Tuesday 2.6.18

Today’s Agenda Sign up for conferences Artifacts: Asking Questions (GROUP) Audience Appeals (Pathos, Logos, Ethos) Argument IAR Strategies Applied to Readings Paper 2 Examples

Asking Questions: Inquiry Based Learning Group: Formulate as MANY questions as you can about the artifact your group is given. This is for participation points this week.

Audience Appeals The Handout for the Audience Appeals can be found in Unit Two of our course website.

Purposes of an Argument To Win – (Usually in debating societies) – The writer’s aim is to control the audience, and to present a position that defeats the position of others. To Convince – The writer’s aim is to convince other persons that they should change their mind about an issue. Thus, the writer must provide reasons (evidence) that are compelling enough to change people’s minds. To Reach an Audience or Explore an Issue – Arguments to decide or explore are not aimed at conquering or controlling others, or even to convince. Rather, it seeks a sharing of information and perspectives in order to make informed choices. (For example, Exploring which college is the best for your future).

Characteristics of an Argument An Argument should have 3 characteristics: Your argument should attempt to convince the audience of something, urge them to do something, or explore a topic to make a wise decision. It should address a problem that does not have an acceptable solution, or ask a question for which there is no absolute answer. It should present a position in which the audience may realistically have a perspective on.

Using Sources in an Argument As background information on your topic To demonstrate the writer’s knowledge of the topic To support your thesis by citing authority and testimony To include a counterargument, or opinions that differ from your own.

Using IAR strategies for reading Invention Arrangement Revision One effective way to examine the relationships between the texts you read and the writing you produce is to use IAR analysis

Reading: Invention What is invention? (What activities did the writer have to engage in to create the text?) What is being invented? (What ideas, practices, arguments, etc. are created by the text?)

Reading: Arrangement What is arrangement? (What is being put in relation to what?) What is being arranged? (How are the things being put in relation to one another Tip: It may be a good idea to make a visual of the arrangement of the essay.

Reading: Revision What is revision? (What is the writer trying to change? For example, what ideas, practices, etc.? What is the author’s argument?) What is being revised? (What strategies are engaged specifically to help the writer achieve the revisions?)

Paper 2 Examples Paper 2 Examples can be found in Unit Two on our course website.

Homework Remember your conference time. Bring your proposal memo to conference with Barb (238 Bessey). Reading and IAR Reading Analysis Posting to Eli – Reading: Christine M. Mitchell, The Rhetoric of Celebrity Cookbooks (Reading and Writing Literacies, Pp 161 – 176). Due: Wed. Feb. 14 by 11 pm.