Writing assignment: Portfolio introduction

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Write an introduction to show a point that what learn in writing skill in this quarter. The introduction form should be a dialogue which includes two voices. All requirement of the introduction is in the prompt.

Try to prove in the dialogue that how to using different example to better support in writing to help win the arguments.

In the class, we focus on four different types of evidences: statistics, anecdote, expert commentary and analogy. Try to link them with some own understanding. There are files of lecture notes that would help you to talk about skills. Keep words in 1000-1500.

Use examples from readings I listed below to support the idea. This is important

Try to make the dialogue interesting and build strong conflict between two voices.

The most important is to show that we understanding how to use evidence to support idea in the essay.

There is two readings.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016...

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018...


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Write a dialogue (a discussion between two people, characters or voices) in which you create a single, original, interesting theory about some aspect of persuasion. Add a new idea to the conversation -- an idea that you would teach another college writer in order to help them improve their writing. For this assignment, you will perform in two personas or voices. One persona will support the theory (proposing it, developing it, supporting it with evidence from your own writing and the class reading this quarter). The other idea will argue strongly against your theory: critiquing it, offering alternatives and counter arguments, giving different readings of the evidence, etc. Ultimately, in your essay, the two personas will come to some sort of a compromise: they will produce a stronger, revised form of your original thesis. Nuts & Bolts: *Your audience is me (and other Writing 39A/P instructors). Because I am your audience, remember to consider what information I already know: no need to explain to me what the assignments were! You also don't need to summarize the quarter for me -- I was there and read your work! *There are no rules in writing, and there are no rules for this assignment. All quarter, we've been trying to develop your judgment and independence as a reader, writer, thinker and editor--and this assignment puts that judgment to the test by forcing you to make all of the decisions. It's your goal to help the reader: Keep Reading, Understand, Believe and Care about what you write. *The form of this assignment is up to you. Some options for creating your different "voices" include: a script format, two "voices" formatted differently (using colors, italics, alignment, etc.), a document with inserted comments offering the argument, an essay with annotations (like the version of Rebecca Skloot's "When Pets Attack" that we read). You are free to come up with options other than the ones I've listed here. Any form that helps you put two different voices in conversation. *You are required to quote from readings from this quarter and your own writing this quarter. You don't need to quote your writing from every assignment, and you are free to quote any writing you did: homework assignments, in-class writing, essay drafts, emails, writing from other classes--whatever you want. *You can write in first, second or third person -- whatever you prefer. *Length is up to you: determining how much to write is part of the challenge of the assignment. You need to keep it brief enough that the reader wants to keep reading & they understand how all of your points are relevant to your main argument -- but you Let’s talk about PERSUASION! What are different types of evidence? • Expert commentary (an expert in the specific field you’re discussing) • Statistics (data from research – generalized idea taken from many people’s experience) • Comparison / analogy (to something the reader understands well to help them make connections, to a related discipline or study…) • Anecdote (the experience of just one or a small group of people – someone we know personally, something historical, from the news, etc.) The three types of APPEALS: All persuasion attempts use at least one (but maybe more) of these types of appeals: ETHOS: An appeal to credibility or expertise. We use the knowledge and expertise of someone with experience & education to support our idea. • • • • • Relevant expert: A doctor or the surgeon general A researcher who studies cancers caused by smoking Someone who has lost a loved one to smoking World Health Organization A former smoker or even a current smoker PATHOS: An appeal to emotion. We try to stir up the readers’ emotions to make them agree with our point. • When you smoke, it hurts your family! Your children! Your cat or dog! Everyone around you! Oh no! • A picture of a smoker dying from lung cancer. • Smoking creates a dangerous environment for your children—they become “passive smokers” because they inhale the smoke. • Commercial or video of someone talking through a stoma with a computerized voice, due to cancer. LOGOS: An appeal to logic or facts. The hard evidence! • A picture of a smoker’s lung versus a healthy human lung • Explaining the process: When you smoke, the carbon monoxide goes into your blood, narrows your arteries, reduces the oxygenrich blood in your system – etc. • Chemicals in tobacco smoke increase the chance of heart problems and cardiovascular disease. • Tar in cigarettes deteriorates lung tissue. Use three appeals (one ethos, one pathos, one logos) to convince a reader that smoking is bad for them. EXPERT COMMENTARY: • Ethos appeal – by definition, expert commentary always appeals to ethos • Expert commentary can also appeal to logos if the expert gives statistics, and pathos if they give an emotionally moving statement • BENEFITS: It’s versatile, we can use lots of different appeals, it’s very credible • DOWNSIDES: 1) It can require a lot of explanation – we need to make the expert’s writing understandable to our audience; 2) It can start to “take over” our writing – we need to make sure we’re not just reporting on their ideas … we’re also responding and adding our own; 3) Just because an expert said it does NOT mean it’s correct: we need to look at many sides, make sure our evidence is recent & credible, etc. STATISTICS: • Strong appeal to logos! • They can appeal to ethos because they should be from a good, respected institution • It would be pretty rare for statistics to appeal to pathos. • BENEFITS: 1) Shows you’ve done your homework, increases your credibility as a writer; 2) They cover a large group of people – they show that your idea is not a fluke or an exception • WARNINGS: 1) A statistic can’t stand on its own: the writer needs to translate it and connect it to their idea in writing; 2) They can be abstract & hard to connect to – can be “just words” to the reader; 3) They don’t tell the whole story … numbers can be manipulated, so we need to understand the methodology and the potential loopholes • • ANECDOTE: • Great for pathos – help stir up emotions and connect readers to the story! • Good for ethos: one person can be an expert. The expert’s experience can be persuasive. (Especially when we’re writing about non-academic subjects.) • BENEFITS: 1) Easy to emotionally connect with the reader; 2) They’re actually interesting…somewhat interesting, anyway. And memorable! • WARNINGS: 1) You can’t just use anecdotes. It’s only one person’s story. No evidence that it applies to a bunch of people. ANALOGY / COMPARISON: • Great for pathos – we can infuse some emotion into our analogy to connect to the feelings of the reader • BENEFITS: It can connect ideas the reader doesn’t understand to ideas they are very familiar with. • WARNINGS: 1) Anyone can make any comparison. To make it credible – the analogy needs to be 100% logical or else we will not agree with it. LOOK AT ONE OF THE READINGS FROM LAST NIGHT: 1) Look at all of the quotes / evidence: Do they use ethos, pathos and/or logos? 2) Which types of evidence or appeals does the author NOT use? If you were writing an essay about this topic for a fellow UCI student, how could you add those appeals? How would you ADAPT this essay to make it effective for a UCI student audience?
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