Monday, February 20, 2006
CRASH: Extra Credit Post
Post your CRASH extra credit assignments here and congrats for going above and beyond! Hope you enjoyed the film!--Sandra
Coms 2 and Coms 5: Blog Assigment #3
Okay, this is an all class post. Hello to you all from the Western Communication Conference in Palm Springs California. It is freezing down here! I showed my movie to a group of performance studies scholars today, I was very nervous. I got some good laughs, though!
Current Events: Regarding the recent landslide disaster in the Philipine Islands, tell me what it means to communication scholars. How can we help? What does our discipline have to offer in order to address natural disasters? Can you suggest a charity we should associate with if we want to contribute as a class or group? As students, what is our social responsibility? I am open to extra credit for ideas that can actually move our classes to action or those of you that are motivated to ACT in the face of the recent disaster. Think outside the box/act outside the classroom/make an active difference!--Sandra
Current Events: Regarding the recent landslide disaster in the Philipine Islands, tell me what it means to communication scholars. How can we help? What does our discipline have to offer in order to address natural disasters? Can you suggest a charity we should associate with if we want to contribute as a class or group? As students, what is our social responsibility? I am open to extra credit for ideas that can actually move our classes to action or those of you that are motivated to ACT in the face of the recent disaster. Think outside the box/act outside the classroom/make an active difference!--Sandra
Monday, February 06, 2006
Second Blog for My Coms 5 Posse
Hi Team! Hope you enjoyed the Superbowl and are ready for the olympics! Check out the two images below in the Coms 2 post and based on your What is Communication Paper, tell me what the idea of a mascot communicates and how your personal opinion of Communication as a discipline can help to explain this odd sports phenomenon. Please type up at least five sentences and whenever possible, connnect with a classmate's comment in some way. Good luck!--Slogger
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Blog #2 For My COMS 2 Peeps
Hi fellow arguers! Now that you
have your first speech in the bag, you are officially "argumentative." Or something like that....anyway, I want to know...what's up with mascots? Neve and Gliz are the goofy mascots for Torino's Winter Games on your right and for the Superbowl, we have a Seahawk named Blitz to your left....uh, well The Steelers don't have a mascot....they used to have some longshoreman dress up like an I-Beam in the eighties, but now, they just have bath towels...hmmm...An argument in its most simple for consists of data and claim...and a mascot is a visual argument...search the web a bit and make a claim here backed up by data (examples, stats, effects, evidence) that you can use it when you write your position paper (see p. 69) about mascots in general --or any of these mascots in particular or even the Steeler's lack of a Mascot, which is also a rhetorical statement.Ask yourselves:
1. What does a mascot do? What is it for? (This is teleological question for you A students, fyi)
2. Who is the mascot's audience, really?
3. Whose point of view are the characters seen from? (p. 57 in our book)
4. What ethnicity or gender are these mascots if any? Why?
Experiment with voice and take a strong rhetorical stance in your comments and respond to the questions above...backing your claims with data. Have fun with this and PUSH your critical thinking. Try to use vocabulary from our class in your response!
PS: Speaking of mascots, I think Hornets are scary, especially that gigantic two-story- one that gets tied to the library during Homecoming!
Friday, January 20, 2006
Welcome CSUS Coms Two and Coms Five Students!
Hello and glad to have you all here! For your first blog, do the following. Respond using the comments prompt below to the following three questions, and number them please. #1. What is your first name and last initial/are you coms 2 OR 5? #2. What is you favorite movie? #3. If you were an animal, what would you be and why? #4. On a scale of 1 to 5, "1" for scared /angry enough to puke/punch something and "5" for EZ street dawg, I could do it with one hand tied behind my back, rate your feeling going into this class . #5. Respond constructively to someone else's posting. Whoever goes first can respond to me or my syllabus. No profanity please!
--Sandra
Monday, December 05, 2005
Final Tips and Resources: Target as an Argument
Hey Rhetorical Critics!
Thanks for joining us today in the trenches of Holiday Retail Hypnosis!!!! To add to your experience, you may want to visit http://www.target.com/gp/homepage.html/601-8364409-2468921 for more Target info and ideas.
"Rhetoric's definition: the art of persuasion, suggests power [at play]. So much of what we recieve from others--from family to friends to 30 second blurbs on TV--is intended to persuade. Recognizing how this is done gives greater power to choose." (Villanueva Jr, in 'Envision' by Alfano and Obrian, 2005, p. 3).
How do the bullseye design and the Target Dog make an argument? What is the argument?
What type of reasoning (rhetorical strategy) does the advertising you observed on our lil' field trip employ? Narrative, or a story which sells?
