Wednesday, July 1, 2015

week 6 reading

Everything is an Argument

            I enjoyed the reading for week 6. I learned more about rhetorical analysis, which I really didn’t know much about prior to the reading or taking this class.  The reading starts off by being very serious you could say, he –David Brooks- isn’t like other authors we’ve read in the class that are more easy going and conversational. He starts off by taking about all the kids that are graduating from college and how are entering a world that is completely new from anything we have experienced in our years in school. There is no one there to monitor you and look after you, you have to be independent and take care of yourself.

       The reading then makes its way into breaking down the structure of writing a rhetorical analysis. First it discusses how to find a topic, what things you should look for, for example arguments and current issues/ events. The researching your topic, it gives specific things to look out for and find to make sure you have all the information to make your source reliable. Then formulating a claim by starting with a hypothesis of your side/ belief on what you’re about to share with your audience. Add in examples of possible claims, prepare a proposal, think about content you are going to put in and organize, and then get feedback and responses from piers making sure everything stands up with your claim and evidence.

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