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ARGUMENTATION WRITING BOOT CAMPWestern Literature on September 9, 2015
AS YOU COME INTO CLASS1.Turn in your “Mythological
Creatures” worksheet to the front rolling “podium.”
2.Sit in your “Meno” groups and come up with a team name.
3.Review your vocabulary words.
Get into your groups for the day! GROUP #1
Valerie Kakos Kaleigh Kinney Joseph Vargas Kaitlyn Hafenbredl
GROUP #2 Caylie Charlton Taylor Custer Taylor Wellette Christian Lopez
GROUP #3 Megan Champion James Etten
Jessica Linan Ryan Hanson
GROUP #4 Michael Cornejo Haddie Elliott Jolin O Connor Christian Tran
GROUP #5 Kalei Jones Kylie Uhrig Lawrence Andrew Pip
Happy Word Wednesday – Week 2
HOSP or HOST (latin word for hospes meaning “host” or “guest”) Inhospitable: unfriendly Hostel: Place for traveler’s to stay
at a low cost Hospice: Place for the terminally illOther words you might connect: Hospital Hostage
Happy Word Wednesday – Week 2
AM/IM (Latin word for amare meaning “to love”) Amiable: Friendly Amicable: Friendly, Peaceful (more
formal than “amiable”) Enamored: Charmed with love;
infatuated Inimical: Hostile, unfriendly (“in-”
negates the meaning) Paramour: A secret love that is not
allowed by law or custom (“par-” means “by or through”)
Think “amigo” in Spanish!
Argumentative Writing Boot Camp Game
Get a white board, expo marker, and tissue for today’s activity. Be very careful with these boards! Directions for the activity:
In your teams, you will answer the question on the board as quickly as possible on your white boards. The first team to call out their team name and hold up
the white board with the correct answer wins. Spelling and legibility count!
If no one is correct, the team that answered first gets the point.
The winning team earns a prize.
The Burkean Parlor
Imagine you enter a parlor. You come late. When you arrive, others have long preceded you, and they are engaged in a heated discussion, a discussion too heated for them to pause and tell you exactly what it is about. In fact, the discussion had already begun long before any of them got there, so that no one present is qualified to retrace for you all the steps that had gone before. You listen for a while, until you decide that you have caught the tenor of the argument; then you put in your oar.
“Someone answers; you answer him; another comes to your defense; another aligns himself against you, to either the embarrassment or gratification of your opponent, depending upon the quality of your ally's assistance. However, the discussion is interminable. The hour grows late, you must depart. And you do depart, with the discussion still vigorously in progress.”
― Kenneth Burke
The Burkean Parlor
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS METAPHOR?Writing Boot Camp
SHE COULDN’T MARRY HER BECAUSE HER PARENTS ARRANGED THE MARRIAGE.
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WHAT DOES “ARGUERE” MEAN IN LATIN?Writing Boot Camp
What is an effective academic argument?
Effective argument will be well-grounded, persuasive, and significant.
Effective argument requires us not merely to participate in an academic conversation, but also to contribute something of value to the discussion.
“Arguere” (Latin) meaning “To make clear.”
Argument advances thought and makes issues more clear.
THE LULLABIES ALWAYS THE INFANT.
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HE WAS A SOCIAL BUTTERFLY BECAUSE HE WAS SO .
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WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF AN INTRODUCTION IN AN ARGUMENT ESSAY?Writing Boot Camp
Hook or Attention-Getter Relevant Background or Context (Transition)
Thesis Statement
Components of an Introduction
THE YOUNG MEN WERE WITH THE LAMBORGHINI IN THE DRIVEWAY.
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SINCE HE ALWAYS GOT INTO FIGHTS, HE WAS SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF HIS
.Happy Word Wednesday!
WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF BODY PARAGRAPHS IN AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY?
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Claim EvidenceCommentary
Body Paragraphs
SOME MIGHT CONSIDER GANDHI A
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WHERE MIGHT A TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT STAY?
