The part I found most interesting in this reading was the deduction and induction part. The first thing I thought of when I was reading the deductive property is the transitive property in math. Basically it means the same thing: If A=B and A=C, then B=C. While it works in math it seems to me that it is a risky thing to do in writing and you need to be careful when using it. You want to make sure that you don't draw inproper conclusions from what is really there. The same goes for induction but even to a further extent.

This week I really focused on the conclusion section of the reading. Introduction and conclusions are something I have always struggled with because I want to excite my readers in the beginning and then keep them thinking at the end of my paper; I try to leave them wanting more. I always struggle with introductions and conclusions because I want to use the perfect words, and then I feel like the perfect words never come out. The reading this week just encouraged me to really take time to try and make my conclusion a bold statement.

I read the section on using transition in writing to signal structure to readers because i always have problems with transitioning from on thought to another. There was a list of transitional phrases to help you out: to indicate sequences(first second, third etc), to show position (below, beyond, here), to emphasize a point(even, indeed, in fact), to provide an example(for example, for instance, namely), to show addition of ideas(additionally, again, also and, as well), to show similarity(but, however, in spite of) and the list continues.

While reading about how to go about arguing your points, I found deduction to be most helpful
For example:
Terroist are those you induce terror upon others
Lab animals are terrorized and mistreated everyday by humans
Therefore humans are terrorists to animals
Basically deduction is identifying what A and C have in common by using B.

through a series of deductive, and inductive -- i have found out that i do the ladder more than the former -- that we as the people have lost sight of meanings of words for instance deductive and inductive reasoning. When people would say through a series of deductive reasoning the came to some conclusion, what they usually mean is inductive, which has never bugged me before until now. Inductive is what all people do everyday before they do something,

Example:
Cute boy walks past this is how it plays out in my head,
1. wow he is cute
2. should i talk to him

So many times I've been stumped by the differences between Deductive Reasoning vs Inductive Reasoning, and this reading finally made it clear. How long I remember the difference is a completely different story, but at least I have it down right now.

Deductive: (shortened down) drawing a conclusion from broad to specific.
i.e. Horses have hooves. Black Beauty is a horse. Thus, Black Beauty has hooves.

Inductive: (also shortened) drawing a conclusion from specific to broad.

I feel that intros and conclusions of a particular piece of writing, or a speech, are the two most important parts. If your intro sucks, then people are most likely going to get bored, frustrated, and either stop reading or listening. If your conclusion sucks, then it shows that you cant really tie everything together. The section on conclusions for this weeks reading was very informative and is pretty straitforward about what a good conclusion should do or should contain.

Pages 211 and 212 focus on the conclusions in papers. They tell you to stray away from the abrupt ending, the "thats all folks". I personally have an extremely hard time with my conclusions. Like they say in CDA, I want to make a strong bold statement in my ending that will stick with my readers, but I'm usually to eager to get it all over with to actually focus on my ending.

On page 209 in the CDA book, it talks about pathos in writing. Before I could even get into the actual learning part of the reading, I noticed something in the introduction that stood out to me. When it says, "But whatever your upbringing or cultural background, emotion is always there. We can't choose to have it or not."

I found the page on writing for the audience very interesting. To become a successful writer (no matter what genre) you have to pay special attention to who you're writing to. Especially when writing for a magazine, newspaper, or novel if you don't capture the attention of your audience no one's going to read it. You have to imagine your audience and the best way to captivate and entertain them.