What about comparison/contrast?
Or examples and illustrations to show how products can be used or make the buyer feel?
Or definitions?
Or analogies?
Or cause and effect?
Did you see appeals made to logic (facts), emotion, including language and/or humor, and/or appeals to authority and/or character?
Who is Target's ""TARGET"" customer? How do you know? What did you see in the store, on TV and/or on the web that tells you who the Target customer is. Who is left out of Target's customer appeals, be they visual, written and/or marketing tactics? Consider gender, race and/or (dis)ability as well as age and income levels.
Please post your questions and comments about this final, (due on 12/15 by 1130am at the very latest) below so we can all learn from each others challenges and concerns for clarification and insight. Students are encouraged to help give input on each others postings and enrich the unique learning community I have so enjoyed participating in with all of you over the course of this semester! It has been a real pleasure to get to know you all and explore unusual paths of learning. Keep in touch and please take this from our time together: Learn the rules in order to break them intelligently and don't EVER settle for boredom, don't produce it or accept it either!
Thanks for joining us today in the trenches of Holiday Retail Hypnosis!!!! To add to your experience, you may want to visit http://www.target.com/gp/homepage.html/601-8364409-2468921 for more Target info and ideas.
"Rhetoric's definition: the art of persuasion, suggests power [at play]. So much of what we recieve from others--from family to friends to 30 second blurbs on TV--is intended to persuade. Recognizing how this is done gives greater power to choose." (Villanueva Jr, in 'Envision' by Alfano and Obrian, 2005, p. 3).
How do the bullseye design and the Target Dog make an argument? What is the argument?
What type of reasoning (rhetorical strategy) does the advertising you observed on our lil' field trip employ? Narrative, or a story which sells?
What about comparison/contrast?
Or examples and illustrations to show how products can be used or make the buyer feel?
Or definitions?
Or analogies?
Or cause and effect?
Did you see appeals made to logic (facts), emotion, including language and/or humor, and/or appeals to authority and/or character?
Who is Target's ""TARGET"" customer? How do you know? What did you see in the store, on TV and/or on the web that tells you who the Target customer is. Who is left out of Target's customer appeals, be they visual, written and/or marketing tactics? Consider gender, race and/or (dis)ability as well as age and income levels.
Please post your questions and comments about this final, (due on 12/15 by 1130am at the very latest) below so we can all learn from each others challenges and concerns for clarification and insight. Students are encouraged to help give input on each others postings and enrich the unique learning community I have so enjoyed participating in with all of you over the course of this semester! It has been a real pleasure to get to know you all and explore unusual paths of learning. Keep in touch and please take this from our time together: Learn the rules in order to break them intelligently and don't EVER settle for boredom, don't produce it or accept it either!
Friday, November 25, 2005
OUR HERO, ALL HAIL THE KING DEBATER (Crowd Cheers in the Background)
IN HONOR OF THE CHAMPION OF THE LOS RIOS DEABATE TOURNAMENT, (MORE APPLAUSE) YOUR FINAL BLOG, "THE TURKEYNATOR" ASSIGNMENT WILL BE TO, USING ALL CAPS IN HONOR OF ALEX'S "UNIQUE" EMAIL PERSONA, POST A COMPARISON OR ANALOGY WHICH ESTABLISHES CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ALEX'S DEBATE STYLE AND THE BIRD OF THE HOUR: THE TURKEY.
WHAT AN HONOR, TO BE COMPARED TO THIS VALIANT, BRAVE BIRD WHICH OFFERS ITS LIFE SO WE CAN OVER EAT AND SIT AROUND WITH PEOPLE WE AREN'T CRAZY ABOUT YET ARE RELATED TO, ON A SPECIAL THURSDAY EVERY YEAR .
TIPS: THINK STRATEGY, WINGS, CLAIMS, FEATHERS, PILGRIMS, WARRANTS, GIBLETS, STUFFING, DATA, CLAIMS...HOW DO THEY ALL MEET UP IN THE CHARACTER OF THIS FINE EXAMPLE, OUR CHAMPION DEBATER AND CLASSMATE, ALEX PAGAN?
