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Published on Jan 27, 2020
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Step 1: Select an Argument
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- Select one of the options listed in the instructions.
Step 2: Analyze the Context
Who is the author?
- Through research in the library or online, learn all you can about the author of the argument.
Who is the author?
- How does the argument you are analyzing repeat arguments previously made by this author?
Who is the author?
- Does the author borrow arguments and concepts from previous pieces he or she has written?
Who is the author?
- What motivated the author to write?
Who is the author?
- What is the author's purpose?
Who is the audience?
- Through research, learn all you can about the place where the argument appeared and the audience.
Who is the audience?
- Who is the anticipated audience?
Who is the audience?
- How do the occasion and forum for writing affect the argument?
Who is the audience?
- How would the argument have been written differently if it had appeared elsewhere?
Who is the audience?
- What motivated the newspaper or magazine (or other venue) to publish it?
What is the larger conversation?
- Through research, find out what else was being said about the subject of your selection.
What is the larger conversation?
- When did the argument appear?
What is the larger conversation?
- Why did it get published at that particular moment?
What is the larger conversation?
- What other concurrent pieces of "cultural conversation" does the text you are analyzing respond to or answer?
What is the larger conversation?
- Cultural conversation:
- TV Shows
- Other articles
- Speeches
