Argument 2

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Argument 2

• World Lit Unit 2b

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Quick Write

• I want you to buy a new brand of headphones.
• What types of evidence will convince you the most
  that the headphones are worth the price?

Writers Notebook
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Types of Evidence Logos

• Evidence that comes from experiments
  observation
• Evidence that comes from reason and facts
• Evidence that comes from personal experience
• False or misleading argument based on little
  evidence

• Empirical Evidence
• Logical Evidence
• Anecdotal Evidence
• Fallacy

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Headphone Evidence

• Empirical Evidence
• Logical Evidence

• Lab results have shown that the headphones
  distort only at 2000 Hertz, while apple
  headphones distort at 1500Hz
• The headphones come in many colors.
• People like colorful things.
• So people will like the headphones.

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Headphone Evidence

• Anecdotal Evidence
• Fallacy
• (moral equivalence)

• Beyonce tried the new headphones and like them
  better than her old ones. She told me she would
  wear them.
• People who dont buy these headphones are evil
  music haters.

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More on Fallacies

• One person bought the headphones, so I know many
  will!
• Either you buy the headphones or you will not
  listen to music
• The headphones on full blast might hurt your
  eardrums, but they help me feed my children.
• Cool people buy headphones like these! Losers
  dont.

• Hasty Generalization
• Either/Or
• Red Herring
• Glittering/Negative Generality

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Michael Fay Controversy

• Singapore 1994
• American teen Michael Fay arrested for spray
  painting cars
• Sentenced to Caning (being spanked by a long cane
  on the buttockscould lead to scars)
• Clinton intervened and lessoned his punishment
  after US outcry

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Justice
Pp 142-145

• Individual Rights

• Good of the Community

• Claims

• Claims

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Which side do agree with?

• What evidence helps you support your claims?
• Is it empirical, logical, anecdotal?
• What evidence can you offer in concession to the
  counterclaims?
• How would you refute the opposing sides
  counterclaims?
• (Hint)did you notice any fallacies?

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Create Your Thesis

• Frames
• Though some say ___(counterargument)_, it is
  really more important to understand that ___(your
  argument)____.
• When it comes to ___(topic)___, it is clear that
  _____(your argument)____________.

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Homework

• Complete the chart for next class

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Do Now Describe the VOICE of the narrator

• Old Marley was as dead as a doornail.
• Mind! I dont mean to say that I know, of my own
  knowledge, what there is particularly dead about
  a doornail. I might have been inclined, myself,
  to regard a coffin nail as the deadest piece of
  ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our
  ancestors is in the simile and my unhallowed
  hands shall not disturb it, or the Countrys done
  for. You will therefore permit me to repeat,
  emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a
  doornail.

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Review Argument Outline

• Introduction
• Support Paragraphs
• Claim 1
• Claim 2
• Claim 3 (?)
• Counterargument
• Concession
• Refutation
• Conclusion

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Mad 40!

• Is the good of the whole community more important
  than an individuals right?
• Your taskwrite an essay in forty minutes
• Use your notes from Tuesdays planning session to
  help you.

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Essay Tally20 pts

• 2 pts for a complete planning sheet (up to 2)
• 1 pt per thesis statement (up to 2)
• 1 pt per supporting claim (up to 3)
• 1 pt per supporting evidence (up to 3)
• 1 pt for each part of counterargument (up to 3)
• 1 pt for hook, connection return (up to 3)
• 1 pt each for So What? Call to Action (up to 2)
• 2 pts for a complete essay (up to 2)

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Homework

• By next Monday, bring in a short summary of what
  you have read so far in your independent reading
  book. Include the page numbers.

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Do Now

• Organize the room as below

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Debate Day 1

• Resolved
• The good of the community is more important than
  individual rights.

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Steps

• Step 1 Find Evidence For and Against
• You will get a claim
• You provide empirical, logical, or anecdotal
  evidence
• Step 2 Meet in a larger group to list your
  claims evidence
• Step 3 Develop some questions to ask the other
  side

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Debate Format

• Affirmative Constructive 5 mins
• Negative Cross Examination 3 mins
• Negative Constructive 5 mins
• Affirmative Cross Examination 3 mins
• Negative Rebuttal 3 mins
• Affirmative Rebuttal 3 mins
• Judges Findings

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Exit Slip

• How well did you perform in the debate?