Now that you can identify the origins of western rhetorical tradition and began mapping a definition for what argument is, we’re now going to move into the individual components of composing argument. Think of this week as an exercise of “connecting and reconnecting” the dots of how minds are changes and perceptions are moved.
How do you persuade others? What is the rhetorical situation and is it always stable? What appeals work best when you are talking across difference or when you are trying to persuade others? All of these questions will be addressed this week along with strategies for avoiding fallacious arguments.
Module Objectives:
Explore dialogic argument through different rhetorical modes
Identify the Rhetorical Situation (e.g. speaker, audience, message)
Classify the features and technical structure of the six core argument types and understand how claim types function together in hybrid argument
Chapter Readings:
Sample Solution
