September
11
- Aesthetic reading: The reader is most interested in what happens “during the reading event,” as they fix their attention on the actual experience they are living through.
- Efferent readers read to learn from the text, concentrating on the info, concepts, and guides to action.
- Elements in an argument
- A debatable issue
- A clearly stated position, claim, statement, or thesis.
- An audience
- Evidence from reliable sources
- Acknowledgement of the opposing argument
- A conclusion/call to action
- Primary Research: Going out and getting data yourself
- Secondary Research: Reporting and using data or info gathered by others.
August
30
- Ethos is a rhetorical appeal to credibility through quality of writing and authority.
- Pathos is an appeal to emotion
- Logos appeals to reasoning and evidence through deductive or inductive reasoning.
- Types of argument: Makes a point about a topic. Aims to persuade the audience to change its stance on a matter. Tries to find a common ground by emphasizing multiple perspectives and viewpoints.
- Columbusing is the art of “discovering something, usually from another culture, that is not new.
- The rhetorical argument is the carefully crafted presentation of a viewpoint or position on a topic and the giving of thoughts, ideas, and opinions along with reasons for their support.
August
30
- Rhetoric is the art of crafting a message to affect change in a particular audience. It is also the art of persuasion and being able to see the available means of persuasion in any given situation.
- The rhetorical situation refers to the audience, time and place, author, and message in communication.
- An affordance refers to a particular design that allows people to do certain things.
- A constraint refers to a particular design that prevents people from doing certain things.
- Kairos appeals to opportunity involving the time, place, audience, and topic.
- A claim is a statement put forth as true that needs evidence to be convincing.
- Thesis: The main claim in an argument.