Rhetorical and Argumentive

You will need to read the article Mind Over Mass Media beginning on page 1029 of the course textbook for this discussion. Here is a link to the article in case you have not gotten the book yet:
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/opinion/11Pinker.html (Links to an external site.)

You will also need to refer to Chapter 3 (the highlighted terms throughout the chapter are defined in the glossary in the back of your textbook). I have also attached some supplemental resources:

Rhetorical Situation: 

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-englishcomposition1/chapter/video-the-rhetorical-situation/ (Links to an external site.)

https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/jbreitenfeldt/rhetorical-situation-23683325 (Links to an external site.)

Argument:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8xu7SUPBoJA (Links to an external site.)

Post a response to the following items about the Mind Over Mass Media article. You will be able to view your classmates posts and my replies only after you have posted.

1. Describe the Rhetorical Situation of the article mentioning genre, audience, purpose, tone, stance, and context.

2. What evidence does the author provide to support his argument?

3.  Does the author mention any counterarguments or concessions? If so, what are they?

4.  Are you convinced by the authors argument?  Why or why not?

 

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