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WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF A CONCLUSION IN AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY?Writing Boot Camp
Restate the thesis The thesis needs to be rephrased A connection with the audience has been already,
rephrase to reflect that connection. Summary of Points
Recap on the major arguments of the essay. Explain how all of them are connected.
Context or “Clincher” Explain why your topic is timely or important Tell the reader what you want him or her to do Remind the reader why the topic matters to them
Conclusion
THE BOYFRIEND GAVE HIS GIRLFRIEND A RING TO
HER BECAUSE SHE WAS OBSESSED WITH WEDDINGS.
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HOW CAN YOU GET THE ATTENTION OF YOUR AUDIENCE IN THE INTRODUCTION?Writing Boot Camp
These are various options for your hook, but a more sophisticated hook acknowledges a detail in your argument and expounds on a connection. 1. Surprising Statistic
Something that conveys something about the topic being written about.
2. Interesting Quote One the relates to your topic and contributes to your topic.
3. Rhetorical Questions Pose a question to get your audience thinking about your topic in a
different way. 4. Anecdote/Story
Create a personal connection to the topic. Ex. If you are advocating for public transportation, you might tell an interesting story about a good experience with public transportation.
Hook
THE LITTLE GIRL HELD THE PUPPY
BECAUSE SHE NEVER WANTED TO LET HIM GO.
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SHOULD YOUR CLAIMS ALWAYS PROVE YOUR THESIS?Writing Boot Camp
The specific point to prove the thesis of the paper. These are smaller arguments that prove the bigger argument.
These are the 3 supporting details in your thesis. 1. Public transportation helps the environment. 2. Public transportation saves people money. 3. Public transportation will reduce dependency on oil.
These are what each of my three body paragraphs will be. All of these support my overall argument that everyone should take public transportation.
Your claims should always be proving your thesis!
Claim
WHO IS MORE BELLICOSE: A KOALA OR A HULK?
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WHICH IS THE LEAST EFFECTIVE TYPE OF EVIDENCE?Writing Boot Camp
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THE EXCHANGE FAMILY WAS NOT WELCOMING, SO THE STUDENT COMPLAINED THAT THEY WERE
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DO YOU HAVE TO CITE PARAPHRASED SOURCES?Writing Boot Camp
How do I acknowledge sources?
Quotations, paraphrases, or summaries:
If you use the author's exact words, enclose them in quotation marks or indent passages of more than four lines.
Adapted from Margaret Procter, Coordinator of Writing Support, University of Toronto, 2001.
WHAT CAN YOU CALL A TREATY?
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WHAT IS A PERIOD BEFORE A WAR? Happy Word Wednesday!
WRITE AN IN-TEXT MLA CITATION FOR THIS FOLLOWING QUOTE: “WORD WEDNESDAYS ARE MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK.” -MS. BROOKS ON PAGE 3 OF HER DIARY
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WHAT CAN YOU CALL AN UPRISING?
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CLAIM: THOUGH HEALTHIER SCHOOL OPTIONS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, SCHOOLS SHOULD OFFER THEM FOR THE GENERAL HEALTH OF OUR KIDS.
EVIDENCE: “OBESITY CAUSES HEART DISEASE” (AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION).
WRITE COMMENTARY.
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DOUBLE POINTS
Commentary explains why your evidence is relevant and how it proves your claim/thesis.
Evidence=If 1 in 4 people took public transportation, pollution would be reduced by 34%.
Commentary: By reducing the amount of pollution in the air, the environment would be able to thrive without struggling to survive. Considering people sustain life based off of the condition the environment, the public has a vested interest in the conservation of the world. Public transportation has the ability to preserve the very environment that allows the population to live.
Commentary
WHERE MIGHT YOU STAY WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING IN EUROPE?
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WHAT DOES “INIMICAL” MEAN?
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DOUBLE POINTS: Last question for the win!
Essay Outline
http://www.skyviewacademy.k12.co.us/Page/3021
https://docs.google.com/document/d/157Pf1HB1DCOnJbbrlElP9PLm3OYGWq5u6jiDizocnSI/edit?usp=sharing