Types of argument
"Columbusing" is an example of this type of argument
What is makes a point?
Playing with peoples emotions
What is pathos?
According to Roose, Elop should have considered this appeal when composing his memo.
What is kairos?
The type of argument "The Sleepover Question" is.
What is try to persuade?
Writing an academic paper involves this process:
What is
Read about a subject until you grasp it.
Find a way to integrate your own ideas about that subject.
Contribute to the conversation?
No one is likely to disagree with this type of argument
What is makes a point?
Uses deductive and inductive reasoning
What is logos?
The problem with the greeting:
What is it is too informal without providing the correct mood that should be associated with a lay-off memo?
An example of logos used in "The Sleepover Question"
Present to Mrs. Fullmer, and she'll make the call.
Both reviews on page 24 begin with this:
What is a quote from an expert?
this type of argument emphasizes multiple perspectives and view points
What is tries to find common ground?
credibility and authority
What is ethos?
The paragraph number where Elop finally gets around to mentioning layoffs.
What is Paragraph 11?
The role pathos plays in the resistance to the argument.
Present to Mrs. Fullmer, and she'll make the call.
How the quote helps the reviewers:
What is it springboards the argument they want to make?
this type of arguments involves a controversial issue
What is aims to persuade?
time, place, audience, and topic
What is kairos?
The exact opposite of what anyone needs to know when they discover they are being let go:
What are more details about the company that don't relate to the employee at all?
An example of ethos from "The Sleepover Question."
Present it to Mrs. Fullmer & she'll make the call.
The quote from experts offers this kind of appeal:
What is ethos?
all arguments involve these two things
What are
thesis/hypothesis/claim
support of that reasoning with evidence?
the best arguments include this
What are ethos, pathos, logos, kairos?
What employees would have preferred to hear if being let go was inevitable:
What is Thank you. You have contributed in a valuable way to this company (the employee's worth), I'm sorry, etc. ?
The argument seems to be incomplete and possibly irresponsible because it leaves out these considerations:
What are STD's and alternative methods of birth control to oral contraceptives.
What rhetoric provides when looking at the world:
What is a framework?