Friday, January 9, 2009

Topic: Writing Arguments

Question: How should the writer prepare for writing an argument?

10-second review: In examining cartoons as well as arguments, what assumptions must the audience share with the cartoonist and the polemicist?

Source: BL Brunk-Chavez. Teaching English in a Two-Year College (December 2004), 179-185.

Comment: Never thought of preparing for the writing of argument in that way. How does the writer establish those assumptions so that readers are aware of them? RayS.

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