Friday, January 30 2009
January 10, 2009
Today’s Agenda:
1) Hand back Draft of Precis: (SAVE ALL DRAFTS! – SAVE EVERYTHING IN THIS CLASS!!)
First Grade Break Down:
Class Grade Breakdown:
Last time/ This time
Last time WE had this:
A
A-
B+
B
B- 4
C+ 1
C 6
C- 3
D+
D 2
D-
F NR
This Time We have THIS!
A- 2
B+ 2
B 4
B- 3
C+ 2
C 1
C- 2
D+
D
D-
NG 1
2) Next Corrected Draft Due On Monday. Bring 3 copies!
3) Basic Issues that need to be addressed
4) Reading For Today
5) Read: Defining Speaker and Purpose 102-115
a. For the next 10 mins, I want you to write on the following topic
i. On page 105 you saw a list of questions that can be applied to a given argument. Select SIX of these questions and apply them to “The Oblivious Empire.” Answer them with SPECIFIC explanations.
6) Group discussion of answers
7) Class Discussion
8) Our book also discussed various methods of addressing augments that are designed to appeal to Pathos, Ethos, or Logos.
a. Group and class discussion of these strategies, and how they might be applied to “The Oblivious Empire”
9) Homework: Finish Next Draft of The Précis, and read 115-136
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Journal
One of the questions listed on page 105 is “Who is the audience for this argument?” If applied to the article “The Oblivious Empire” the answer would be the American people. The article is trying to convince the reader of reasons why other countries do not particularly like America. Other countries probably would not be all that interested in this article, however most American citizens would be. The audience for the article is any American citizen. Another question that is listed on page 105 is “How does it try to make the writer or creator seem trustworthy?” This is done in the article by first listing the author’s credentials. The author of the article has written a few books discussing topics on the environment, Reagan’s presidency, and the book which the Oblivious Empire article came from. The newspapers for which the author writes for are also listed. These things all contribute to the author or writer seeming trustworthy. Within the text the author also makes himself trustworthy by talking about his own experiences in London, and Robben Island, hearing first hand from people in other countries of why they dislike America. His personal, from the source opinions, make him seem more knowledgeable.