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Composing Arguments. 08/25/2010. The Canons of Rhetoric. The principles by which all writing, speaking, or visual arguments operate (p.54): Invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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.
Continue work on visual rhetoric assignment