Course: English Composition II
Module 2: Reading and Understanding Arguments – Part 2
Goals
After completing this module, you will be able to do the following:
• Write an argument based on facts and reason.
• Understand how to use reason and common sense in an argument.
• Apply a logical structure to an argument.
• Identify and define the fallacies of different types of emotional and ethical arguments.
• Write a rhetorical analysis.Overview
This module begins with arguments based on facts or logic, and providing hard evidence with the likes of facts and statistics.
This element of argumentation is the easiest to understand and use. The module goes on to explain how to provide logical structure to arguments in three different ways: degree, analogies, or precedents. This module then moves into the fallacies of arguments, including the fallacies of emotional arguments, ethical arguments, and logical arguments, each of which employ different tactics. This module concludes with a discussion of the rhetorical analysis and explains the process and procedures of analyzing an argument.
It goes over a general overview of composing a rhetorical analysis then goes into more depth about how to understand an argument.
Read
• Lunsford, A., Ruszkiewicz, J., and Walters, K. (2019). Everything’s an Argument / With Readings (8th ed.). Boston, MA: St. Martins. ISBN: 978-1-319-10518-1. Read Chapters 4-6 and associated readings.
Assignment:
Discussion Question:
Visit www.gallup.com to find a recent statistic. Then create a fact-based argument that supports that statistic and follows a logical structure.
Your initial post(s) should be your response to the questions posed in the discussion question. You should research your answer and cite at least one scholarly source when appropriate, and always use quality writing.
