Fall 2003
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Assignment |
Page Numbers |
Notes and Reminders |
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Week 1 |
LA
PH |
Forms of Argument: Persuasive Writing "Help Wanted Immediately! " "Internet No Substitute for Real Knowledge" "The New Stupidity In College Writing Classes" Argument Writing: Journal #1/#2 |
1-22 8-9 11-12 20-21
20-24 |
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Week 2 |
LA
PH |
Forms of Argument: Induction/Deduction "America Needs a Flag-Protection Amendment" "Ban Boxing" "Ban Anti-Smoking Wimps! " Developing Your Arguments Writing: Essay #1-Two Views |
23-65
31-33 36-37 40-41
24-27 |
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Week 3 |
LA
PH |
Forms of Argument: Fallacies "Left-handers (Those Sickos) Got No Reason To Live" "Greed and Liability Litigation" "How Would You Like the Police to Investigate Your Miscarriage? " "Sizism: One of the Last "Safe" Prejudices" Logical Fallacies/Organizing Your Arguments Writing: Journal #3/#4 |
66-89
74-75
76-77 81-82
83-86
27-30 |
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Week 4 |
LA
PH |
Forms of Argument: Argument By Authority/Semantic Argument/Statistics
"Federal Foolishness and Marijuana" "The Need for Vision - Support for the Humanities" "There Is No Safe Sex" "Why Oregon State Should Give Up Football" "'Moment of Quiet Reflection' Intended To Circumvent The Law" "Greed and Overconsumption Are Killing The Rainforests" "The Inescapability of Humanism" "100,000 Beer Commercials? " "Tobacco Taxes Unfair and Ineffective" "God Bless America" Developing Your Arguments Writing: Journal #5/#6 |
131
139-141 150-154
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Week 5 |
LA
PH |
Forms of Argument: Argument By Authority/Semantic Argument/Statistics Continued Developing Your Arguments Writing: Essay #2-Definition/Argument |
598-629
630-667 |
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Week 6 |
PH
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Research and Argumentation: Finding a Topic/Searching for Information/Research Online/Web Resources Writing: Journal #7/#8 (Developing an Abstract/Argumentative Statements) |
211-213, 213-218, 239-243, 243-246 |
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Week 7 |
Research and Argumentation: Evaluating Sources/Taking Notes/Using Sources Writing: Bibliography/Notetaking |
218-223, 223-231, 231-238 |
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Week 8 |
PH |
Research and Argumentation: Documentation in MLA Style/Documenting Internet Sources Writing: Journal #7/#8 (Developing an Abstract/Argumentative Statements) |
255-280, 248-252 |
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Week 9 |
PH |
Research and Argumentation: Sample Research Paper Writing: Essay #3-The Research Paper |
273-280 |
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Week 10 |
LA |
Argument For Analysis Science "The Handy-Dandy Evolution Prover" "Stop Banning Things At The Drop of a Rat" Sports "Asking God To Cheat In Sports" "Opposing View: NCAA Program Works" "Our View: NCAA's Too-Tight Rules Hurt Deserving Students" Writing: Journal #9/#10-Analysis Responses |
169 238
176 213 211
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Week 11 |
LA |
Argument For Analysis Religion "Gambling in the New Testament" "Should Priests Marry? " "Woman Priests? Never! " Product Advertising "Butter: Now More Than Ever The Natural Choice" "I Had Liposuction Instead" "So I Have a Vitamin Gap, Big Deal" Writing: Essay #4-Persuasive* (Common Essay Assignment) |
201 215 235
208 175 219
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Week 12 |
LA |
Literary Argument Fiction "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" "A Modest Proposal" "from Northanger Abbey - 'Oh! It is Only a Novel'" Selected Handouts Writing: Journal #11/#12 (Literary Response) |
259 263 270 |
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Week 13 |
LA |
Literary Argument Poetry "My Mistress' Eyes - Sonnet CXXX" "from Henry V, St. Crispin's Day" "To His Coy Mistress" "Death, Be Not Proud" Writing: Journal #13/#14(Literary Response) |
251 252 254 256 |
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Week 14 |
LA |
Literary Argument Poetry "from Paradise Lost, Book IX" "My Last Duchess" "I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major-General" Selected Handouts Writing: Journal #15/#16(Literary Response) |
257 271 273
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Week 15 |
LA |
Literary Argument Non-Fiction "The Declaration of Independence" Selected Handouts Writing: Essay #5-Literary Analysis |
274
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Week 16 |
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Final Examination- To be announced
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