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Purpose
Audience and Purpose
Kinds of Support
The Case for Touture Warrants
What's for Lunch
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To call readers to action - A newspaper editorial urging people to sign a petition in support of a piece of legislation
What is the 2nd purpose and sample argumentation on the chart?
100
First, you should determine which of three kinds of readers you are writing for
What is the first thing you should do when establishing your issue and claim.
100
logical appeals, emotional appeals, and ethical appeals
What is the three kinds of support?
100
Moderate physical pressure
What is it called in Israel when security secures pressure?
100
"I believe that a fast-food restaurant can provide a convenient, profitable service that will improve the diets of high school students."
What is the main idea of the article?
200
To earn support for a position - A letter to the editor of a newspaper arguing that mandatory drug testing is an invasion of privacy
What is the 5th purpose and sample argumentation on the chart?
200
supportive, wavering, or hostile.
What is the type of readers.
200
Evidence is specific facts, statistics, examples, quotations, personal experience, observations, and explanations that demonstrate the truth of the reasons.
What is Evidence?
200
torture
What can potentially produce truthful information?
200
a fast-food franchise in the student lunchroom would keep student dollars on campus, since a portion of the profits would be returned to the school
What is the objection the writer writes?
300
To change people’s minds - A campaign brochure urging voters in a predominantly Republican district to vote for a Democratic candidate
What is the 3rd purpose and sample argumentation on the chart?
300
hostile
What is the answer. For each of the following claims, note whether the indicated audience is likely to be supportive, wavering, or hostile. a. In order to graduate from college, students should be required to perform 40 hours of community service. (audience = college students)
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For example, to back up the reason that juveniles who are sentenced in adult courts go to adult prisons, where they are often abused, you can cite statistics about the rate of abuse of juvenile offenders by adult inmates.
What is the example the book used to show evidence?
300
Sterilized needle
What is one torture method that can potentially be used?
300
As an alternative, a fast food restaurant is an option that benefits everyone.
What is the alternative the author gives in the article?
400
To reinforce an existing view and create sentiment to maintain the status quo - A report to a department supervisor explaining the benefits of the fourday workweek option that the department instituted a year ago
What is the 1st purpose and sample argumentation on the chart?
400
answers vary.
What is the answer. For the following subject, identify one issue suitable for consideration in an argument essay. Then make a claim about the issue. Example:Television Issue: Sexual content on prime-time television a. Sports
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The process of acknowledging and coming to terms with opposing views is called raising and countering objections.
What is raising and countering objections?
400
Should the plane be shot down
prior to 9/11 what has been debated?
400
15 or 20
What is the time spent in line at school lunches?
500
To lessen an objection - An e-mail to your parents, who do not want you to transfer to another college, convincing them that a transfer will not be as expensive as they think
What is the 4th purpose and sample argumentation on the chart?
500
Supportive readers. These readers are already sympathetic to your claim. Because this audience is already on your side, your purpose will focus more on moving your readers to act rather than to think a certain way. Wavering readers. These readers are not committed to your claim but can be brought to your side. They may need more information, may not yet have made up their minds, or may not care much about the issue. Hostile readers. These readers are strongly opposed to your claim or are difficult to persuade for another reason, perhaps apathy or anger. Because hostile readers are the most difficult to persuade, you must have a realistic writing purpose for this audience.
What is the meaning of the three types of audiences and how should you focus on with each one?
500
Logical appeals-To convince your readers by appealing to their sense of logic, offer compelling reasons and evidence for your claim. emotional appeals-Emotional appeals focus on readers’ values and needs ethical appeals-establish your authority and present yourself as reliable.
What is the meanings of the 3 kinds of support?
500
should suspects that are not guilty but custody be tortured
What is an unusual debate that enforcement discuss?
500
raising and countering objections
What is the element of ethical appeal in this essay?