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Response Essay Type: General Argument. General Argument. “It is designed as a contemporary issues question, but it is really a values question.” What are your values? What do you think our society should value? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Response Essay Type:General Argument
General Argument “It is designed as a
contemporary issues question, but it is really a values question.”◦ What are your values?◦ What do you think our
society should value?◦ What should a moral,
thoughtful, reflective society consider its most important strengths?
The Riverside Reader
The Basics
1. Read the prompt carefully.
2. Identify the claim.
3. Create a sample list.
Read the Prompt CarefullyA brief passage
from fiction, poetry, nonfiction (2 lines-1/2 page
An opinion-based piece (features a spokesperson)
Determine whether you agree, disagree, or wish to qualify your opinion [ADQ]
Examples
How do blogs and radio talk shows encourage or discourage the democratic process?How can the United States’ wealth be better used to foster development in emerging countries?
Identify the ClaimUnderstand the
claim.Perceive the
larger social content and ask questions about it.
Make your argument using examples from your own experience.
“Through tatter’d clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furr’d gowns hid all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtles breaks.
Arm it in rags, a pigmy’s straw does pierce it.”
Wm. Shakespeare
Planning ProcessCritically read the
passage and underline anything that clearly defines the author’s claim.
Are you for it, against it, or ambivalent?
Make a list of examples.
Creating a Sample ListEvidence for the
argument – the familiar:◦ Books◦ Movies◦ Televisions◦ Current events◦ History lessons◦ Personal
experiences
List ExamplesMovies
◦ “The Color of Money”
◦ “Wall Street”Books
◦ The Jungle◦ The Great Gatsby
Current events◦ Tsunami in Japan◦ The end of the
recession
General Argument Essay ProcessIdentify and
restate the fundamental claim.
Agree, disagree, or qualify.
Give examples to support your argument.
Close with a summarizing statement.
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