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Assignment Overview:
You will summarize, acknowledge, and refute a particular position, and present a counterargument.
Your paper should be one page, single-spaced, written in 12-point font, and have one-inch margins.
Be
clear and concise.
Do not exceed a page in length.
Write a letter to the editor of the publication in which the article appeared.
Intro
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Briefly (briefly!) analyze the author and publication’s background. Who is he/she? What kind of
publication is this, with what kinds of readers, with what kinds of values? How might this
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Give a fair summary of the source’s argument
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Briefly introduce your argument about why that argument is wrong and/or why your alternative
is better
Concession
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Where do you and the author agree (the point of stasis)?
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Do you agree with the author’s definition of the problem? The solution? The cause?
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“I agree with [name of author] that ______, but I think ______.”)
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Where do you find common ground?
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- Spring '08
- RAYBURN
- Rhetoric, Writer, editor, 12 pt, one-inch
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