Annotating
Leaving your mark on the page.
What is annotating?
Separating the parts of an argument to better understand how the argument works as a whole.
What is rhetorical analysis?
The central claim.
What is thesis?
An acknowledgement that readers may not agree with every point the writer is making.
What is concession?
An acknowledgement of similar ideas between the writer and reader.
What is common ground?
The first step before annotating.
What is critical reading?
An important step to forming a rhetorical analysis is the identify your own _____
What is position, or opinion?
Calls for a change.
What is claim of policy?
(T or F) Information can always be interpreted in different ways.
What is true?
When reading an author's argument, it is important to consider all of the _____
What is counterarguments?
Annotating involves determining what parts of the text are _____
What is significant, or important?
What moves the writer to write about the given subject.
What is the situation?
The three types of claims.
What is fact, value, and policy?
"It is true that.." is an example of a _____
What is concessionary statement?
The goal of the Rogerian Approach.
What is making the reader open to alternatives?
The two ways that developing a personal annotation style benefits you.
What is improving in class discusssions and creating the start of an essay?
Assertions a writer makes and must support and justify with evidence.
What is the writer's claims?
(T or F) For an argument to be successful, it's advisable to include all three types of claims.
What is false?
Evidence needs to be _____, _____, _____, and _____.
What is recent, relevant, reliable, and accurate?
(T or F) Portraying that you are willing to entertain the reader's opposing opinions is extremely important.
What is true?
The number of questions one should ask to effectively read critically?
What is six?
The four steps needed for successful rhetorical analysis.
What is identifying the situation, the writer's purpose, the writer's claims, and the writer's audience.
The nature of arguments is the use of _____, _____, and _____.
What is evidence, concessions, and counterarguments?
Concessions acknowledge both the _____ and _____ of multiple perspectives.
What is complexity and importance?
The Rogerian Approach's for main methods.
What is conveying, acknowledging, showing, and suggesting?