Warm up #1

Answer the questions in 1-2 organized paragraphs Think about the picture

What is a thesis? Why is it important? What is the “so

what?” Why is it important? What is the solution

according to “They Say I say”?

Rhetoric and Compostion

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Follow the formulas, but avoid being formulaic

You get to use I Creativity will come, and be allowed, but

you have to learn the scales first Focus on “substantive content” You can fly or fail on your thesis Pay attention to the other rhetorical devices

writers use

Points to consider

How else can you write a thesis with a “so what?”

What is critical thinking? What is rhetoric? What do the mean by “question[ing]

assumptions”? What should be included in your summary

and response? To whom are you going to respond?

Discussion Questions

On page 14, Graff states that the “ability to enter complex, many-sided conversations has take on a special urgency…where the future for all of us may depend on our ability to put ourselves in the shoes of those who think very differently from us.”

How good is our society at this? Brainstorm ways to address this question in

a They say I say format.

Discussion

Complete the 2 exercises at the end of the introduction.

Have your paper checked by a peer before turning it in.

For homework, read and annotate chapter one and find and print a nonfiction essay that you feel either shows really well the they say I say format or fails completely. Be prepared to summarize the article/essay and its good and bad points.

Bonus points for being able to find 3+ rhetorical devices

Rest of class and homework