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Making an Argument
What's at Stake?
WHAT'S AT STAKE?
01.
What are the facts?
02.
How should I define the issue?
03.
Why does it matter? What should be done about it?
The Facts
Take the diversity in media class discussion:
- How diverse television/movies were in the past (not very)
- How diverse they are now (better? Examples here)
- Given this, what is the main issue? Is it that we're more diverse now? The slow process?
Defining the Issue
- How are you defining diversity? Media? A global problem or a national one? A problem in the process of being fixed or one in stasis?
- What group is responsible? Actors? Producers? The audience? Casting directors?
Who Cares and Why?
- Is this a problem just for the entertainment industry, or a larger one?
- Is it a problem for all or only those underrepresented?
- If it is a larger problem, why should it be fixed? How? What would be the benefit?
Structure
Organization
Classical
Body
Conclusion
Classical
Intro
- Can summarize the argument
- What do you want your audience to do or come away with?
Rely on ethical, emotional, and logical appeals
- Establishes the stakes in the issue: here's why you should care
- Ask a question, share an anecdote, state your thesis
Body
- Background info
- Reasons, evidence, counterarguments, always making it clear why your audience should care about the issue
Regardless of how you organize your argument you should include:
- Claims
- Reasons
- Evidence
Toulmin
Toulmin
Rogerian
Conclusion
Rogerian
Intro
- What's the resolution between these ideas?
Finding common ground
- Describes the issue as free from bias as possible, aknowledging differing POV
Body
- Discusses the differing sides, presenting them as valid in different situations
- Presents your own position, pointing out commonalities, how other sides might benefit
How do you structure your support?
How are you backing up your argument?
- Cause/Effect
- Compare/contrast
- Problem/solution
Activities
WHO CARES? (GROUP ACTIVITY)
- Each person states a claim
- Each group member thinks of a group that has a stake in the argument and why it matters to them
- Repeat until you can't think of any
"IN PRAISE OF THE 'F WORD'"
- How does the author illuminate the stakes of the issue/the groups who care?
- Is it effectively organized? How so?
- Is it adequetly supported? In what way?
- Are naysayers addressed?
- How would you respond to this
argument?
Activities
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