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TODAY’S GOALS
• Peer review the second draft of your strong response essays
• Perform and analyze the first of our class debates (gun control)
• Introduce research writing and the synthesis essay
CLOSED FORM PROSE REVIEW:
• Obligatory closed form prose elements:
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Thesis
Topic Sentences
Forecasting and fulfillment
Transitions
Engaging Introduction
Conclusion
Textual evidence: quotes (varies by genre)
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Answers a thesis question
Short/concise (Usually one sentence. No more than 2-3)
Main idea of the essay
Strongly stated
Active voice
STRONG RESPONSE CONTENT
REVIEW:
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Ideas critique
Rhetorical Analysis
Reflection
Article
• Strong Response Thesis elements:
• Personal Opinion
• Respond to the overall rhetorical effect
• Reflective (optional)
• Possible Strong Response Forecasting Strategies:
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Overall rhetoric
Style
Personal opinion
Individual rhetorical appeals
Sequential analysis
Angle of vision
Individual rhetorical strategies and effects
GROUP ACTIVITY 1:
FINAL STRONG RESPONSE
EVALUATION:
• Pair up with one other student with whom you have not done a peer review before
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Identify the writer’s thesis. Examine the essay and take it word-for-word from the text. Does this
respond to the rhetoric as well as the ideas of the source analyzed?
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Identify the writer’s forecasting. Also take this directly from the text. Which of the strong response
structures does this fit (sequential, response type, or rhetorical focus? Is this forecasting fulfilled?
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Read through the writer’s introduction. Does it sufficiently engage the reader’s attention? Does
the writer name the text to be examined and the author who wrote it?
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Does the writer sufficiently: analyze the rhetoric in the article (they should, at minimum, analyze
all three rhetorical appeals and provide a quote or opinion on each)?
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What seems to be the student’s stance on the topic? How is this related to the author’s view in
the ideas critique?
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In the reflection section of the essay, how does the student relate the subject to their own life?
What personal experience have they had to shape their viewpoint?
When you have finished answering the questions, share your findings with the writer. See if you both
agree on all the answers. If there is disagreement, determine where this occurs in the paper and how
you can revise it.
DEBATE MODIFICATIONS!
• After both sides of the issue have presented their arguments, a specific and
contemporary issue related to the topic will be presented to the group
• You will be asked to provide a solution or defend your position based on this
problem/situation presented
• You will have 3 minutes to prepare
• Each side will have 2 minutes to make their case with the pro side going first
DEBATE STRUCTURE
• The pro-group for each issue will open the topic and introduce their first
speaking point to prove their argument. They will have 90 seconds to speak.
• The opposing group will then have 90 seconds to refute and bring up their
speaking point.
• This will proceed back and forth until each group member has spoken at
least once
• After the main speaking points have been covered, the final 2 minute session
will begin where each side will have the opportunity to speak on the
contemporary issue presented today
• The two groups not taking place in the current discussion will judge and vote
for the winning side.
DEBATE GRADING SYSTEM
• Arguments 50%
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At least 5 salient main points
Utilize all rhetorical appeals
Arguments are rhetorically sound
Propose a solution(s)
• Counterarguments 20%
• Did the group take advantage of any rhetorical weak points?
• Time Management 10%
• Are all speaking points adequately explained?
• Individual Participation 10%
• Groupwork 10%
• How well coordinated is the group?
• Do speaking points overlap?
DEBATE JUDGING AND VOTING
• Write out:
1. Your name
2. Your group topic
3. Your side on the group topic
4. The group and side that you are voting for (based on which side you think
presented the most effective argument)
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES-GUN
CONTROL
• John Paul Stevens, former Supreme Court Justice, recently proposed that the 2nd
Amendment should be reworded to “the right of the people to keep and bear arms
when serving in a militia shall not be infringed.”
• Should the 2nd Amendment protect individual citizens’ right to bear arms, or should it only
apply for potential militia members which may have been the founding fathers’ original
intent?
• Last fall, the House of Representatives passed a budget amendment that blocked that
District of Columbia’s gun regulations, leaving only federal (minimal) regulations in place.
This will lessen restrictions on assault rifles, background checks, high capacity magazines,
and registration requirements. Republican Rep. Thomas Massie advocated and
introduced this amendment, saying that it would stop the DC government from infringing
on the rights of “law-abiding citizens who simply want to defend themselves.”
• Do limitations on the use of assault rifles, high-capacity magazines, and background
checks prevent citizens from defending themselves? Are assault rifles and other militarygrade weaponry necessary for home defense? What about the possible risks of
collateral damage?
INTRO TO RESEARCH WRITING
• What is the main goal of research writing?
• What is a research question?
• What is a synthesis question?
• What kind of a thesis should we create in synthesis writing?
RESEARCH WRITING ROLES
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Reporter of information
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Reporter of the current best thinking on a problem
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Conductor of original field research in response to an
empirical question
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Reviewer of a controversy
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Advocate for a position in a controversy
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Analyzer of a question who positions him/herself within
a critical conversation
Which of these will be most important for our synthesis
research writing?
SYNTHESIS ESSAY
• Formal, closed form prose
• Takes part in an academic conversation with the sources that are analyzed
on the topic
• Thesis must be clear, original, credible, and strong
• 1,000+ words
• 4 source minimum
A&S ESSAY TOPICS
• Problems with technology
• (Antisocial behavior, suicide and cyberbullies, technology effects on the middle
class)
• Problems involving health & food
• (American obesity, fresh food, food processing considerations, negative health
effects)
• Problems involving education and the economy
• (cost of a higher degree, rising college debt, how class affects education,
student loan debt slowing spending)
• Problems involving sleep
• (sleep effects on children, sleep and education, ADHD and sleep disorders)
SOURCE TYPES:
• Primary Sources:
• History: Novels, diaries, speeches, newspaper accounts, letters, official records, photographs,
artifacts
• Media: tv shows, movies, advertisements, documentaries,
• Medical: clinical trials, patient records, experimental research, public health data
• Secondary Sources:
• History: scholarly analysis of an element of history, book reviews, opinion essays
• Media: reviews of tv/movies, scholarly analyses of media, documentaries, op ed pieces,
• Medical: science textbook, high tech articles, medical blogs, experiment/product reviews
• Peer Reviewed articles:
• These will usually be secondary sources
• Almost any type of article published in an academic journal. All published scientific research
papers. Most published literary analyses
• Must undergo evaluation by a board of experts in the field before publication
• Each of these different types of sources will have different:
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Angle of vision
Level of ethos of the writer
Amount of ethos granted when referencing
Institutional affiliation (this will also affect ethos and angle of vision)
SOURCE EVALUATION CRITERIA
• Reliability
• Credibility
• Angle of Vision
• Degree of Advocacy
CRITERIA COMPARISON
Print Sources
Web Sources
• Reliability
• Accuracy
• Credibility
• Authority
• Angle of Vision
• Coverage
• Degree of Advocacy
• Disclosure of Advocacy
• Currency
GROUP ACTIVITY 2: ANALYZING
SOURCE RHETORIC
• In your debate groups
• Answer questions 1-3 on page 535 and question 4 below:
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Describe the reliability, credibility, angle of vision, and degree of
advocacy of the Women Against Gun Control site and the Million Mom
March
HOMEWORK:
• Read A&B p. 503-521
• Select a topic for your synthesis essay (it may be helpful to view several of
the sample articles provided)
• Strong Response Final Draft
• Due to turnitin.com tomorrow 7/21 by midnight