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Of the five options listed in the reading, including position, casual, evaluative, proposal and refutation arguments, I am most interested in pursuing the evaluative argument. I am planning on writing an editorial, so this style of argument would fit with my genre's conventions.
Refutation argument's characteristics:
- evaluate a current solution of a controversy
- argue against this solution
- portray it as ineffective
- discusses something that has already been developed or introduced
This would be the best for what I am planning to write because the Common Core program has already been implemented and introduced in a lot of schools and because I have wanted to discuss the ineffectiveness of the program. So, the evaluative argument style would help me fit these topics into my writing and genre the best.
For my topic and my genre, a lot of these argument options would work. However, the proposal argument would not be able to fit into my purpose of writing or my genre. A proposal argument "analyzes a particular problem and then develops a proposal for addressing the problem in its thesis," (Writing Public Lives). In an editorial, the author's job is not to present a solution or a new idea, but to reflect and give their thoughts on an existing one. Also, I am not educated or capable of proposing a whole new method that would improve education, so even if I tried, it would most likely be a failed attempt. A proposal argument is a strong option for many writers and genres, but it does not fit into my purpose of writing.
--Jenny Bello
REFLECTION:
I read Addy and Rachel's blog post about the types of arguments. Rachel was leaning towards the position argument, while Addy was deciding between the casual and the evaluative argument. I suggested to her that she should consider using the casual argument, as it seems to fit her purpose and genre the best. Looking back on my own purpose of writing and genre, I think the refutation argument is still going to be the best and the most strong for my controversy.
I think your choice to use the evaluative argument type is great. I can see exactly why this applies to your topic and it makes sense with your argument. I could also see the casual argument being useful in your editorial when setting the stage and introducing your topic. You could explain why the common core came about and what the intentions were. Then you can start your evaluative argument and state why this approach was not successful. Just an idea!
ReplyDeleteThe evaluative argument would be a great fit, especially if you are going to write an editorial! Like Rachel, the causal argument could work as well, however, I still think that the evaluative is strongest because you aren't explaining the causes to one specific problem, but rather, a continuing issue from common core in education.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with your choice of argument. Even compared to the causal, I think that because of your purpose and genre that the evaluative argument would be best because you simply want to show the ineffectiveness of Common Core, which is exactly what the evaluative is for! Great job!
ReplyDeleteMy only problem with evaluative arguments are that they don't give any way to fix said problems. I think that a refutation evaluation argument would be the most persuasive for your purpose. But if you did only have to pick one I think that the evaluative would be best.
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