Comm 3335 Assignments – Ambour Leal

Class Reflection

Overall, I thought this class was pretty interesting and pushed us to sharpen our communication and debate skills in a real-life context. In a classroom setting, it was much more comfortable to perform speeches, try to engage with an audience, and actively argue a position with another live person. I am not particularly good atContinue reading “Class Reflection”

Policy Paper Reflection

For my policy paper, I was unable to finish– I originally planned to talk a bit about one of my favorite YouTuber’s cancellations, the recent scandal with Balenciaga, and mention another example or so of a cancellation within the affirmative or negative positions. I planned to do it over the Thanksgiving break, but I gotContinue reading “Policy Paper Reflection”

CX Group Debate: Immigration Reform

Summary: For the CX group debate project, my team took the affirmative position for immigration reform and my members were Allyssa, Tumi, and Brian. Our opponents were Halli, Tre, Deonte, and Jane who took the negative position on our topic. For my team, we concentrated our two main constructive arguments on how the current systemContinue reading “CX Group Debate: Immigration Reform”

SPAR Debate 2: Why Lying is Sometimes Justified

I took the negative argument for why lying is sometimes justified and my partner took the affirmative. Here is my outline, which contains only my parts of the debate: Hello, my name is Ambour Leal and I’ll be taking the negative argument of why lying is sometimes justified. Cross exam-neg: While most of us tendContinue reading “SPAR Debate 2: Why Lying is Sometimes Justified”

SB1 Issue Brief

Affirmative SB1 Argument The recent legislative changes with Senate Bill 1 are more good than bad. Texas has recently joined other Republican states with this change following the 2020 election. Once the bill is fully approved and provided there is nothing else to hold it up, it will take effect just in time for 2022’sContinue reading “SB1 Issue Brief”

SPAR Debate 1: Doja Cat vs Snoop Dogg

For this SPAR debate, I had taken the position that Doja Cat was a better singer than Snoop Dogg. My reasons for this were because of her versatility as a music artist within the industry (since she can rap, sing, and dance), her youth and relatability, and how likable her personality is. Plus, she doesn’tContinue reading “SPAR Debate 1: Doja Cat vs Snoop Dogg”

Syllogisms, Enthymemes, and Toulmin’s Model: An Argument Against Headphones

Listening to loud music with headphones daily will lead to slight or severe hearing loss over time. Most teenagers suffer from slight or severe hearing loss in our modern age. The article I chose did cite outside sources and research to back up its claims, such as how as much as thirty-three percent of teensContinue reading “Syllogisms, Enthymemes, and Toulmin’s Model: An Argument Against Headphones”