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Music as Argument

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The healing power of music is extremely effective. It can take you through a complete series of emotions and feelings without even you known it. It can be use for positive purposes as negatives intention too. As we get ready to analyze the music video "Stand by Me " prepared by Playing for Change,  keep in mind the importance of music as a society and the benefits that come from it. The W.O.V.E.N elements were very obvious throughout the video. The written aspect of it was very light but never-less very important. It displayed the name of the musicians and the place in the world were that section of the song was being played at. It gave you a huge sense of globalization as it listed places from all over the world. It started in Lousiana, New Mexico, France, Russia, Venezuela, Congo, Spain and even as remote as South Africa. As music can emotionally transport you to different places just by playing specific instruments, this video makes use of the written element by sp

Multimodal Format Analysis

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Have you ever taught a group of people and afterwards wonder if you got your message across? Will people remember your lesson? I think as human beings we have to learn to communicate in the best way possible. One way to improve in this arena can be accomplished by learning to be flexible in teaching techniques depending on the subject being taught. With this in mind, let's examine the Youtube video entitled Human Body Replacing Itself Every 7 Years ,  put out by Brainstuff (an educational website directed to teach fun facts about human anatomy), and then compare it with a text from a website called  Facts About The Human Body  (created by a company called Nectarsleep). The differences of the writing aspect of communication on both sites is very interesting. The Youtube site took great advantage of very clear pop-ups stating the most important facts as the lady giving the message speaks. It makes the facts very obvious and to the point. It also guides your eyes to the most rel