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Mark's Van and The Feild Trip of a Lifetime
Some people travel to Paris, others, New York, but you--YES YOU my debating masters, you will join us for the special exotic get away to South Sacramento, home of the Land Park Zoo and Radio Shack! Why do a final term paper when you can have the trip of a lifetime? Limos are so "last year," vans are what the cool peeps roll in these days, so once you arrive at CRC's parking lot around noon (the front lot) You will board Mark's "Pimp-mobile" adorned with plush man-made material -lined seats and your own plastic cup holder, you'll enjoy a delicious, icy half a soda and a power bar, served by Mark's personal assistant "Cherry." As if that wasn't enough, as part of Mark's posse, you will then be escorted down scenic Highway 99 to the beautiful, Sac City campus, currently flanked by colorful plastic "under construction" signage and yellow caution tape. Breathless! Mark will immediately help you out of the van while Cherry belly dances on a beach towel in the parking lot to announce your arrival. Next--You'll be handed a breath mint and the magic will begin! (Well, actually first you will have to hike five miles because there is no close parking at SC right now, but it will be a lovely stroll!) Anyhow, you will be directed to the debate by a plush red carpet (or paper hand made signs) and check in at the large information board to find your your debate number, name, resolution topic and room number assignment for the first round. For each of the two rounds you will get about 15 minutes to prepare, topics will be general current events. For just $5, you will recieve gourmet pizza and soda on the rocks served on lovely paper plates before a final exciting awards round and the awards ceremony. The glamorous debate is from 12pm-6pm and if you don't go in the van with us, call my cell to find us there: 799-7930. Dress to impress, no tuxedos and ball gowns.--Your Fearless Leader
PS: Post your own rediculously exagerated blog here to get credit for the final humor posting. Double points if you use photos or images to make a humorous argument and triple points if you post over Thanksgiving Break to my action packed Turkeynator Blog coming up next week!!
PS: Post your own rediculously exagerated blog here to get credit for the final humor posting. Double points if you use photos or images to make a humorous argument and triple points if you post over Thanksgiving Break to my action packed Turkeynator Blog coming up next week!!
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Tiffany's Special, One Time Page Reduction Blog
Well, let's all thank Tiffany for the fabulous idea to shorten the Blog Paper (or skip it if you just go to the SC debate next Friday in Mark's Pimp-Mobile!)...You can do a 5-7 page paper (instead of 6-8) if you respond with at least 5 sentences below identifying how the clip we watched from Stuck on You (the greatest film ever created in the history of the world) works as an argument. Use some Toulmin or something, would ya? The Farrelly Brothers, who created the film, as well as Fargo and Something About Mary, use humor in a different way then the common, guy trips on a banana peel and bangs his head into the wall kinda way...What did the scene we watched together in class say about "freaks?" Do you think it is possible for humor to heal differences? Was the clip encouraging us to make fun of anyone? Feel free to include references to the other movies mentioned above as well as the clip from today. Visit this site: http://www.stuckonyoumovie.com/index.php for more laughs and a trailer from Stuck on You. Let's explore the "subversive" nature of dark humor...(its ability to promote change and empowerment).
CON JOBBIE LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CON JOBBIE LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, November 06, 2005
The Con Position Paper: Dum dee dum dum dum..........
Hello fellow argumentation bloggers. I hope this finds you well. After you finish your pro position paper...it is time for the Con-Jobbie!!! Sounds like a detective invetigating a scam of some sort....a con, a wise guy.....see what I mean?
In a page and a half or so, create a detailed outline, brief description or draw out a mind map or sketch pictures with words below, whatever, get creative, but give me your resolution and show me how you would argue against change (opposition) and try to point out that there is no prima facie case, the grounds of presuposition should remain intact, status quo should continue...IF IT AINT BROKE, don't fix it.....get my drift? The opposition needs to have an alternative plan in mind, so they should guess what they Gov'ts plan may be and oppose that with a better way to "improve" what is already in place...plus, clash like a color blind designer at Fashion Week baby! CLASH!!! Guess how you might clash with definitional terms in the resolution, any stock issues you know for sure they will present as "contentions" or sub-arguments...Highlight the "dis-ads" or the problematics that come with the government's plan to change things...disadvantages, if you will....emphasize the greater harm that will prevail if the govt changes the status quo with their resolution...show how this is worse than the mild down side of the current system as is...what visual aid would you use to strengthen your argument? When would you put it up? What fallacies will you call the govt on if they make them? How will you summarize creatively and reiterate a strong argument during the rebuttal? Don't forget that even though the Govt begins the case, the leader of the opposition should have some opening comments and a brief introduction prepared as well...stylize your persuasive speaking tactics. rEMEMBER, THIS is not AN ESSAY...Good luck and watch for the humor blog coming next, in audio format for your listening pleasure! PEACE OUT HOME SLICES.
