Composing Arguments

Composing Arguments

08/25/2010

The Canons of RhetoricThe 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.

Tank Man, Tiananmen Square, 1989

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

Style: choose the appropriate expression for your argument.

Word choice, syntax, pacing, tone…

Voice

Persona

Rhetorical stance

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.

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

Reminders MCL assignments due on Friday

You need to upload images in MCL and embed them in your writings.

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