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I chose to do a coroner's report. My audience would be the public, policemen, and investigators.

The victim's name is Karen Zandarski. She is a white female, in her mid to late thirties, approximately 5'7'', 135 pounds, with brown/red hair, with  green eyes.
After the autopsy, it is evident that Zandarski was electrocuted to death near her laptop on an anonymous street in Modesto, California. It has also become evident that she was murdered. The electrocution caused heart failure and brain damage, she died instantly. No other significant trauma was found on the corps

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My narrative claims that drought in California is transforming agriculture in the Central Valley with broad consequences for the food supply in the U.S. where my antithesis claims the opposite- drought in California is not affecting agriculture. My counter narrative is that drought in California is affecting agriculture,  individuals need to vote for politicians that give enough water to farmers. Also, individuals need to be conscious of how much water they do use. My counter narrative can help my the issue at hand can be solved!

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Share  your strategy for reading

I first would read the title, if the title would help answer the research question I'm asking or if the title would involve something in my research question, I would skim through the article. As I skimmed, I look for information that would help me answer my research question.

What was difficult about the reading process?

Much of the reading was extremely scientific and worded in a way that was difficult to understand.

What helped?

I think this process would be much more difficult with out having a research question- I wish they taught us that in high school.

What questions do you still have about reading?

Do you include information that is difficult to understand even though it supports your research statement or thesis?

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What your research question is

How has the severe drought in California affected agriculture and farming in the Central Valley?

What key words you used to search

California, drought, agriculture

What filters you used in your search

Articles only, 2010-2021, peer reviewed journals, full text online, and articles only

How did you select the sources that you decided to read

I knew the sources were going to help me answer my research question, so I had that in mind when I searched for sources to use.

What questions do you still have about searching?

Why are not all sources available to students on the CSU, Stan library? Why are the majority of the sources difficult to access?

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Potential Research Questions and Audience

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Potential Research Questions and Audience

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Topic: Agriculture in the Central Valley

Purpose: To inform the reader of The Central Valley's significance in feeding America and inform the reader on how water is key for Central Valley agriculture Also, persuade the audience to vote accordingly.

Audiences that can cause change: Politicians, Professors, Consumers, and voters

Research Question: How has the severe drought in California affected agriculture and farming in the Central Valley?

What the audience may know about this topic: Students at Stan State and live in California probably understand that there is a severe drought in California.

Questions that I have: Has the drought in California been caused by poor management of water or is it purely dependent on the lack of rain/snowfall in recent years? How have farmers been growing food with very little water? How is the drought affecting the consumer?

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Reflect Rhetorical Analysis- BLM one year later

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Reflect Rhetorical Analysis- BLM one year later

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For my rhetorical analysis reflection, I chose to read Palash Ghosh's article titled, "A Year After George Floyd Killing, Fewer Americans Support Black Lives Matter Movement, Poll Finds". Ghosh writes how support for BLM has dropped since the killing of George Floyd. He says , "Just under half of U.S. adults, 48%, currently hold favorable views of the Black Lives Matter movement, down from 61% last May, the poll found" to establish the rhetorical device Logos. Ghosh uses these facts to establish credibility and to appeal to ones logic.

The information given does a good job of continuing the conversation as it shows that BLM support is down with facts and poll data. The data presented makes the reader wonder why BLM support is down. The data presented also makes the reader wonder what could be changed to make support go up for Black Lives Matter.

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