Ch. 3 and 6 notes

Angle of Vision:
What influences your angle?
How do you construct your angle based on audience, purpose, and genre?

Logos: reason; logic
Ethos: creditiblity; ethics--trustworthy, thoughtful, fair
Pathos: emotional appeal, persuasion (passion)

How do I logically present my view, suport with credible resources, and persuade with emotional appeal?

Q: How do visual images make implicit arguments (logos) while also appealing to our values and emotions (pathos) and causing us to respond favorably or unfavorably to the artist (ethos)?

Think of advertisements.

Ch. 6
-listen carefully to the text, recognize parts and functions, summarize ideas
-formulate strong response by interacting with text through agreement, interrogation, or opposition

Play Devil's Advocate

Read WITH the grain:
-see world through author's perspective
-open yourself to the argument
-apply insights to new contexts
-connect to your own experiences and knowledge

Read AGAINST the grain:
-resist ideas by questioning points
-raise doubts
-analyze limits of perspective
-refute argument

Read Rhetorically
Be aware of the effect a text is intended to have on you
Critically consider that effect
Enter into or challenge intentions

Summaries/Abstracts
Criteria for an effective summary incorporated into your own prose p. 119 checklist

Strong Response
Rhetorical Critique: analyzes a text's rhetorical strategies and evaluates how effectively the author achieves his/her own goals; focus on how text is constructed, rhetorical strategies, effectiveness of appeals to logos, ethos, and pathos; closely analyze the text itself; read both with and against the grain and discuss what is effective and ineffective

Ideas Critique: focuses on the ideas; treat as a voice in a conversation you are involved in; one perspective on an issue, how does it compare with your and others; RESEARCH is key, combined with personal experiences and critical thinking; challenge ideas, point out flaws, provide research to refute and extend argument; speak back to the text

Reflection: avoid this one for now as your primary focus; too open-ended, too abstract; better once you are further into the argument; WOULD work with a blend, but it should be a very small part

Strong Response should be written on a Single Source but you must consult many before making your final selection; I want to see at least three highlighted and noted sources at your conference and would expect you to read many abstracts before making your final selection.

Single Source/Summary Response/Strong Response
These are all the same thing; different versions of the text have just given them different names.
You will be evaluating a single source, but you must show me at least THREE that you have looked at, minimum. Do not just pick the first source you find.

You must be able to think critically about what you read, particularly when evaluating sources found on the internet.
In text, use "Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites"
p. 640 (old edition)

Internet research site:
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/