In a page and a half or so, create a detailed outline, brief description or draw out a mind map or sketch pictures with words below, whatever, get creative, but give me your resolution and show me how you would argue against change (opposition) and try to point out that there is no prima facie case, the grounds of presuposition should remain intact, status quo should continue...IF IT AINT BROKE, don't fix it.....get my drift? The opposition needs to have an alternative plan in mind, so they should guess what they Gov'ts plan may be and oppose that with a better way to "improve" what is already in place...plus, clash like a color blind designer at Fashion Week baby! CLASH!!! Guess how you might clash with definitional terms in the resolution, any stock issues you know for sure they will present as "contentions" or sub-arguments...Highlight the "dis-ads" or the problematics that come with the government's plan to change things...disadvantages, if you will....emphasize the greater harm that will prevail if the govt changes the status quo with their resolution...show how this is worse than the mild down side of the current system as is...what visual aid would you use to strengthen your argument? When would you put it up? What fallacies will you call the govt on if they make them? How will you summarize creatively and reiterate a strong argument during the rebuttal? Don't forget that even though the Govt begins the case, the leader of the opposition should have some opening comments and a brief introduction prepared as well...stylize your persuasive speaking tactics. rEMEMBER, THIS is not AN ESSAY...Good luck and watch for the humor blog coming next, in audio format for your listening pleasure! PEACE OUT HOME SLICES.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Photo Time
After class today, I thought I would experiment with photos on the Blog and show Chris and Alfredo that I can blog with the best of 'em! So, your next blogging assignment is to post a photo and identify a fallacy that might be evident in the photo, using Chapter Eight. The photo has to have you in it and, yes, you must have clothes on, Brian! Ok--I'll go first: Here is a picture of Steve and I...It features the faulty analogy fallacy by suggesting that being in love and getting married is ALWAYS happy bliss, LIKE a beautiful day at the beach with crashing waves and a light salty mist, a natural beautiful fantasy......when in reality, it is also like sitting in bumper to bumper traffic....or, say -- like being enlisted in the army, while other days might it is like reading an encyclopedia for nine or so hours straight...so the fallacy comes in when an argument (visual or written) relies too heavily on a particular analogy, insisting that something is LIKE something else, either literal or figurative. This example is figurative because the blissful beach serves as a metaphor for wedded bliss. A literal analogy would be: My marriage is LIKE Tom Cruise and Katy Holmes's marriage. Wait, are they married? Well, anyway, get the picture? AHAHhahaheehahah NO really, I mean it: 'get the picture' and do the assignment before I flunk you. By the way, wouldn't it have been funny if we sent out a wedding photo of the two of us slumped on the couch in wrinkled sweats, watching E.R. and fighting over the remote?
Sincerely,
Blog City
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Research Assignment Blog: GOOD TIMES!
REMINDER: TUESDAY SEPT 27TH MEET IN THE LIBRARY AT 11AM, ROOM L317 FOR OUR RESEARCH DAY MY FELLOW BLOGGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay now that you are all polished parlimentary debate gurus, let's turn to research...visit
http://www.itools.com/research/ and post a response to the following resolution, YOU MUST INCLUDE a proper citation with quotation marks and a date reference, source reference, ect. Also, please try to connect to other students responses or take issue with them...this is ARGUMENTATION class in case you forgot! See my example in color as you read below. The graded debate assignment will be focused on Hurricane Katrina, so be sure to save the research you do for this blog and use it in your graded parli debate!
THB: The Federal Government should significantly improve mobilization tactics to evacuate potential victims of natural disasters.
Definined: Potential victims includes primarlily those low income and otherwise challenged folks who were left behind in Katrina's evacuation, so under my plan, an emphasis would be put on reaching the public housing districts, hospitals and other locations where people may not have access to transportation or fully understand the danger of an ensuing storm.
Research citation: A profound example of the significant harm posed by the structural flaws in the current evacuation system can be seen in the ways large groups on senior citizens drowned in rest homes and minority residents were left stranded on rooftops and swimming in sewage. FEMA claims to have granted the money congress approved to prepare New Orleans for a Hurricane evacuation over the last couple of years, but according to the Associated Press at http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/17/katrina.evacuation.ap/, "that plan was designed for traffic management, not to provide transportation or contingencies for the infirm, elderly and poor who could not get out on their own, officials said," (September 22, 2004).
Okay, your turn...BRING IT ON!--The Blogging Queen
Okay now that you are all polished parlimentary debate gurus, let's turn to research...visit
http://www.itools.com/research/ and post a response to the following resolution, YOU MUST INCLUDE a proper citation with quotation marks and a date reference, source reference, ect. Also, please try to connect to other students responses or take issue with them...this is ARGUMENTATION class in case you forgot! See my example in color as you read below. The graded debate assignment will be focused on Hurricane Katrina, so be sure to save the research you do for this blog and use it in your graded parli debate!
