Reading Response #10

Ayra Nunez

Text
Greene, Stuart. Argument as Conversation: The Role of Inquiry in Writing a Researched
Argument. The Subject Is Research. Ed. Wendy Bishop and Pavel Zemliansky. Portsmouth,
NH: Boynton/Cook, 2001. 145-64. Print.
Summary
In the article, Argument as Conversation: The Role of Inquiry in Writing a Researched
Argument by Stuart Greene, Greene identifies how there are many aspects in developing
arguments within a conversation. A few examples in which he mentioned was, identifying issues,
how to enter a conversation, asking fruitful questions, and where the situation originates from.
Although, he stresses two separate fundamental techniques in which arguments undergo; and
those are how people research their arguments. One viewpoint of an argument is how research
was instructed and how it is employed as appropriate data. As opposed to, viewing research as a
concept of recognizing the process from which the information derives from.
Claim
The most important concept a college student can obtain from this article is the practice of
strategically framing their ideas throughout their writing.
Exercising the use of framing strategies is an opportunity for students to reflect from their
experiences throughout their academic career; it is also a profitable instrument for peers because
it serves as a utensil in which authorizes for them to write more.

Data
... it is clear that rather than simply reproducing Pratts ideas and using her Voice of
Authority, she incorporates Pratts understandings to enable her to say more about her
own experiences and ideas. Moreover, she uses this frame to advance an argument in
order to affect her readers views of culture (37).

Connection
In Argument as Conversation, Stuart Greene argues the importance of constructing an
effective argument through daily academic writings and verbal conversations. Greene had
introduced many principles in which he informed peers about the foundation of a well
constructed argument. Although, the most important concept a college student can obtain from
this article is the practice of strategically framing their ideas throughout their writing.
Exercising the use of framing strategies is an opportunity for students to reflect from their
experiences throughout their academic career; it is also a profitable instrument for peers because
it serves as a utensil in which authorizes for them to write more. The author states, ... it is clear
that rather than simply reproducing Pratts ideas and using her Voice of Authority, she
incorporates Pratts understandings to enable her to say more about her own experiences and
ideas. Moreover, she uses this frame to advance an argument in order to affect her readers views
of culture (37). It is evident that Greenes intention from this quote was to prove to his
audience, mainly college students, how helpful it is to retrieve other scholarly work so that it is
easier to establish an array of ideas and not just one self-abstraction. Therefore, the experience
the student had with incorporating Pratts beliefs, can encourage peers to do the same
throughout their academic writings. Greene also refers to the students writing technique as a
framing strategy; a utility in which demonstrates that reader understood the context and aiding
them to make connections which aids them to write a good amount.

Vocabulary

1. Tenor; Definition: the general meaning, sense, or content of something; You listen for a
while, unto; you decide that you have caught the tenor of the argument (29).
2. Inquiry; Definition: an act of asking for information; ... it is useful to think about writing
as a form of inquiry in which you convey your understanding of the claims people make,
the questions they raise, and the conflicts they address (28).
3. Transculturation; Definition: a process of cultural transformation marked by the influx of
new culture elements and the loss or alteration of existing ones; As you read the excerpt
from this students essay, ask yourself how the writer uses two framing concepts--
transculturation and contact zone (35).