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Effective written argumentation

Effective written argumentation. It’s not about winning. First consider the rhetorical triangle. All the parts will shape how your argument is accepted:. Ethos Logos Pathos (Context). Rhetor Purpose Audience Context. Pathos. This is the emotive quality of your argument.

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Effective written argumentation

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  1. Effective written argumentation It’s not about winning

  2. First consider the rhetorical triangle

  3. All the parts will shape how your argument is accepted: • Ethos • Logos • Pathos • (Context) • Rhetor • Purpose • Audience • Context

  4. Pathos • This is the emotive quality of your argument. • Consider word choice—especially verbs. Why? • What is your tone? Are you cool and calm? Are you fired up? How do you want to come across? • How else can you make an audience feel? • How are you going to begin the essay? (With a story, a case study, stats, another source?)

  5. Logos • Does your argument make apparent sense? • If someone begins questioning it, does it still make sense? • Can you demonstrate your claims in any way? (This is why we research.) • After you explain your argument does it make sense? Is it understandable or do you ask for faith? *Check out the argumentative fallacies pdf I posted on the blogsite to avoid some practical missteps in argumentation.

  6. Ethos • And who are you? Why are you important? Why is this issue important? • And who do you associate with? • And how do we build credibility from associations....

  7. ...Through quoting! • Use your sources. • They help you build credibility by: • Reinforcing your viewpoint • Providing an alternate viewpoint (This gives you something to argue and makes you appear well-researched.) • Surrounding yourself with the information*Whether a source agrees with you or not is of less consequence than having the source. Simply by explaining many viewpoints, you become an authority and develop credibility.

  8. How to quote: • Use the quote sandwich: • Top bun: Who is this and why are they important? • Meat: The quote • Bottom bun: Why is this quote worth having in the essay? * Note that these parts are interchangeable in some cases, but all three components remain.

  9. Example: • Ryan Ireland, rhetorician extraordinaire, notes that, “Inquiry three is a bit rushed in a five-inquiry, fifteen-week semester.” Indeed, the most difficult inquiry is shoehorned into about three-and-a half weeks. • What are the parts here?

  10. Alternatives to quoting • Paraphrasing • Summarizing

  11. Always remember to cite your source! Not doing so is plagiarism Here are some resources: You can use any documentation system you prefer. Make sure direct quotes are in “quotes” and paraphrases and summaries are acknowledged through parenthetical citations and/or footnotes. Online Writing Lab (OWL) Your Hacker handbook (if you bought it) The Word citation feature

  12. Miscellany • Feel free to incorporate visuals- graphs, pictures, embedded video files, etc. • You can have hyperlinks- just use them effectively—not as a way to avoid summarizing • Your sources might not all be used. Conversely, you may end up finding more sources. This is fine. Make sure to acknowledge the sources in your Works Cited. You do not need to add them to the Annotated Bibliography if you’ve already turned in your six sources.

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