Tuesday, February 18, 2014

ENG 105 - Rogerian Outline

ROGERIAN STYLE OUTLINE: (may vary due to the length of your essay… each section shown here can include many more points and supporting details/evidence)


I. Introduction: This should be a detailed definition of the exigence and rhetorical situation.

II. The body of the paper begins with a classification and division of Side A and Side B.

A. This introduces the con position of the debate. (OPPOSITION)

1. This should be the first major issue to support the ‘opposing side’
a. This is a minor detail supporting number '1'.
b. This is a second minor detail supporting number '1'.

2. This is the second major detail to support the ‘opposing side’
a. This is a minor detail supporting number '2'.
b. This is a second minor detail supporting number '2'.

etc.

B. This introduces the ‘proposition’ of the debate. (YOUR SIDE)

1. This should be the first major issue to support the ‘pro side’
a. This is a minor detail supporting number '1'.
b. This is a second minor detail supporting number '1'.

2. This is the second major detail to support the ‘pro side’
c. This is a minor detail supporting number '2'.
d. This is a second minor detail supporting number '2'.

etc.

C. This particular section compares and contrasts the issues in order
to highlight the differences between the pro and opposing position (can use the
information from the two sides in the sections above)

1. This might begin with a sentence stating a pro position.
2. The following might point out a con position.
3. The next point might refute a previous claim.
4. The next point might restate a position.


III. Drawing a conclusion.
It should recount the highlights of the argument, but it draws a logical conclusion or compromise. See the example essay you read in your text – Obesity Lawsuits by Nancy Hall. For more material see the Youtube video we watched in class as well as a lengthier guide here.

Monday, February 3, 2014

ENG 105: Critical Response Outlining

Introduction:Identify the writer and the text and follow with a summary of the writer's main claims.

For e.g.
In "A Community of Cars" Ryan Brown asserts that we have become a society that is overly reliant on the convenience that cars provide. This unfortunately, is to our detriment as seen in the negative impacts this driving culture has to our environment, our health, and our sense of community.

Body:
In the body, you should identify each of the writer's supporting claims and determine what sort of support (example, evidence, appeal) he chooses to use. Deal with each supporting claim independently.

For e.g.I. There is a negative impact on our environment caused by our addiction to the convenience of cars.
According to Brown, the damage done to our environment by cars varies from the ground-level ozone produced by traffic to the expansion of roadways that "tear up the countryside, destroying wildlife routes and habitats" (39). He uses statistical evidence, pointing towards the rising rates of asthma levels in children between 1980 and 1995 (39).

Conclusion:
In the conclusion, talk about your personal reaction to the argument. How much have you been convinced? How does the writer's rhetoric affect the way you perceive his argument? Do you think it is intriguing enough to sway people who may have held an opposing view prior to reading it?

For e.g.
All in all, Brown posits a competent argument against our reliance on cars. While his emotional and character appeals in terms of the loss of community, environment, and health are seductive ones, he seems to disregard litigating factors such as the increasing population and the increased demand for goods and transportation that follows.