Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Project 2 Outline

In the following post, I will present an outline of my Project 2 draft, as well as write an explanatory paragraph.

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The "Sections of the Paper" section in Writing Public Lives helped me organize my ideas, and introduced me to structuring my Project 2 Outline. It starts by addressing the three main sections of an essay: intro, body and conclusion. I am very familiar with this, as I grew accustomed to it during high school, but reading about it helped refresh the ideas and the way they should be presented. The text that we will be presenting should be focused, straightforward, and informative. Other points were discussed such as analytical claims, and explained in a way that serves to organize the text you will be writing further. Throughout the points discussed, thesis, analytical claim, and support for the claim should be strong, direct, and informative.

Intro: Background

  • Author reputation
  • Time of publication differences (or lack of)
  • Strategies used, but use this after thesis has been stated

Thesis:
  • In Elizabeth Wurtzel's article, "The Breast Cancer Gene and Me", she persuades the reader to get tested for the BRCA gene mutation using rhetorical strategies such as personal narratives, tone, and the reputation of the author herself. The combination of ethos and pathos used convinces the reader to get tested. 
Body:
  • Claim: Personal narrative = ethos and pathos
    • Credibility b/c of experience
    • Experience leads to ability to honestly speak on topic
  • Tone and Word Choice = Ethos
    • Certain words depict the tone the author is aiming for
    • Bring out reaction in audience to achieve goal
  • Reputation of author = ethos and pathos
    • Experience with topic
    • Professional career
    • Level of education and where
Conclusion:

  • Restate claims
  • Analyze effectiveness of author's strategies
  • Restate author goal
Reflection

After reading Hallye and Chelsea's blog posts on the Project 2 Outline, I feel a bit apprehensive about the way I organized my outline. Chelsea's was very organized, to the point that I feel bad about mine, but it was very well done. Hallye had a similar outline to mine, so that made me feel a bit more comfortable about what I did. 
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 13, 2015 at 9:19 PM

    I liked how you constructed the body portion of your outline, including a particular claim that the entire body would address and how is applied to an overall persuasive strategy (in this case strategies). I'm only curious because this is how I typically construct an outline, but did you have any particular evidence from the article that you had in mind for using in your body paragraphs?

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  2. UnknownOctober 13, 2015 at 11:18 PM

    You seem to have a good idea of what you want to write about in your essay, but I think you can utilize the outline format to plan exactly what you want to use from the article. Your set-up for the actual essay will work perfectly, but mainly for the purpose of the blog and using the outline as a major form of planning, you could bulk up the descriptions of the body paragraphs. However, if this amount of information works for you, then it is perfect!

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