THB: The Federal Government should significantly improve mobilization tactics to evacuate potential victims of natural disasters.
Definined: Potential victims includes primarlily those low income and otherwise challenged folks who were left behind in Katrina's evacuation, so under my plan, an emphasis would be put on reaching the public housing districts, hospitals and other locations where people may not have access to transportation or fully understand the danger of an ensuing storm.
Research citation: A profound example of the significant harm posed by the structural flaws in the current evacuation system can be seen in the ways large groups on senior citizens drowned in rest homes and minority residents were left stranded on rooftops and swimming in sewage. FEMA claims to have granted the money congress approved to prepare New Orleans for a Hurricane evacuation over the last couple of years, but according to the Associated Press at http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/17/katrina.evacuation.ap/, "that plan was designed for traffic management, not to provide transportation or contingencies for the infirm, elderly and poor who could not get out on their own, officials said," (September 22, 2004).
Okay, your turn...BRING IT ON!--The Blogging Queen
Saturday, September 17, 2005
The Exam
Sorry guys, I just turned it back on this morning...go ahead and finish Exan 1 up by Tuesday at Midnight, okay? Have a great weekend and watch for your next blog assignment, coming soon to a blogger near you. Let me know of any good arguments you encounter after President Bush's speech on the Katrina recovery plan last week.
--Sandra
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression.-- Thomas Paine
--Sandra
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression.-- Thomas Paine
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
haHAHAHAHA!!!
i KICKED THAT SPAMMER'S B*7% -- hOWEVER, YOU WILL HAVE TO POST HERE AND NOT BELOW TO RESPOND TO THE NEXT BLOG ASSIGNMENT: So click comments right below here and have at it...Amanda, Brian, Alex and Rachel: Two words: BRRRRRING IT! Great job with the first full blown debate performance...See you all Thursday:
Top Ten George W. Bush Debate Strategies
10. Ask the question, "We've never had a horse-faced president so why start now?"
9. Instead of witty retorts, have secret service wrestle Senator Kerry to the ground.
8. Use Kerry's long-winded answers to take much needed bathroom breaks.
7. Hope one of them hurricanes cancels the debate.
6. Instead of water, fill Kerry's mug with Red Bull and vodka.
5. Find time to work in joke prop--giant waffle.
4. Moving his lips to pretend microphone isn't working.
3. Handle it same way he handled national guard duty--don't show up.
2. If Kerry makes a good point, distract him with some chaw spit in the eye.
1. Point out Senator Kerry's mispronunciation of the word "nucular." Letterman Archive 2004
Top Ten George W. Bush Debate Strategies
10. Ask the question, "We've never had a horse-faced president so why start now?"
9. Instead of witty retorts, have secret service wrestle Senator Kerry to the ground.
8. Use Kerry's long-winded answers to take much needed bathroom breaks.
7. Hope one of them hurricanes cancels the debate.
6. Instead of water, fill Kerry's mug with Red Bull and vodka.
5. Find time to work in joke prop--giant waffle.
4. Moving his lips to pretend microphone isn't working.
3. Handle it same way he handled national guard duty--don't show up.
2. If Kerry makes a good point, distract him with some chaw spit in the eye.
1. Point out Senator Kerry's mispronunciation of the word "nucular." Letterman Archive 2004
Monday, September 05, 2005
1st Exam on Blackboard NOW++Local Activism!!!
Take your first timed exam on Blackboard in the next week...it is open book, of course, please do your own work, though. A study guide is also available. I WILL GET THIS UP BY THURSDAY, 9-8 AND YOU WILL GET EXTRA TIME!
More importantly, here is some info on the Louisiana situation, fyi:
Donate Spare Change
Donate Now to the American Red Cross at Coinstar machinesYour Spare Change Makes a Difference!
Just by bringing your spare change to the grocery store, you can help the American Red Cross bring relief to disaster victims in your area and across the country.
Approximately 130 million Americans live within 2 miles of a Coinstar machine. If even half of those American donated just $1 in spare change to the Red Cross, it would raise more than $65 million to support American Red Cross lifesaving services in communities nationwide!
Find the Coinstar machine nearest you. (Please note that some Coinstar machines are not yet equipped with the donation option. To confirm that your grocery store can accept donations to the American Red Cross, please call 1-800-928-CASH.)
How Can $1 Make a Difference?
