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Rethinking Argument
- 1. JONNA GILFUS Introduction to Unit 3 in WRT 105 Arguing in Communities
- 2. How do you understand argument? What are your experiences with argument?
- 3. (Re)defining Argument: Academic Argument An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a definite proposition…. An argument is an intellectual process … An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a definite proposition…. An argument is an intellectual process … ~Monty Python,” The Argument Clinic” ~Monty Python,” The Argument Clinic” https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=YUIA40uLlKw
- 4. How can we develop a new understanding of the possibilities for argument?
- 5. SSttaarrtt wwiitthh AANNAALLYYSSIISS…… Slow down Notice Explore objects of study See with fresh eyes Look for complicating evidence Seek tensions in claim ideas
- 6. Argument <> Analysis a recursive relationship
- 7. Resist the same old way of thinking about argument…. Get it done by Tuesday
- 10. Invite Complexity SEE PAST THE BINARIES Practice thinking about stakeholders
- 11. Do More with Less Limit the number of sources you are using.
- 12. Read your Sources “Rhetorically” Who Produced this? What’s the Project? Aims? Methods? Materials?
- 13. Think about your argument rhetorically
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- Focused freewrite on argument—discuss experiences with argument.
- Argument, in the way we are asking them to take it up, is not about reproducing binaries, it is about exploring what is between the binaries. It is about seeing points of view within their context and with all their complexities. It is about seeing something as if for the first time, by looking at it differently, and it is about exploring the “conversation” that is already in progress about the issue of interest.
- As you begin the work with argument, the emphasis is on continuing the work of analysis. Begin with some opening—a kairotic moment—as a place to start the inquiry. The same steps that were used in analysis are taken –gathering evidence, interpreting, testing/evolving claim. The argument, is then developed through careful analysis, and it is in relation to other points of view, not in spite of them.
- But still, it can be difficult not to jump to old habits, and topics…
- Curb the impulse to jump to an overdone, already made, argument… SLOW DOWN
- You may start by imagining “social media” as a topic, but that’s too big! Okay, you think to yourself, I’ll use Online communities! STILL TOO BIG!
- Because argument has been presented so often in Pro-Con terms, on of the most important things you can do for your students is to help them see that the interesting stuff is in the middle—between the binaries. Important problems are complex, even if this is not always clear in media portrayal.
- Students are in a new world of information—very different from the one most of us grew up in. This makes it more important than ever to help them understand the rhetorical context for what they are reading, and to make this clear to their readers. In fact, the examination of rhetorical context sometimes leads to new ways to understand a situation.