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Composing Arguments

Composing Arguments. 08/25/2010. The Canons of Rhetoric. The principles by which all writing, speaking, or visual arguments operate (p.54): Invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery

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Composing Arguments

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  1. Composing Arguments 08/25/2010

  2. The Canons of Rhetoric • The principles by which all writing, speaking, or visual arguments operate (p.54): • Invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery Invention: forge a powerful text that argues a point, to convince others to see a particular perspective, usually your won (p.54). - Photograph: selection, placement, perspective, and framing. - Writing texts: selection, placement, perspective, and framing.

  3. Tank Man, Tiananmen Square, 1989

  4. Arrangement: the ways you present materials Chronological structure Cause-effect Problem-solution Block structure: case studies Thematic structure Deferred thesis: question ---- statement, conclusion p.77

  5. Style: choose the appropriate expression for your argument. Word choice, syntax, pacing, tone… Voice Persona Rhetorical stance

  6. Titles. Introduction. Conclusion • Rhetorical hook. P.65 • Excise for invention, arrangement and style Position paper: present one side of an issue However, you want to acknowledge other sides of an issue, using alternative personas. Finally, you synthesize multiple perspectives and advance your own on top of others.

  7. Collaborative challenge • Group1: p.58 • http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/d?manz:0:./temp/~ammem_XgzI: • Group2: p.61 • http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/P105/ • Group3: p.72 • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38789980/ns/news/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1

  8. Reminders • MCL assignments due on Friday • You need to upload images in MCL and embed them in your writings. • Continue work on visual rhetoric assignment

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