66 pennies: Allows us to give a child any one of 11 "after the disaster" coloring books and a box of crayons.$1: Buys one family expert safety information.$3: Buys a comfort kit with toiletries for one disaster victim.$6: Buys one blanket for a disaster shelter.Quarters: Add up to dollars and $ 30 buys a pair of shoes for a disaster victim. Dimes: Add up to dollars $ 65 buys a winter coat for a disaster victim. $10: Buys one day of groceries for a family affected by a disaster. $20: Buys a home clean-up kit for a family affected by a disaster.
Your next blog, to be posted by a different person from your group, must describe, using data, claim (with a qualifier) and a warrant, an argument about the Katrina after math and what you propose (in a proposition/resolution) to do about it, as a group or our class as a whole. Then, we will use some class time to carry out your proposition, so make it do-able, realistic and local. Will it be fact, value or policy? HInt: We need ACTION! Visit the Red Cross Website soon, at http://www.redcross.org/index.html
More importantly, here is some info on the Louisiana situation, fyi:
Donate Spare Change
Donate Now to the American Red Cross at Coinstar machinesYour Spare Change Makes a Difference!
Just by bringing your spare change to the grocery store, you can help the American Red Cross bring relief to disaster victims in your area and across the country.
Approximately 130 million Americans live within 2 miles of a Coinstar machine. If even half of those American donated just $1 in spare change to the Red Cross, it would raise more than $65 million to support American Red Cross lifesaving services in communities nationwide!
Find the Coinstar machine nearest you. (Please note that some Coinstar machines are not yet equipped with the donation option. To confirm that your grocery store can accept donations to the American Red Cross, please call 1-800-928-CASH.)
How Can $1 Make a Difference?
66 pennies: Allows us to give a child any one of 11 "after the disaster" coloring books and a box of crayons.$1: Buys one family expert safety information.$3: Buys a comfort kit with toiletries for one disaster victim.$6: Buys one blanket for a disaster shelter.Quarters: Add up to dollars and $ 30 buys a pair of shoes for a disaster victim. Dimes: Add up to dollars $ 65 buys a winter coat for a disaster victim. $10: Buys one day of groceries for a family affected by a disaster. $20: Buys a home clean-up kit for a family affected by a disaster.
Your next blog, to be posted by a different person from your group, must describe, using data, claim (with a qualifier) and a warrant, an argument about the Katrina after math and what you propose (in a proposition/resolution) to do about it, as a group or our class as a whole. Then, we will use some class time to carry out your proposition, so make it do-able, realistic and local. Will it be fact, value or policy? HInt: We need ACTION! Visit the Red Cross Website soon, at http://www.redcross.org/index.html
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Small Group Postings
Hey Team! the group breakdowns we worked on for Chapter Two, as well as the review of chapter 1 and 3 should be posted on this thread, one posting per group, but whoever posts, please list the names of everyone in your group. I am looking for about two paragraphs each from each group to help the rest of the class digest the section you focused on. Let's keep it interesting, colorful and clear. I'll go first with an example:
Page 53-56 in Chapter Three covers Terms Needing Definition, or ways for an advocate to help clarify the argument and persuade her audience. She has to define terms, like if someone said "Yes I wrote that paper myself" but really they copied it out of some one else's homework...they actually cheated, see technically, they wrote it...that is equivocation and it is a fallacy if a single meaning isn't clarified. Vaugue terms, like "great" and "everyone" should be made more specific and technical terms should be "dumbed down" for people who are not experts in a super specialized field. I don't know what a neurotransmitter and a peptide is, but if you said "the brain function that causes emotion" I can understand that, it is less technical, see? It invites more people into the argument. One example of new terms could be slang and hip words such as "That's how I roll..." which some older person might think means I get onto the ground and roll around instead of the current meaning: That's just how I do things, dawg. Finally, coined terms are when we make up a new word, like MacDonaldization is used to mean that we live in a fast-food, immediate gratification society...Oh, or when a celebrity couple's names get run together, like "Benniffer" for Ben and J-Lo back in ancient history...to help define these, see page 55 and 56 in our INTERESTING (I'd rather drag myself through broken glass than read it) TEXT BOOK!!!!! We can use other words that mean the same thing, or describe the function of a confusing word, like You say "That's just how I roll," when you don't want to be questioned about reckless or odd behavior...Sometimes you can describe what something is not to help people get what it is, like a private contractor does not work for some one else or single is "not married" --You can also use behaviors and operations to help describe things. My group included Sandra, Sandi and Ms. Wheeler, peace out homies!
