Lecture slides for Day 6 in EWRT 2

1. EWRT 2
Day 6
SIT AT LEAST ONE TABLE AWAY FROM WHERE YOU USUALLY SIT;
SIT NEXT TO SOMEONE YOU DON’T USUALLY SIT NEXT TO.

2. NYT Evening Briefing Quiz #2
1. On Sunday, France held the first round of voting for a new president. The top two candidates
will advance to an election in May. Emmanuel Macron seems likely to defeat Marine Le Pen in
that election. Many people in France (and Europe) are concerned about Le Pen’s political
popularity. What is troubling for many people about her and/or her political party?
2. Last week, in an election to fill a vacant seat in the US House of Representatives for Georgia,
Jon Ossoff received the most votes (but will still have to compete in a run-off election). What is
interesting about this race? Why is it gaining national attention?
3. What was the recent problem (according to yesterday’s briefing, supposedly now solved) in
Flint, Michigan?
4. Congress needs to pass a continuing resolution by the end of this week to keep the federal
government funded (until September). The President originally demanded that the funding
resolution had to include money for what? (Though he has now backed down on this demand.)
5. Fox News fired Bill O’Reilly last week. Why?

3. Business / Participation
We need to talk about your Integrated Project
topics. You have to have the topic talk with me
and Amanda this week…
Bring your devices (laptops, etc.) on Monday, if
possible.
A quick word about discussing religion in our
class
What participation looks like today:
Four total points possible.
-Up to two points in our full class discussion.
(One point per each thing you say.)
-Two points if you participate in your group
activity AND someone from your group talks in
class to report back.
This is all retroactive to the start of class, so
things you said about the NYT quiz count, of
course.

4. Structure of argument:
Browne & Keeley terminology
Issue: What question is this piece of writing trying to answer?
Conclusion: The answer to that question.
(How does this differ from the way we might use this word in writing classes?;
what do we usually call this?)
Reasons: The reasons for that answer.
Evidence: A type of reason. Data or statistics or facts that
support that answer.
Argument: The conclusion + the reasons.

5. Two types of issues
DESCRIPTIVE
How the world is: patterns and order in the
world. DESCRIBES the world.
Examples:
◦ “Does critical thinking education improve
student success?”
◦ “Do some age groups use social media more
than others?
◦ “What are the effects of social media on
romantic relationships?”
◦ “What is the media rent in the Bay Area?”
PRESCRIPTIVE
How the world should be. PRESCRIBE a course
of action.
Example:
◦ “Should college be free?”
◦ “Should kids be limited in their use of social
media?”
◦ “Do people have a right to affordable housing?”

6. Groups for today. Let’s mix it up again!
Aaron, Evelyn,
Robert, Jasmine,
David
Geni, Esmeralda,
Rhodel, Dexter,
Ramon
Dean, Brandon,
Lourdina, Aren,
Genevieve
Karen, Dominic,
Montana, Kim,
Lizzie
Alex, Rishi, Talita,
Tuan, Stephanie
Justin, Joey,
Patricia, Laura,
Toshihide

7. Taking apart an argument
Read and “deconstruct” a New York Times editorial
into the pieces of its argument.
Identify:
◦ The issue
◦ The conclusion
◦ The reasons
Put on newsprint sheet. Will present to the class.

8. Your Works Cited

9. General considerations
1. The top of your page should say “Works Cited.” It should be centered. It should be in regular
size font.
2. Your sources should be in alphabetical order, by author’s last name.
3. All of your sources should be formatted with a hanging indent. That means that the second
(and third and so on) line of each entry should start with an indent. It looks like this:
Here is an example of a hanging indent. I am going to write a lot of text and then
when it comes time to move on to a new line, I will indent that next line. And
I will keep doing it if I go onto three lines. Do you see?
4. Double space the whole thing, but do not skip lines in between each entry.

10. Citing a book
Here is the standard format for citing a book with one author in your Works Cited:
Lastname, Firstname. Title of the book in italics: subtitle also in italics. Publisher, Year.
Example:
Obama, Barack. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Three Rivers, 1995.
Book with 2 authors:
Lastname, Firstname, and Firstname Lastname. Title of the book in italics: subtitle also in italics.
Publisher, Year.
Book with 3 or more authors:
Lastname, Firstname, et al. Title of the book in italics: subtitle also in italics. Publisher, Year.

11. Citing an online article
Here’s how you do it:
Lastname, Firstname. “Name of article in quotes: Subtitle also.” Name of website in italics,
publication date (see below), URL.
Example:
Kardashian, Kim. “I love Kanye: He’s my husband.” The New York Times, 20 Apr. 2014,
www.nytimes.com/fake_story/I_made_up.html.
Notes
--you follow the same rules for multiple authors as you do for books.
--IF the article has a publication date (most news articles and opinion pieces will), you should write
the publication date in the following format: day abbreviated month year.
◦ Example: 12 Jun. 1974
◦ Example: 25 Dec. 2005

12. Homework
FOR FRIDAY
Paper 1 due on Friday by 6 PM on
Canvas.
I will not be amused by submission
difficulties.
For best results: submit as a pdf.
You will not be able to submit
directly from Google Docs—save it
to the hard drive first and then
upload it.
FOR SUNDAY/MONDAY
Read two chapters of Levin (will be
posted on Canvas).
Post a discussion question and
response by Sunday night.
Read and do HW #4.