English 1302

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English 1302

• -Kevin Garrison
• 9-21-05

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Last Two Weeks

• Rhetoric the art of persuasion
• Argumentation
• Audience Awareness
• Place yourself in others shoes

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Group Activity

• Get into groups of three, and elect one person as
  the recorder. Then, identify the people
  (individuals and groups) who would be impacted by
  the following decision
• President Bush has decided to give 1 million
  dollars to Texas AM.

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A Strange Truth

• Problems are only problems depending upon your
  perspective.

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Was Hurricane Katrina a Disaster?
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The Problem of the Hurricane

• Press/Networks/TV Crews/Photographers
• Environmental agencies
• Religious groups
• Philosophers of technology
• Gas Companies
• Mr. Scrooge/Evolutionist
• Family
• Construction workers/Contractors

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Why Do Most People See it As a Problem?

• The media presents one perspective the victims,
  thus persuading people to give aid and persuading
  people that the government didnt respond in a
  timely manner.
• What about the other people, like the National
  Guard?
• i.e. Helicopters in New Orleans

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Hard Reality to Face

• Problems are only problems depending upon the
  perspective from which you are viewing the
  situation.
• The loud neighbor next door, who is causing me
  to not be able to do homework, is only a problem
  to me. He is not a problem to himself or anyone
  else.
• Flooding/Snow isnt a problem to children.

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Parking Problem

• Not a problem to an athlete
• Not a problem to bus drivers/campus
  workers/policemen/traffic and parking
• Not a problem to a rapist an opportunity

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Why does any of this matter

• In rhetoric?
• In choosing a topic?
• In argumentative writing?
• In real world examples?
• Problems are only problems depending upon the
  perspective from which you are viewing the
  situation.

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Five Paragraph Essay
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Reasons that the 5 paragraph essay doesnt
always work.

• My claim is that My next door neighbor should
  not play the guitar after 11 p.m.
• How might I persuade my neighbor?
• Loud noise levels cause you to lose hearing
• I cant study
• Insult him

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Draft 2.1

• Topic

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2.1 Draft

• Need a small topic (fewer people impacted)
• One that can be solved
• One where you've considered the audience and
  their opinions (English Grads)
• One where you've considered other people's
  perspective - if we solve this, will we create
  more problems?

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Homework

• Tonight 2 Peer Responses
• Friday Topic Post 2
• Monday Writing Review 1.3
• For Next Class, have a Topic that is somewhat
  refined. We will talk about them in class.