Page 53-56 in Chapter Three covers Terms Needing Definition, or ways for an advocate to help clarify the argument and persuade her audience. She has to define terms, like if someone said "Yes I wrote that paper myself" but really they copied it out of some one else's homework...they actually cheated, see technically, they wrote it...that is equivocation and it is a fallacy if a single meaning isn't clarified. Vaugue terms, like "great" and "everyone" should be made more specific and technical terms should be "dumbed down" for people who are not experts in a super specialized field. I don't know what a neurotransmitter and a peptide is, but if you said "the brain function that causes emotion" I can understand that, it is less technical, see? It invites more people into the argument. One example of new terms could be slang and hip words such as "That's how I roll..." which some older person might think means I get onto the ground and roll around instead of the current meaning: That's just how I do things, dawg. Finally, coined terms are when we make up a new word, like MacDonaldization is used to mean that we live in a fast-food, immediate gratification society...Oh, or when a celebrity couple's names get run together, like "Benniffer" for Ben and J-Lo back in ancient history...to help define these, see page 55 and 56 in our INTERESTING (I'd rather drag myself through broken glass than read it) TEXT BOOK!!!!! We can use other words that mean the same thing, or describe the function of a confusing word, like You say "That's just how I roll," when you don't want to be questioned about reckless or odd behavior...Sometimes you can describe what something is not to help people get what it is, like a private contractor does not work for some one else or single is "not married" --You can also use behaviors and operations to help describe things. My group included Sandra, Sandi and Ms. Wheeler, peace out homies!
Thursday, August 18, 2005
The TOULMINATOR!!!
I read the data and claims you turned in in class today--not bad, not bad...who turned in the anonamous essay, I am dying to know!!!!! What a mystery! Okay, Here is a claim: Grass is green. What is my data or evidence? (Because) it contains minerals that contain phosphorus. Now, what is a warrant or shared value for this simple argument? Warrants are pretty abstract (non-specific) and simple, so try:
(Since) Chemical make up affects a plants coloring...Which is causal reasoning (phosphorus causes green tones).....Okay, now you guys try: Here is a data, claim and warrant: Can you identify the parts or try coming up with your own Toulminator? To test a warrant, add the word since in front of it...and add because in front of data to test it. A claim can always have "so" or therefore added before it.
Vote for Pedro
Leaders should make our world a better place.
All your wildest dreams will come true
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, PRACTICE YOUR SKILLS. ARGUE LIKE MIDIEVIL WARRIORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
----S. Dynamite
(Since) Chemical make up affects a plants coloring...Which is causal reasoning (phosphorus causes green tones).....Okay, now you guys try: Here is a data, claim and warrant: Can you identify the parts or try coming up with your own Toulminator? To test a warrant, add the word since in front of it...and add because in front of data to test it. A claim can always have "so" or therefore added before it.
Vote for Pedro
Leaders should make our world a better place.
All your wildest dreams will come true
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, PRACTICE YOUR SKILLS. ARGUE LIKE MIDIEVIL WARRIORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
----S. Dynamite
Monday, August 15, 2005
Welcome to Our Blog!
Thanks for signing up for my class...Here is the Argumentativeness Scale [1]. I hope it lets you know where you are coming into our adventure this fall! Remember, chapter one ends with the quote: "Argumentation is about personal growth. Even if you don't win, you still grow!" (p. 21).
Indicate how often each statement is true for you personally by placing the appropriate number in the blank to the left of the statement.
If the statement is almost never true of you, place a “1” in the blank.
If the statement is rarely true of you, place a “2” in the blank.
If the statement is occasionally true of you, place a “3” in the blank.
If the statement is often true of you, place a “4” in the blank.
If the statement is almost always true of you, place a “5” in the blank.
_____ 1. While in an argument, I worry that the person I am arguing with will form a negative
impression of me.
_____ 2. Arguing over controversial issues improves my intelligence.
_____ 3. I enjoy avoiding arguments.
_____ 4. I am energetic and enthusiastic when I argue.
_____ 5. Once I finish an argument I promise myself that I will not get into another.
_____ 6. Arguing with a person creates more problems for me than it solves.
_____ 7. I have a pleasant, good feeling when I win a point in an argument.
_____ 8. When I finish arguing with someone I feel nervous and upset.
_____ 9. I enjoy a good argument over a controversial issue.
_____ 10. I get an unpleasant feeling when I realize I am about to get into an argument.
_____ 11. I enjoy defending my point of view on an issue.
_____ 12. I am happy when I keep an argument from happening.
_____ 13. I do not like to miss the opportunity to argue a controversial issue.
_____ 14. I prefer being with people who disagree with me.
_____ 15. I consider an argument an exciting intellectual challenge.
_____ 16. I find myself unable to think of effective points during an argument.
_____ 17. I feel refreshed and satisfied after an argument of a controversial issue.
_____ 18. I have the ability to do well in an argument.
_____ 19. I try to avoid getting into arguments.
_____ 20. I feel excitement when I expect that a conversation I am in is leading to an argument.
Argumentativeness Scoring
1. Add your scores on items: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20.
2. Add 60 to the sum obtained in step 1.
3. Add your scores on items: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19.
4. To compute your argumentativeness score, subtract the total obtained in step 3 from the
total obtained in step 2.
