Everyone spent half of today's class conducting research and creating notecards for their debate. The other half of class was spent meeting with their debate group. The meeting agenda was as follows:
1 - Review and discuss research so far.
2 - Brainstorm key arguments that can be presented in the debate (5 minimum)
3 - Identify and discuss caveats or conditions that will be important to outline in your argument for or against marijuana legalization.
4 - Identify the most significant/powerful arguments and have each person claim one of these arguments.
5 - Complete an argument declaration sheet (see below).
The argument declaration sheets will be used to help focus and guide further research into this topic as we begin writing formal arguments after our midterms next week.
Handout:
Debate Argument Focus Declaration
Homework:
Review appeals, rhetorical devices, and logical fallacies in preparation for the midterm where you will need to be able to analyze the use of these elements in writing (Thursday's midterm) and incorporate them into your own writing (Friday's midterm). The documents below will help you in this review:
Logical Fallacies
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Devices - differentiation
Appeals Overview
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
