Dominant Impression and Assertions

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Amsterdams Modern Architecture

• Objective details colorful, concrete, vertical,
  boxish
• Subjective impression futuristic, cold but
  alluring, unafraid of ugliness, in your face
  Im grappling with whether these buildings are
  more art than home colors imply a love of risk
  and Dutch interest in experimentation with new
  forms.

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Amsterdams Houseboats

• Objective details on the water, smaller than
  surrounding houses, many windows boat and bike
  are sometimes side by side.
• Subjective impression the boats turn water into
  a homefront privacy might be an issue if I lived
  on a houseboat unconventional place to live
  unorthodox boat and bike complement each other
  in a small and active city.

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Amsterdams Stately Neighborhoods

• Objective impression green trees shiny windows
  over 150 years old in summer flowerpots are few
  and flowers are blooming and few bikes on
  streets in water the canals fill with people.
• Subjective impression taxes are probably high
  well-groomed enclosed and encased façade can
  easily become a playground.

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Dominant Impressions(Objective Subjective)

• Unorthodox and very established residential
  options co-exist in Amsterdam
• Houses have close contact with the street
• Passersby would be able to invade privacy
  suggests homeowners awareness of risk
• Modern homes and boat homes coexist with
  prestigious, established-looking mansions
• Boats could equal big trouble
• Someone could literally steal my home
• Gracious mansions become a fun playground

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Assertion

• The dominant impression forms the assertion
• Characteristics of assertions
• A CULMINATING THOUGHT you arrive at after youve
  considered the dominant impression(s) you have
  about something
• CONTESTABLE someone could have a completely,
  utterly, totally different dominant impression of
  Amsterdam and hence make a different assertion
• Has an argumentative edge that causes the reader
  to ask WHY or HOW.
• The same thing as a main idea, top wafer on the
  oreo cookie paragraph, top piece of bread in the
  ham sandwich.

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My assertion..

• Amsterdams residential architecture suggests a
  convergence of new and old.
• Amsterdams residential homes imply a conflicted
  Dutch people, torn between domestic stability and
  a love of impulse and risk.
• I believe Amsterdams residential architecture is
  different and beautiful.

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To review, my dominant impressions formed my
assertion

• I saw stability in the gracious mansions with
  their shining windowpanes and well-groomed
  flowers
• But moreover, I see rivalry between stability and
  impulse in the pictures of the houseboats and
  landed houses sitting side by side
• I also see a rivalry between stability and
  impulse in the sense that someone could jump out
  of their front door and onto their boathouse
• Another sign of the rivalry between stability and
  impulse is seen in the image of how the gracious
  mansions front yards become a figureskating
  playground.