Tuesday we are continuing the discussion on rhetorical analysis. We’ll also talk about claims.
Homework:
This all means that you need to get a research question going and start researching it. The librarians are very helpful if you need help finding something. Feel free to ask questions on the blog or ask me in an email about different research questions.
Can you open an attachment done in Microsoft Works Word Processor? Its the only writing program I have at the moment, but I wanted to make sure you could open it before I sent off my summary or if I should send it in the body of the email as well as an attachment.
Kilei
Garrett replied on September 6th, 2010:
Yes and No.
I can open it, but I have to save it to a different format to make comments on it.
Therefore, I ask that you save it as RTF so you don’t lose any formatting or anything.
I like the Rogerian approach to argument… the objective of a Rogerian strategy is to reduce listeners’ sense of threat so that they are open to alternatives.(p.58) It’s a form of effective arguing where you don’t try to threaten or force the opponent to accept your opinion but rather persuade them with different types of evidence and clear reasoning. It isn’t so much about winning than it is about empathetic and respectful to put the readers at ease
Does our source for class today need to be an academic source? I remember hearing something about just needing any source. This doesnt have to be our end all be all source for the paper does it?
Garrett replied on September 7th, 2010:
Yes, it can be anything (although academic would be nice since you need to get going on your paper).