1. Wrt 105: practices of academic writing
Dr. Rusty Bartels
Wednesday, October 24th, 2018
Week 9, Day 2

2. Overview Freewrite Belcher & Argument Connecting to Assignment #3
Wrap-up

3. Freewrite
What are 2-3 issues that are important to you? That you care about?
These can be situated at any level of society — from an experience in your dorm all the way up to something like global hunger and poverty.
Pick one of those issues and answer:
What is your stance, position, or argument about the issue?
What are some of the debates or conservations surrounding your issue?
What type of appeal (ethos, logos, pathos) is usually used by people addressing the issue?

4. Belcher & Argument
Two tools and/or conversations I want us to take-away from Belcher today (at least):
Distinction between Argument- Driven and Data-Driven
“The Instant Thesis”
No, not those Belchers

5. Belcher & Argument
In Groups of 1, 2, or 3, I would like to see you do the following:
Summarize a description of what it means for something to be “argument-driven“ or “data-driven”
Try to come up with a general example you could talk through for each one
This could be genres that tend to be one or the other
This could be texts that you recall reading that focus on one or the other
Or something else

6. Belcher & Argument The Instant Thesis
Although _______________ (general statement, opposite opinion)
Nevertheless _______________ (thesis, your idea)
Because ________________ (examples, evidence, #1, #2, #3, etc.)
As seen in the Belcher reading (p89)
Back in your groups:
Try to develop an ”instant thesis” together
could be academically or politically serious
or it could be completely humorous or on a fictional subject
Each group will share

7. Freewrite
What is the relationship between data and argument in other types of compositions?
What are some genres that you feel like you can easily position an argument in?
What roles do questions play in presenting an argument?

8. Wrap-up
Today:
Explored questions and examples of what argument is and how to approach it, largely within small groups
Next time:
Reading: They Say/I Say
Framing argument as part of entering into a conversation