Reacting to Assertions and Raising Sensible Questions

Reacting to Assertions and Raising Sensible Questions

DAY 1

LIFE PERFORMANCE OUTCOME

As a Christ-centered Paulinian, I am a credible, responsive communicator and team player, building community

through active collaboration.

LEARNING TARGETS

•  I can react to what is asserted or expressed in a text.

  
  

• I can use appropriate nonverbal communication.

  
  

•  I can raise sensible, challenging, and thought-provoking questions 

  
  

•  I can use effective questioning and active listening and speaking to gather and convey information.

  
  

Open Ended

What is an assertion?

What is an assertion?

 Assertion is a stylistic approach or technique involving a strong declaration, a forceful or confident and positive statement regarding a belief or a fact. Often, it is without proof or any support. Its purpose is to express ideas or feelings directly. It is when someone makes a statement investing his strong belief in it, as if it is true, though it may not be.

Open Ended

What is the purpose of writing an assertion?

What is the purpose of writing an assertion?

source: https://www.slideshare.net/VanessaRamones/formulating-assertions

Multiple Select

Click the three types of assertion that you know.

• Claims of validity

• Claims of policy

• Claims of value

• Claims of fact

Types of Assertion

Claims of fact

Claims of value

Claims of policy

CLAIMS OF FACT

These are assertions that can be proven or disproven through facts or evidence.

EXAMPLES:

The earth is not flat.

Global warming is a hoax.

CLAIMS OF VALUE

These assert that one thing is good or bad, valuable or invaluable, right or wrong.

EXAMPLES:

Hawaiian pizza is better than Pepperoni.

Shakespeare’s Macbeth is his masterpiece.

CLAIMS OF POLICY

These assert that something must be or must not be enacted to solve a problem.

EXAMPLES:

The bill is needed to protect the people from any form of terrorism. 

Students need not to wear school uniforms.

Function of Assertion:

The function of assertion is to let readers feel that they should not disagree or dispute what they read or hear; rather, they should accept the idea or notion as an indisputable fact. It has proved to be one of the best approaches for writers to express their personal feelings, beliefs, and ideas in a direct way. By using this technique, writers can defend others’ feelings and rights if violated. This rhetorical style also expresses self-affirmation and rational thinking of personal respect or worth. It is very common in various fields of life, like literature, politics, advertisements, and legal affairs.

Open Ended

How should one react to what is asserted or expressed in a text?

MULTIPLE CHOICE

QUICK CHECK: Click the button that corresponds to your answer.

Multiple Choice

It is a stylistic approach or technique involving a strong declaration, a forceful or confident and positive statement regarding a belief or a fact

• Rhetorical

• Literary

• Poetry

• Assertion

Multiple Choice

These assert that one thing is good or bad, valuable or invaluable, right or wrong.

• CLAIMS OF FACT

• CLAIMS OF VALUE

• CLAIMS OF POLICY

Multiple Choice

These are assertions that can be proven or disproven through facts or evidence.

• CLAIMS OF FACT

• CLAIMS OF VALUE

• CLAIMS OF POLICY

Multiple Choice

These assert that something must be or must not be enacted to solve a problem.

• CLAIMS OF FACT

• CLAIMS OF VALUE

• CLAIMS OF POLICY

Open Ended

What is the purpose of writing an assertion?

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