He describes how we deserve death and should go to hell. The sermon mainly describes  how we are all sinners, and  he barely  mentions Christ opening the doors of  heaven for us. Borghardt's sermon however  is the complete opposite. Borghardt talks about how we receive salvation from Christ’s sacrifice for us. He also talked about Christ's second coming. His  is very Christ centered, unlike Jonathan Edward's, whose sermons focus was the wrath of God.

By: Tino Moore