101 Planning Controversy

ENG 101: Planning your controversy essay

Today's agenda

Essay timeline:

Rough Draft Due: Wednesday, April 6th

Peer Review:  Friday, April 8th 

Final Draft Due: Monday, April 11th  ​

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Today​'s Agenda

• Review Gale database for topic suggestions, review thesis statement examples, review appeals

• ​Take Unit Quiz (Collaborative Multiple Choice)

• Work on appeals outline, begin drafting

  Today's Objective​s

• ​Use appropriate argumentative techniques/strategies

• Persuade by winning the trust of readers (ethical appeal), appealing to their emotions (emotional appeal), and convincing them through the logic of argument (logical appeal)

Arguing a controversy using Claims of Fact, Value, Policy

Fact: What conclusion do you want readers to come to regarding some aspect of your topic? What should they accept as true? Many times, claims of facts are cause/effect statements, because the truth you want the reader to accept is observable/measurable.​

​Self-plagiarism will hinder students' development of critical thinking skills and stunt their intellectual growth.

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Value​: What is ethical/unethical, right/wrong, valuable or not about some aspect of your topic? How do you want a reader to perceive the issue? These are more subjective and less measurable, because though we have a basic idea of right/wrong, ethical/unethical, these labels take on different meanings with context and culture.

​Similarities between music tracks are ethical and expected given that artists develop their styles based on inuence.

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Policy: What is a course of action you think should be taken in order to address some aspect of your topic? What should be done about it, either immediately or long term?

​To reduce plagiarism, colleges should require changes to assignment requirements in course each semester.

The Appeals of Persuasive Writing: Logos, Pathos, EThos

• ​Follow the link to access a set of Google Slides that discuss the types of evidence that falls under each appeal along with examples: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aAP7PBJ3k83_Dpag116dGW5AZ7g95dN5/view?usp=sharing

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• Appeals chart in textbook: p. ​76

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