Sunday, July 28, 2019
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Summer Check In #3
As a replacement for the 50 point quiz, I am going to post questions for the remainder of the chapters. Each of you should choose one chapter. As luck would have it, we have 14 chapters remaining and 14 scholars in the class! Perfect! I am going to post a link to the pdf with the questions you are to answer. Please transcribe the questions along with the answers in your post.
Questions
DO NOT CHOOSE CHAPTERS 1-3. Begin with Chapter 4. Choose a chapter.
Questions
DO NOT CHOOSE CHAPTERS 1-3. Begin with Chapter 4. Choose a chapter.
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Summer Check In # 2
Sorry for the delay! When I discovered that students had not had iPads since the last day of school, I decided to provide a little catch up time. I know you can all access this blog in a myriad of other ways, but it is often a good idea to just give people time to catch their breath. So, moving on.
Each of you made an argument in our first post. They include the following topics:
vivisection
educational costs
pollution
employment of youth
"medicare for all"
dog ownership
social media
the existence of God
fútbol vs. football
napping
Right to Life
In chapter 3 of Thank you for Arguing, Chapter 3 titled "Control the Tense" breaks rhetoric down into three basic issues, blame, values and choice. Go back to last weeks post and choose a topic other than your own. Comment on the post you choose and tell us whether that topic is an issue of blame, values or choice. Then, read your classmates argument and see if it follows the present-tense, past-tense, future-tense rule described on page 30. Also, is the argument demonstrative, forensic or deliberative? First come first serve. No repeats. Once a topic is taken, it no longer available.
Once a classmate has analyzed your argument, take a look at it. Consider how well you controlled the issue.
" Do you want to fix blame? Define woh meets or abuses your common values" or get your audience to make a choice? The most productive arguments use choice as their central issue. Don't let a debate serve heedlessly into values or guild. Keep it focused on choices that solve a problem to your audience's and your advantage. Control the clock. Keep your argument in the right tense. In a debate over choices, make sure it turns to the future. "(37).
For this weeks post, edit and rewrite your original argument so that it is stronger.
Each of you made an argument in our first post. They include the following topics:
vivisection
educational costs
pollution
employment of youth
"medicare for all"
dog ownership
social media
the existence of God
fútbol vs. football
napping
Right to Life
In chapter 3 of Thank you for Arguing, Chapter 3 titled "Control the Tense" breaks rhetoric down into three basic issues, blame, values and choice. Go back to last weeks post and choose a topic other than your own. Comment on the post you choose and tell us whether that topic is an issue of blame, values or choice. Then, read your classmates argument and see if it follows the present-tense, past-tense, future-tense rule described on page 30. Also, is the argument demonstrative, forensic or deliberative? First come first serve. No repeats. Once a topic is taken, it no longer available.
Once a classmate has analyzed your argument, take a look at it. Consider how well you controlled the issue.
" Do you want to fix blame? Define woh meets or abuses your common values" or get your audience to make a choice? The most productive arguments use choice as their central issue. Don't let a debate serve heedlessly into values or guild. Keep it focused on choices that solve a problem to your audience's and your advantage. Control the clock. Keep your argument in the right tense. In a debate over choices, make sure it turns to the future. "(37).
For this weeks post, edit and rewrite your original argument so that it is stronger.
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