ENGLISH IA IN-CLASS ESSAY

Answer on of the following prompts in an essay of 5-6 well developer paragraphs. Be sure to use specific reference and quotations for support.

1. Both Stephen Pinker and Philippe Legrain claim to be correcting wide held misperceptions concerning the topics they write about. For Pinker, the misperception concerns gender bias, while for Legrain it concerns the meaning of globalization. Write an essay comparing an comparing and/or contrasting how pincer and Leg construct their arguments How do they address those who disagree with them? What sorts of evidence do they use to support their own positions? Which aspects of their arguments are most effective? Which are least effective? Explain.

2. Compare and contrast the argumentative strategies similarities and differences of the sources they cite and similarities and differences of the source they cite and the sorts of arguments they use. How can these similarities and differences be understood as functions of the audience they are addressing?

3. Consider Mike Roses "Lives on the Boundary" and Dulce Pinzon's photo essay, "The Real Story of the superheroes," How are they similar both in their choice of topic and in their treatment of the topic? What could be a common thesis that they hold? What are their common premises and conclusions?

4. In 'what to the Slave is the Fourth of July," Frederic Douglass uses his admiration of the principles set forth in The Declaration of Independence to criticize the U.S. Government's and American society's continued forth in the Declaration to criticize the U.S. Government's and American society's continued sanctioning of slavery in 1851. How can Nicholas Lemann's arguments in "In the ruins" be understood as a similar appeal to mythic American values?

5. Compare and contrast Thomas Jefferson's and Frederic Douglass's use of ethos, logos and pothos in the Declaration of Independence and "What to a Slave is the Furth of July" in order to describe the relative importance of each of these rhetorical strategies in their arguments.

6. If Pinzon's photo essay. "The Real Story of the Superheroes" Makes an argument, what is its syllogistic form? What is her major premise and how is it expressed? What is her Minor premise and how is it expressed? What is her conclusion and how is it expressed? Develop your description of her argument by comparing the elements of Pinzon's arguments with those of o of the written texts we have read.

7. Compare Pinzon's use ethos, logos, and pathos with that of any of the writers we have read so far in order to describe the relative importance of these strategies in their arguments.