PPT-The Argument Unit

ELEMENTS OF ARGUMENT WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF AN ARGUMENT In your notebook write your answer S hare and try to improve your answer What Is an Argument An argument is an opinion. Rights and Responsibilities. LQ: Can I identify how age, nationality, employment, . education affect identity?. Terminology. : rights, responsibilities, collectivism, individualism, duties, needs, wants, stereotypes, identity, prejudice . missing in thefollowing argument? Second, if there aresuppressed assumptions, what . Short Sequences that Engage Students. Jean Wolph, Louisville Writing Project and i3 College Ready Writers Leadership Team. Where you'll find these mini-units. https://sites.google.com/site/1516nwpcrwp/home. Final!. Block 1 – January 14. Block 2 – January 15. Block 3 – January 16. Block 4 – N/A. Friday – Make Up!. Semester Overview. Unit 1 – Plot, Setting, and Mood. Unit 2 – Character Development. Louise . Livesey. Academic Skills Adviser. This workshop . will:. Revist. what an argument is. Suggest ‘types’ of argument that an assignment can be built around. Offer strategies to apply evidence and theory into your written work. Thursday, 10/22. Thursday, 10/22. Place your final copy of Essay #2 on the front table (with Works Cited Page and Peer Review Worksheet attached—. use the stapler at the front of class if you need to. The Maori & Colonization: Why was it Different?. War with Europeans ended in a treaty that was honored. Maori were granted many rights, property, etc. . 1. “Warrior” Theory. Three theories. “Warrior” theory. San Diego State University. Instructor: Susan Lee . Duba. Let’s Review. What we’ve learned in week one – some basics:. Why we study argument. Developing a rhetorical self consciousness. Thinking about texts rhetorically (what they do, not what they say). A boxer who never steps into the ring is not as good as one who spars regularly. And a speaker who never addresses an opposing viewpoint is not as good as a seasoned debater. .. You need to address and show the weaknesses of other viewpoints in order to show that your “side” is the most logical.. AP Language & Composition. The Language of Composition. The Heroes of 2001 Stamp depicts a photograph taken at Ground Zero after the September 11. th. terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City. Analyze the photograph’s argument, and explain why it IS or IS NOT an effective choice for a stamp for the U.S Postal Service. Everything is an argument…. -When you hear the word “argument,” what springs to mind?. -“Argument” encompasses more than the common connotation.. -An argument can be any text—written, spoken, aural, or visual—that expresses a point of view.. PowerPoint adapted by Amy . Vujaklija. and Jean . Wolph. from materials developed by Beth . Rimer. , Ohio Writing Project, for the National Writing Project i3 College Ready Writers Program, funded by the Department of Education.. Bringing . all pieces. of argument together for the final mini-unit of the year . Lindsay Johnson, Rowan County HS. KWP RSPDI Leadership Team. Description of Unit . This mini-unit falls at the end of the year. Students have already completed mini-units that targeted the skills of claim, evidence, connecting evidence to a claim, and counterclaim. While this unit allows students to practice those skills again, it teaches students (using sources they found as models) how to polish their arguments through introduction, transitions, sentence structure, tone, and conclusion. . Why Argue?. Argument is not in itself an end or a purpose of communication. It is rather a means of discourse, a way of developing what we have to say. We can identify four primary aims or purposes that argument helps us accomplish:.