Questions being answered:
- What is the purpose of the argument? What does it hope to achieve?
- What appeals or techniques does the argument use – emotional, logical, and ethical?
- What are the facts used in the argument? What logic (logos)? What evidence? How is evidence arranged and presented?
- What claims are advanced in the argument? What logic? What evidence? How is the evidence arranged and presented?
- What shape does the argument take? How is the argument presented or arranged? What media does the argument use?
- How does the language or style of the argument work to persuade an audience?
Topics: (1), (2 and 6), (3, 4, and 5)
See Blog 2 for basic sketch of paper.
Topic (1) –
Purpose: Prove that ridicule is an essential tool for human rights and could be used as a nonviolent tool to fight with.
Topic (2 and 6) –
Uses mainly a logical and an ethical (uses logic to support the ethical side) argument. Categorizes the topics and uses instances in history to support each topic that supports the need for ridicule.
Topic (3, 4, and 5) –
You are taking on too many points in this proposal. In an essay of the length of #1, you will only be able to adequately examine around 3 points. Do not set yourself up in an impossible situation by taking on too many points. For this essay, you want to focus on how the writer of the essay you're focusing on creates his/her argument. What devices are used, meaning, if you are convinced by the writing, why? If you're not convinced, why not? Also, how does the writer appeal to the logic/reason and emotions of his/her audience? How does the writer establish credibility? Don't let yourself get bogged down by the message of the piece; focus on how the author gets the message across.
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