PPT-Analysis as Argument

Michele GriegelMcCord University of Cincinnati OCTELA Spring Conference March 25 2013 Content Grounded in Argument but Emphasizes Students OWN Thinking Still Making Claims Just about the debateresearch instead of for a position on the issue. OH YEAH. Recap. Small child asking you why. What is analysis?. Internal aims of analysis:. 1. Prove argument is true. 2. Prove argument is important. External (strategic) aims of analysis:. 1. Make the argument strong enough that it is invulnerable to attack. I . can identify the side of an argument an author presents in a text.. I can determine the credibility of the author and his/her purpose (who wrote it, when it was written, and why it was written). I can identify claims that are supported by fact(s) and those that are opinion(s). “Dispute it like a man.” . Macduff. responds gruffly, “But I must also feel it as a man.” (Mac. 4.3. 219-21. ). The Rhetorical Triangle-. (right . side). Pathos-Emotional . Argument (left side). “Not . an inch to the west! Not an inch to the east! . I’ll stay here, not budging! I can and I will . If it makes you and me and the whole . world. . stand still!” . Position/Claim . . Constructing . an Argument. Louise . Livesey. Academic Skills Adviser. This workshop . will:. Revisit . 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. Claim – Reason - Foundation. Consider this argument:. Because average temperatures across the globe have been rising steadily over the last 100 years, Americans should reduce the amount of CO2 they are putting into the atmosphere.. Diane Litman. Professor, Computer Science . Department. Co-Director, Intelligent Systems . Program . Senior Scientist, Learning Research & Development Center . University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, . 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. A Guide for Students. The Task. Analyze how the author builds her argument. Look for. evidence (facts/statistics, examples). reasoning (connecting evidence to claim). stylistic or persuasive elements. The Task. Analyze how the author builds . the argument.. Look for:. evidence (facts/statistics, examples). reasoning (connecting evidence to claim). stylistic or persuasive elements. appeals. word choice. Argument in its best academic, scholarly, or journalistic sense is not the same as an emotional argument or conflict between people. In general, it seeks to open a subject, not close it; to broaden a subject, not narrow it; and primarily to earn respect for a position, not necessarily defeat one.. Document Analysis. Document Analysis in AP US History isn’t difficult and you will use the same steps each time you analyze a document.. We use the anagram H.I.P.P.O which stands for:. (H). istorical. 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. Building an argument. Constructing Arguments. Trust (ethos). Feelings (pathos). Truth (logos). Review: Three Approaches to Rhetorical Analysis. Review: Establishing Authority. “Situated ethos”. : The authority you carry with you.