Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Eng 102SC Ramage1 2
Eng 102SC Ramage1 2
Argument is not a fight or a quarrel creative & productive activity engages high levels of inquiry and critical thinking often in conversation with liked and respected people
Argument is not a Pro-Con Debate desire for truth aims to find best solution to complex problem goal isnt to win a game; goal is to find and promote best belief or course of action
Arguments can be explicit or implicit explicit directly states its controversial claim and supports it with reasons and evidence implicit is opposite (pic, slogans, etc) both used to persuade
Arguments requires justification of its claims must meet two conditions 1. set of two+ conflicting assertions 2. attempt to resolve conflict through an appeal to reason must clarify and support reasons
Argument and the Problem of Truth does not mean finding right answer to disputed question means determining best answer or best solution for the good of entire community when all stakeholders are considered means argument does not prove claim but only makes reasonable case for claim opinion based upon examination of all evidence
Brainstorm
Be open to issues all around
Genres of Argument
Newspaper article, scholarly article, blog, etc.
Cultural contexts
Who writes arguments and why?
Must temporarily adopt authors beliefs and values, suspend personal skepticism and bias to hear authors point of view Write a summary of argument Search for personal experiences and values that coincide with argument
(antithesis) Conflict between these views leads to a new claim (synthesis) Synthesis incorporates aspects of both views
Think of a creative way to illustrate/explain the relationship between thesis, antithesis, and synthesis
Discussion
Reading logs