Transcript Genre Study Critical Review

Genre Study
Critical Review
Noticing Sessions
“A Student’s Rhetorical Analysis of an Argument”
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Read along with the teacher
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Pause after every paragraph to read the sidebar
noticings silently to yourself.
Touchstone Text
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What is the argument in this piece? How
can we tell?
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What details does the writer include?
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How do these details support the writer’s
argument?
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How is the piece organized? Outline the
basic structure.
IDEAS & ORGANIZATION
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Where do we see specific elements of argumentation?
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How does the writer present the original argument to
which s/he is responding?
Claim, counterclaim, rebuttal
Support: ethos, pathos, logos
Where do we see analysis and judgment of another writer’s
claim?
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How does the writer establish and sustain a
formal/authoritative style and an objective pragmatic
tone that respects the purpose, subject, and intended
audience of a critical review?
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Who is the audience? What is the purpose? How can
we tell?
RHETORICAL TECHNIQUES
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When does the writer use relevant
information and research to support
his/her claims and counter arguments?
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What types of sources does the writer
use?
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How are quotations, paraphrasing, and
end citations documented?
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How are quotations, paraphrasing, and
end citations punctuated?
Use of RESEARCH
Ideas & Organization

What is the
argument in this
piece? How can we
tell?

What details does
the writer include?

How do these
details support the
writer’s argument?

How is the piece
organized? Outline
the basic
structure.
Immersion
1) Popcorn Reading
Rhetorical Techniques
●Where do we see specific
elements of argumentation?
Claim, counterclaim,
rebuttal
Support: ethos,
pathos, logos
●How does the writer
present the original
argument to which s/he is
responding?
Where do we see
analysis and judgment
of another writer’s
claim?
●How does the writer
establish ans sustain a
formal/authoritative style
and an objective pragmatic
tone that respects the
purpose, subject, and
intended audience of a
critical review?
Use of Research
●When does the writer
use relevant
information and
research to support
his/her claims and
counter arguments?
●What types of sources
does the writer use?
●How are quotations,
paraphrasing, and end
citations documented?
●How are quotations,
paraphrasing, and end
citations punctuated?
●Who is the audience? What
is the purpose? How can we
tell?
2) Discuss each question
3) Make notes in WNB