Description
- Overview:
- MHCC - WR122
Short Description:
This text explores the nature and structures of academic arguments through the analysis and implementation of critical and creative thinking techniques. Through a combination of the latest research in hemispheric science, neuropsychology, and brain development, along with the long-established rhetorical algorithms for analyzing the dynamic structure of arguments, this text attempts to develop a clearer and more robust model for the construction and deconstruction of various forms of argument. A variety of "texts" are used to help students develop rhetorical analysis skills, critical thinking tools, creative problem solving abilities, and a responsive, diverse, and integrative apparatus for establishing the veracity of truth claims in both academic and cultural contexts.
Word Count: 16779
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- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Level:
- High School, Community College / Lower Division
- Grades:
- Grade 12
- Material Type:
- Textbook
- Author:
- Andrew Gurevich
- Provider:
- MHCC
- Date Added:
- 03/01/2023
- License:
-
Creative Commons Attribution
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Text/HTML
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Introduce precise, knowledgeable claim(s), establish the significance of the claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that logically sequences claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both in a manner that anticipates the audience’s knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use words, phrases, and clauses as well as varied syntax to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and between claim(s) and counterclaims.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Establish a style and tone relevant to the discipline in which they are writing.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole; include formatting, graphics, and multimedia when useful in aiding comprehension.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop the topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use appropriate and varied transitions and syntax to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use precise language, domain-specific vocabulary, and techniques such as metaphor, simile, and analogy to manage the complexity of the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Establish a style and tone relevant to the discipline in which they are writing.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view or perspectives, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole and build toward a particular tone and outcome.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grades 11–12.)
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Draw and cite evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Introduce precise, knowledgeable claim(s), establish the significance of the claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that logically sequences the claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant data and evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both claim(s) and counterclaims in a discipline-appropriate form that anticipates the audience’s knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use words, phrases, and clauses as well as varied syntax to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and between claim(s) and counterclaims.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Establish a style and tone relevant to the discipline in which they are writing.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from or supports the argument presented.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Introduce a topic and organize complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole; include formatting, graphics, and multimedia when useful in aiding comprehension.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop the topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use varied transitions and sentence structures to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use precise language, domain-specific vocabulary and techniques such as metaphor, simile, and analogy to manage the complexity of the topic; convey a knowledgeable stance in a style that responds to the discipline and context as well as to the expertise of likely readers.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation provided.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the specific task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
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