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Session 2 1. Sign-up Sheet. Conferences Monday and Tuesday of next week Only have to show up on the day of your conference. Essay 2 Workshop. Rhetorical Analysis Methodology. Pick the section (animals, hero, etc.) Go through 9 modes Go through 3 appeals Use the handout.
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Sign-up Sheet • Conferences Monday and Tuesday of next week Only have to show up on the day of your conference.
Rhetorical Analysis Methodology • Pick the section(animals, hero, etc.) • Go through 9 modes • Go through 3 appeals • Use the handout. • Use quotes and examples from book.
Metacommentary • You are the panopticon controlling the reader.
Metacommentary • Metacommentary is one of the best connecting devices to use between ideas. • Metacommentary helps your reader understand what to do with the information you’ve provided.
Metacommentary Examples of metacommentary • What I meant to say was___. • My point was not___, but ___. • My stance may not be a popularly held one, but _________________.
Probably the most helpful • My argument will do more than prove ___________. It will also __________________________. • My argument will do more than prove childhood obesity is a major problem in America. It will also show it is caused by advertising targeted to children.
Metacommentary Metacommentary is a way of commenting on your claims and telling other how—and how not—to think about them. • Metacommentary does not give a reader a new point; it tells a reader how to interpret what has already been said (or is about to be said).
Metacommentary Uses • clarifies and elaborates your points. The reader is forced to follow your logic. • Adds length and depth to your paper. • Metacommentary=meta-analysis
Metacommentary Uses • Metacommentary answers those annoying questions what?” or “who cares?” • It’s another way to start or end a paragraph/section since it leads the reader down the path you want him or her to go.
Tiananmen Square • Basically, General Secretary HuYaobang died, and what started as a memorial movement turned into a protest that involved well over a million citizens. • He was thrown out of the government because he pushed for reforms. • In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Romania also got out from Communist rule through civil movements.
Tiananmen Square • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-nXT8lSnPQ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uieND7g2ye0&NR=1
Tiananmen Square Tiananmen Square • Media blackouts • modern college students/Occupy movement representations: • Audience • Speaker/writer Why was this event known?
Tiananmen Square • What elements of the author’s style are particularly striking to you? In what ways does the pacing and description influence your viewpoints of the soldiers? Does the chaos make sense or not?
Tiananmen Square • From a student paper • "The crowd didn't see the soldiers as men; they saw them as objects that needed removing."
Opinions on Walt Whitman are divided because some critics believe that the optimism usually found in his poetry is naive at best and idiotically simple at worst. Nevertheless, they all agree that nature and the physical environment surrounding the human character in his poems takes on a special resonance. How does this article play with optimism and nature? Do you even consider this piece to be optimistic?
"Great Tasmania's Cargo" • Scurvy • Deserters • Who is the real villain in all of this?
Great Tasmania • The focus nowadays on Charles Dickens is on his novels, but he was actually a prolific activist and journalist and published his own magazines. In this article, Dickens sets up a series of contrasting viewpoints between the different characters. Which ones strike you as the most profound or effective? Why?
Grammatical Issue • Dickens • Dickens's book • If a name or word ends in s, but it is not a plural, then you have do apostrophe s.
Right Stuff • One of Tom Wolfe’s reoccurring phrases is “single combat warrior.” What is the meaning of this phrase and why is it so important to Wolfe in his construct of someone having “the right stuff?” Can this ideal be applied to any situations that you are familiar with?
Making Sources Make More Sense Part 1 Rough Draft Workshop
Positions in Papers • Position of Fact • Position of Worth • Position of Policy • Position of Concept • Position of Interpretation
Position of Fact • Proposed truth about a person, place, thing or concept. • Trans-fats are a major cause of obesity. • Supported by data
Position of Worth • Proposed judgment on the merit of an idea, course of action over another. • Traditional teaching methods better prepare students for college than standardized testing. • Supported by experts’ research
Position of Policy • Proposed standard on what ought to happen. • Parents of obese children should be fined according to the percentage their child is overweight. • Supported by experts’ research or anecdotes.
Position of Concept • Proposed definition of idea, concept, phenomenon. • Autism is a neurological disease caused by electromagnetic waves. • Supported by experts’ research or documentation
Position of Interpretation • Proposed frame of reference to understand the ramifications of an argument. • The American Dental Association concludes that artificial sugars cause less tooth decay. • Supported by experts, anecdotes, statistics . . .
Recognizing Acceptable Positions • 1. On Point—relates directly to argument • 2. Strong—gives a compelling reason • 3. Supportable—has evidence available • 4. Understandable—presents clearly and precisely
Example • On point—I don’t need an umbrella today. • Strong—shouldn’t carry unnecessary items. • Supportable-Temp is over 100. Humidity 2%. Rain chance 0%. • Understandable—passed the “Duh” test.
Example • On point—I shouldn’t have to pay state sales tax. • Strong—already pay state income tax. • Supportable—Other states function w/o sales tax. • Understandable—It is the belief of the author that state sales tax should be superseded by state income tax.
