Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: pp. 469-494.
- Lesson
- Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
Apply the following writing resources to your posts:
- Link (website): APA Citation and Writing (Links to an external site.)
Initial Post Instructions
Main Post Paragraph 1: Evaluate an argumentative point
Choose a reading from the assigned pages in your textbook and note how the author addresses an argumentative point in the body of the article (in other words, not in the introduction paragraph(s) nor in the conclusion paragraph(s). Work to find a body point that demonstrates a range of strategies like logic, refutation, and author’s voice.
Then, please take the time to read and re-read the entire piece and your chosen section a few times, jotting down notes to help you, before composing a paragraph that addresses all of the following:
- In what ways do you see the author’s voice being used? How does the author’s own voice (not the sources’ voices) drive and frame the argument?
- What does the author use for support for the point? (for example, logic created by the author, sources, a combination?) Is this effective, in your view? Why or why not?
- Does the author use any logical fallacies? If so, name them and explain why they are fallacies. If not, explain why the author’s logic is solid.
- Does the form of this reading match the form of the writing we are learning: full essay paragraphs? If so, explain why and how. If not, explain why you think this particular piece of reading does not use academic essay format and what you might do to revise it. In other words, if there are many short paragraphs, could you put some together to form single paragraphs that are still driven by the author’s voice?
Main Post Paragraph 2: Practice Using Your Voice in a Full Body Paragraph Toward Your Essay
Referring back to the lesson, please compose and present a single, well-developed draft of one body paragraph for our argument research essay, paying special attention to making your voice the driving force and to using solid logic. Remember the parts of a good body paragraph for an argument essay:
- Composing a smooth, clear topic sentence in your voice that provides a transition and that asserts your topic for the paragraph
- Using your voice to introduce and present your evidence that supports your topic sentence
- Using logic in your voice to tie the evidence to your argumentative point
- Avoiding logical fallacies
- Using concession and rebuttal if you are presenting opposing viewpoints
- Ending strongly with your voice in an extended explanation of how all factors involved in this paragraph drive home your argument in this particular point
- Making sure to synthesize throughout, with clear connections between all evidence and all of your logic and assertions
ANSWER
The article I chose for evaluation was “Allowing guns on campus will invite tragedies, not end them”, written by Daniel Webster and Ronald Daniels. In this article, the authors argue that having guns on campus is unsafe. They use several examples to support their argument while trying to convince readers that this will cause more deaths, instead of preventing them. They use a very forceful tone in this article to try to convey their opinions to their audience. They use logos a form of rhetorical appeal to convince the audience through logic…. To access full answer, click on the purchase button below.