Homework Week 3

Reflect activity pg 448

The argument I chose to analyze has many components of toulmin arguments, but it also
includes some key points that we can see in rogerian arguments. The argument I analyzed was
already persuasive the way the author wrote it.

Reflect activity pg 484

How does music help motivate people throughout the day?

Establish a schedule
Choose a topic: Jan 27th
Analyze your rhetorical situation: Jan 28th
Do some preliminary research: Jan 28th
Narrow your topic and decide on a research question: Jan 28th
Plot out a working thesis: Jan 29th
Do library and web research: Jan 30th
Start a working bibliography: Jan 30th
Turn in your research proposal and annotated bibliography: Feb 3rd
Plan and schedule any field research: Feb 4th
Draft a thesis statement: Feb 4th
Write out a draft: Feb 8th
Get response: Feb 11th
Do additional research, if needed: Feb 12th
Revise: Feb 12th
Prepare your list of work cited: Feb 12th
Edit: Feb 13th
Write your final draft: Feb 14th
Proofread: Feb 16th
Turn in final draft: Feb 17th

More Than Inconvenienced: The Unique Needs of U.S. College Students During the
COVID-19 Pandemic Questions
1. Who published this text (what journal)?
Health education and behavior is the journal that published this text
2. Is it peer-reviewed and how do you know?
This text is peer reviewed because it was published by a journal, it has an abstract, and has
citation throughout
3. What is the author’s thesis?
The author's thesis is “We contend that college students’ lives have been significantly
disrupted by COVID-19 and that the major health risks they already face are now even
more severe. We also suggest steps that can be taken to better address students’ needs.”
4. What evidence does the author use to support the thesis?
The author uses various articles to support their thesis
5. Who is the audience of this article?
The audience of this article is college students, professors and people that are linked to
college students.