By now you should be progressing along with the completion of your researched essays. I want you to keep working on those and bring them to class with you so that you have them for the end of the class writing sessions we will be doing as well as for references to guide you through this week’s lectures. Read the rest of this entry »
Request From A Peer
One of your peers is working on a paper involving the 2008 elections. Please help her out by taking this poll so she can complete her research.
See you Thursday
Week Eleven Review/Week Twelve Preview
By now you should be progressing along with the completion of your researched essays. I want you to keep working on those and bring them to class with you so that you have them for the end of the class writing sessions we will be doing as well as for references to guide you through this week’s lectures. Read the rest of this entry »
Addressing Your Counterarguments
Don’t be fooled by the brevity of this post, you will need to spend a good bit of time on this blog assignment since you will be demonstrating your ability to put together a solid argument in your essay. Your ability to complete this assignment will determine whether we need to sit down individually and conference on your argumentative essay once again. You need to have this blog completed by midnight, Monday April 9th. Read the rest of this entry »
Week Ten Review/Week Eleven Preview
I apologize for the tardiness of this entry; I’ve been working all weekend to get through your prospectuses so that I could make plans for this week. Read the rest of this entry »
Argument, Audience and Fallacies
For this weekend’s blog, I want you to do some serious thinking about your argument, your audience and how these both affect and are affected by the argument you intend to present. To do this, I want you to articulate to me the thoughts you have about these important concepts by answering the following questions in your blog entry. Make sure that these answers are not simply one word or one sentence answers. I am asking these questions so that you can take the time before beginning your writing. I want to see in your blog that these questions have been thoroughly thought out and answered.
******************This blog is due by Midnight Monday April 2nd*********************
- Who is your specific audience?
- Why did you choose them?
- How will your audience affect the argument you intend to present?
- Which fallacies will you need to focus on keeping from your argument? Why are these (individually) important to consider in your argument?