Step 1. Step 3.
Add: Add:
2. _____ 1. _____
4. _____ 3. _____
7. _____ 5. _____
9. _____ 6. _____
11. _____ 8. _____
13. _____ 10. _____
15. _____ 12. _____
17. _____ 14. _____
18. _____ 16. _____
20. _____ 19. _____
Step 1, sub-Total _______ Step 3, sub-Total ______ (Line B)
Step 2. Step 1 sub-total above + 60 =
_____ ( Line A)
Step 4.
Line A Line B Argumentativeness Score
_____ - _____ = _______
Interpretation
73 – 100 = High in Argumentativeness
72 – 56 = Moderate in Argumentativeness
55 – 20 = Low in Argumentativeness
[1] Infante, D. A., & Rancer., A. S. (1992). A conceptualization and measure of argumentativeness. Journal of Personality Assessment, 46, 72-80.
Now post your score and tell us what you fear, hate, look forward to or may have allergies to in this class! Make sure I get your score!--Sandra
Indicate how often each statement is true for you personally by placing the appropriate number in the blank to the left of the statement.
If the statement is almost never true of you, place a “1” in the blank.
If the statement is rarely true of you, place a “2” in the blank.
If the statement is occasionally true of you, place a “3” in the blank.
If the statement is often true of you, place a “4” in the blank.
If the statement is almost always true of you, place a “5” in the blank.
_____ 1. While in an argument, I worry that the person I am arguing with will form a negative
impression of me.
_____ 2. Arguing over controversial issues improves my intelligence.
_____ 3. I enjoy avoiding arguments.
_____ 4. I am energetic and enthusiastic when I argue.
_____ 5. Once I finish an argument I promise myself that I will not get into another.
_____ 6. Arguing with a person creates more problems for me than it solves.
_____ 7. I have a pleasant, good feeling when I win a point in an argument.
_____ 8. When I finish arguing with someone I feel nervous and upset.
_____ 9. I enjoy a good argument over a controversial issue.
_____ 10. I get an unpleasant feeling when I realize I am about to get into an argument.
_____ 11. I enjoy defending my point of view on an issue.
_____ 12. I am happy when I keep an argument from happening.
_____ 13. I do not like to miss the opportunity to argue a controversial issue.
_____ 14. I prefer being with people who disagree with me.
_____ 15. I consider an argument an exciting intellectual challenge.
_____ 16. I find myself unable to think of effective points during an argument.
_____ 17. I feel refreshed and satisfied after an argument of a controversial issue.
_____ 18. I have the ability to do well in an argument.
_____ 19. I try to avoid getting into arguments.
_____ 20. I feel excitement when I expect that a conversation I am in is leading to an argument.
Argumentativeness Scoring
1. Add your scores on items: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20.
2. Add 60 to the sum obtained in step 1.
3. Add your scores on items: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19.
4. To compute your argumentativeness score, subtract the total obtained in step 3 from the
total obtained in step 2.
Step 1. Step 3.
Add: Add:
2. _____ 1. _____
4. _____ 3. _____
7. _____ 5. _____
9. _____ 6. _____
11. _____ 8. _____
13. _____ 10. _____
15. _____ 12. _____
17. _____ 14. _____
18. _____ 16. _____
20. _____ 19. _____
Step 1, sub-Total _______ Step 3, sub-Total ______ (Line B)
Step 2. Step 1 sub-total above + 60 =
_____ ( Line A)
Step 4.
Line A Line B Argumentativeness Score
_____ - _____ = _______
Interpretation
73 – 100 = High in Argumentativeness
72 – 56 = Moderate in Argumentativeness
55 – 20 = Low in Argumentativeness
[1] Infante, D. A., & Rancer., A. S. (1992). A conceptualization and measure of argumentativeness. Journal of Personality Assessment, 46, 72-80.
Now post your score and tell us what you fear, hate, look forward to or may have allergies to in this class! Make sure I get your score!--Sandra
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