Is It LoveFor

Minh

Calvin GriegoReading 142

M/W 12

Fact: Favorite place to go to is Arcade Infinity

Inference: He enjoys playing videogames

Assumptions: There are games to play at Arcade Infinity

Shared Values:Videogames

Fact From Minh

Habit Of Mind Confident In

Reasoning: He shows confidence in what he is doing at the point in his life. He is not tentative about what he wants in his life

•Inquisitive: Minh is going to school as a full time student in order to enrich his life by furthering his schooling experience

Vagueness & Ambiguity

•Vagueness: Clarifying IntentRefers to himself as an average person. What he may consider average may bedifferent than others.

•Ambiguity ContextualizingHe refers to cosplay but if anyone is unfamiliar with the word he uses an example to explicate comicon, where people dress up.

Language Community

Language Example Explanation

Computer “If I had a droid, I’d hack it and root it”

He enjoys working with computer. He is a virtuoso with electronics and likes to show it.

Emotional AppealsEmotional Appeal Example Explanation

Just Plain Folk “I am an average person just looking for another average person”

He refers to himself as an average person. He would like someone that is similar and average like he is. He is cognent by appealing to people this way

Flattery “I like to meet a lot of different people and I believe that nerds are the most interesting people. There are so many different kinds of them that they are all very entertaining”

He is speaking good about nerds. He feels that they are the most interesting people to speak to and get to know one another. He is judicious when it comes to liking nerds

Match

Language Community Shared Values Emotional Appeals Interests

•Fact: She enjoys to play videogames

•Inference: She enjoys playing many types of videogames

•Assumption:Playing games are a pass time many people enjoy

•Shared Value: Videogames

Language CommunityEmotional Appeal

Nerdy “I also love anime, and attend cons religiously every summer/year”

Just Plain Folk “Must like sitting around, must like parks and must swim and not be a picky eater”

Language Community

Emotional Appeal

Why they are a Match

•Both have dogs and cats•Enjoy videogames•Enjoy going to cons•Enjoy the company of nerds•Extreme outdoor activities