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narrate a moment when you realize you were no longer the same person you used to be .

CRR Week 3:Constructing Arguments and Changing MindsChapter Readings:

• Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings 11e
• Part Four: Arguments in Depth: Types of Claims
• Chapter 11 An Introduction to the Types of Claims p. 212-220
• Chapter 12 Definition and Resemblance Arguments p. 221-240
• Chapter 13 Causal Arguments p. 250-265
• Chapter 14 Evaluation and Ethical Arguments p. 280-294
• Chapter 15 Proposal Arguments p. 306-323

Description:

This week you will be introduced to the six core argument types while building upon your knowledge of the rhetorical situation and avoiding fallacious reasoning. We are going to take a deep dive into making hybrid arguments. This is going to require you to identify each type of argument claim (e.g. Definition, resemblance, causal, evaluation, ethical, and proposal) and connect this argument to an audience. As you read and work through this week, consider the reflexive relationship between moving an audience and changing your rhetoric.

Instructions:

You will need to post initial responses and peer responses in a timely manner, responding to instructor discussion threads/prompts or posting uniquely generated content.

Initial Post:

Instructor Prompt #1:

When the authors describe argument as Hybrid what do you think they are referring to? What does this look like? And how do you practice it? Now that you are familiar with the six core argument types, what are the expectations when we are trying to reach new audiences? Use examples from Part Four: Arguments in Depth/Types of Claims as evidence to support you answers.

Instructor Prompt #2:

Now that you are familiar with the six core argument types, I want you to think about what they look like in practice through completing the following exercise:

Part A:

• Below are a list of highly politicized arguments that you likely have personal thoughts, ideas, convictions regarding, and have aligned with a particular camp/side.
• For this exercise, your personal ideology or opinion is not important but rather Im asking you to imagine how an audience would react using a claim type.
• Please select ONE of the following topics and imagine how 1) someone who supports the issue and 2) someone who opposes the issue would argue. I want you to think about the popular arguments surrounding these issues and do your best to link them to one of the six claim types. You dont need to invent and argument type or reason pro/con because these arguments are everywhere in the US.

Anti-Vaccination, Building a Wall Between the US & Mexico, Legality of Abortion, Free College Tuition, Limiting Gun Rights, Self Driving Vehicles, Paying College Athletes a Salary, Vegetarianism/Food Sustainability, Bias News Media (Fake News/Post-Truth), Kneeling for the National Anthem (professional sports), Eco-Taxation (penalizing companies who dont follow emission standards), Banning Cigarettes or E-Cigs (vaping, etc), The Legalization of Marijuana.

Part B: Frequently in culture, politics, and even interpersonal argument situations, instead of hybridizing an argument, we tend to just make our Rhetoric louder. Please evaluate this statement (whether or not you agree or disagree with it) and explain how does this statement relate to the exercise you did in Part A?

Peer-to-Peer Instructions:

Review the

discuss how thorough uses characterization to depict Walter Mitty transformation in the secret life of Walter Mitty include specific examples from the story and analyze how these details contribute to the overall impact of the narrative

Comparative Justice Systems Research BriefStep 1: Identify Themes in Just Mercy (Chapters 57)

• Mass incarceration and harsh punishment: Stevenson critiques punitive approaches and highlights how they fail to address root causes.
• Human dignity and redemption: Emphasis on treating incarcerated individuals as capable of change.
• Impact on marginalized communities: Racial and socioeconomic disparities in sentencing.

Step 2: Scholarly Sources for Comparative Analysis

Youll need sources that:

• Explain rehabilitative justice principles in your chosen country.
• Provide empirical data on outcomes (recidivism rates, prison conditions).
• Offer comparative frameworks between U.S. and European systems.

Examples of scholarly sources:

Pratt, J. & Eriksson, A. (2014). Contrasts in Punishment: An Explanation of Anglophone Excess and Nordic Exceptionalism.

• Discusses why Nordic countries prioritize rehabilitation and humane conditions.

Johnsen, B., Granheim, P. K., & Helgesen, J. (2011). Exceptional Prison Conditions and the Quality of Prison Life: Nordic Prisons in a Comparative Perspective.

• Details prison conditions and their impact on recidivism.
• U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics & European Prison Observatory Reports
• For comparative data on recidivism and incarceration rates.

Step 3: Connect to Just Mercy

• Use Stevensons critique of punitive justice as a lens to evaluate the U.S. system.
• Show how Norways or Germanys emphasis on normalization, education, and reintegration contrasts with the U.S. model described by Stevenson.
• Discuss lessons: humane conditions, shorter sentences, and reintegration programs reduce recidivism.

Assignment Submission Guidelines

• Two to three pages
• Organize All Assignments in One Document: Compile your work into a single, well-structured file for easy review.
• Use Clear Section Titles: Label each section with descriptive headings that reflect the content.
• Always Include a Title for Each Assignment: Begin each section with a concise, professional title that identifies the task.
• Maintain Professional Formatting: MLA Required
• Use consistent fonts and spacing.
• Apply proper margins and alignment.
• Include page numbers
• Create a Cohesive Body of Work: Ensure your document flows logically, demonstrates attention to detail, and reflects academic professionalism.

Read Chapter 3 ” As He Himself Puts In”. Look at something you have written for one of your classes. Have you quoted any sources? If so, how have you integrated the quotation into your own text? How have you introduced it? Explained what it means? Indicated how it relates to your text? If you haven’t done all these things, revise your text to do so, perhaps using the Templates for Introducing Quo- tations (p. 46) and Explaining Quotations (pp. 46-47). If you’ve not written anything with quotations, try revising some academic text you’ve written to do so.

Compose 300 word minimum narrative of experiences with writing. Focus on telling the story of experiences and feelings about writing from a child to an adult. Describe experiences that shaped the way I look at writing. State any obstacles or barriers faced in developing writing skills. Discuss steps that can help me to become a better writer.

Narrate a moment when you realize you were no longer the same person you used to be .

Versions of Cinderella

Write about the version of Cinderella that you watched. Name it, describe it, and compare it with the Grimm version.

Then (most importantly!) see where and how you can discuss how it exemplifies and challenges the conventions of the fairy tale form that the readings have established. Be specific!

At the same time, you may be able to start discussing how some of the conventions of movies themselves are somewhat different from the conventions of fairy tales, and how these seeming contradictions of form complicate or come together in the film you watched.

1. Wherever possible, include examples from fairy tales in addition to, and other than, Cinderella.
2. How may other fairy tales connect to the Cinderella story, and to the movie you saw? Include your quotations (more on this under “guidelines”)!
3. Finally, who would you say is the audience for this movie? Why?

Responses

Read at least four of your peers posts. Then, respond to the point that at least two of them have made. If you comment on a post thats about the same version you saw, see if you can challenge or even politely disagree with some aspect of the response or interpretation. If you write about a version you havent seen, see if you can come up with a question based on the response that allows the writer to develop or complicate his or her discussion. At least one Reply should be at least 100 words, with more encouraged.

Guidelines

As I wrote last week, make sure to use specific direct quotations from the readings and, if possible, the movie itself. After introducing the quotation in your own wordsmaking sure to enclose it in quotation marks and ending with its page number in (parentheses) so everyone knows where to look for itexplain what purpose the quotation has for the assignment, including the possibility of why you chose these quotations together.