Bellwrite: How does argument differ from debate? What does it require of participants to take part in civil argument? What assumptions do participants have to make to do so? (e.g., assumptions about other people, assumptions about their own knowledge)
We reviewed some correct and incorrect examples of identifying warrant. We noticed that when students fail to correctly identify warrant, it is typically because they are simply adding additional "because clauses." We noted that warrant can include more than one assumption. We also observed that identifying warrant allows us to more easily evaluate assumptions and critique an argument.
We read the article "Adam and Steve" once through to get the overall idea of the argument, annotating the thesis (main claim), the supporting ideas, and the evidence. We also studied vocabulary words from the article.
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I gave the current event briefing assignment. The first one is due this Friday.
We began analyzing the article "Societal Suicide" (Charles Colson). This article makes an argument against gay marriage; however, it is an argument that could be stronger. Our task is to first understand Colson's argument, and then to construct a better argument.
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