Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Homework for Ms.woollven 11/2/2011 sorry Ms.woollven i couldnt put it in my homework tab

Purpose of Argument
  • Main Purpose- The main purpose of this part is that there are many purposes for aruing using languate including to inform, to convince, to explore to make decisions, and even just to win. And that there is a difference between arguments and persuasion.
Details
  • Argument(discover a truth)= conviction
  • Persuasion(know a truth)=action
Arguments to inform
  • Main Purpose-  The main purpose is to basicly inform the audience about something they don't already know. This type of argument is intended to persuade.
Details
  • Arguments to inform can be also more subtle than ads or signs.
Arguments to Convince
  • Main Purpose- The main purpose is to persuade your reader rather than wining over your opponent.
Details
  • The presence of those who might disagree is always implied, and it shpaes a writer's strategies.
Arguments to Explore
  • Main Purpose-The writer’s assertion that a problem exists and that the writer or the reader needs to solve it.
Details
  • Some exploratory pieces present and defend solutions.
  • Exploratory arguments may be deeply personal.
Arguments to Make Decisions
  • Main Purpose- the argument is to lead to making good decisions
Details
  • results of exploratory arguments may be to argue for a particular decision
  • to make a decision you have to look at the pro's and con's
Arguments to Meditat or Pray
  • Main Purpose- the writer or speaker is most often hoping ot transform something in him or reach peace of mind in an arguemnt to meditate or pray
Details
  • Not all examples of arguments in meditat or prays have to be formal prayers
  • the effectiveness of the argument depends not only on the purposes of the writer but also on the context surrounding the plea and the people it seeks most directly to reach.
Occasions for Arugment
  • Main Purpose- This argument is to consider the public occasions that call for the, which are issues based of time (past, future, and present)
Details
  • Be carefull when the classifications overlap with others to a cerain extent
Arguments about the Past
  • Main Purpose- argument that have to deal with the past
Details
  • what happended int eh past are called forensic arguments
  • Forensic arguments also rely heavily on precedents-actions or decisions in the past that influence policies or decisions in the present
  • the point of arguement is the enhance and sharpen knowledge, not just to generate heat or score points.
Arguments about the Future
  • Main Purpose- Arguments about what might happen in the future
Details
  • what should happen in the future is called delierative arguments.
  • what happens in the past influences the future, deliberative judgments often rely on prior forensic arguments
Arugments about the Present
  • Main Purpose- Arguemnts about he present are often arguments about contemporary values.
Details
  • ethical premises and assumptions are held by inauguarl addreses, sermons, eulogies, graduation speeches, and civic remarks are sometimes called epideicitic arguments or ceremonial arguments.
  • Ceremonial arguments can be passionate an deloquent
Kinds of Arguments
  • Main Purpose-Another way to categorizing arguments is to consider their status or stasis.
Details
  • What is the Nature
  • what is its quality
  • what actions should be taken
  • did something happen
Arguements of Fact- Did something happen?
  • Main Purpose- And argument of fact usually invlves a statement that can be prved or disproved with specific evidence or testimony
Details
  • These  arguments are aften quite subtle, involving layers of complextity not apparent when the question is initially posed.
  • To settle any matter writers and reader have to agree on a number of points of the topic
Arguments of definition- What is the Nature of the Thing?
  • Main Purpose- an arguemtn of definition often involves determining whethe one known object or actoin belongs in a secon and more higly contested category.
Details
  • Defineitions can have might consequences
Arguments of Evaluation- What is the Quality of the Thing?
  • Main Purpose- To question about quality
Details
  • And argument of evaluation advanced by presenting criteria and then measureing indivdual people, ideas , or things against those standards.
  • Both the standards and the measurement can be explored argumentatively.
Proposal Arguments- What Actions should be taken?
  • The writer has to succed in presenting a problem in  a compelling way that the readers ask: What can we do?
Details
  • a proposal argument often begins withe the presentation of research to document existing conditions.
  • writers may spend most of their time defending their solution
Audiences for arguments
  • Main purpose- NO argument can be effective unless it speaks compellingly ot others.
Details
  • As a writer, you'll almost always be addressing an intended reader, one who exists in your own mind.
  • In spite of invoking a particular audience, the editors don't use the pronouns we or us but instead rely on everyone.
Considering contexts
  • Main Purpose-No consideration of reader can be complete without setting those readers in context.
Details
  • Reading always takes place in what you might think of as a series of contexts.

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