Chapter 14 was about a process of reasoning called argumentation. A lot in this chapter stuck out to me. I learned quite a bit. Argumentation is the appeal to reason. That's simply what it. If that doesn't make sense to you, what it basically means is this. Argumentation is simply an argument that a writer or anybody else can ask a series of statements so that they logically lead to a conclusion. Now I found out that there were quite a bit of differences between persuasion and argumentation. Persuasion is basically a way to make somebody else or the reader believe what you believe. It's a general term that is used to convey adoption on an idea. I found that to be very interesting! I also found that the thesis was quite interesting to me as well. I found out that once you find out what you're going to argue about you do need to find a thesis that that thesis needs to be debatable. I felt like that was something new to me. So let that I guess I'm learning something after all. This whole farm of essay writing really excites me. The past few years I've really gotten the politics and debating is a key term used in politics. I'm a very excited to write an essay on what I plan to choose on which will probably be on politics. Nothing really has made me go berserk yet in this chapter but I'm sure something will take me off soon enough in the week. But for the most part I seem to really agree with everything the author says and don't really have any smart aleck comments to make. I feel that the evidence I give should be supported and should be credible. I don't think that it's just come off the top of your head. I feel like I do kind of have to analyze the audience I'm going to be writing to, I have to know what they think and what their pre-conceived notions are about the topic of choosing. I think that is very important to do that. To go on a quick rants, this is kind of what were doing in public speaking. I have to analyze my audience and make sure that what I say goes the way I want it to. I can kind of see a connection between English composition and now public speaking. I really wish that we could have done more riding in my high school years on this form of writing. So once again I'm really excited to get started.
Now being a student I do have to give a educated and more student like response to this chapter. I think that the most important part of this chapter really is the parts on analyzing your audience, the kinds of evidence you use, the criteria for evidence, the documentation of evidence, and dealing with the opposition. These are all key parts into writing a good essay using the form of argumentation. Without these key components, the essay may not be as strong as you'd want to be. I think that the most important would be dealing with the opposition. I believe that's you have to go into writing an essay expecting to be criticized for what you believe. I feel that you have to expect to be criticized for what you are writing about and what you are going to be arguing. I think having the ability to deal with the opposition is a key aspect to writing a solid argumentation essay. I do feel that the thesis aspect of writing and argumentation essay was not quite elaborated enough on. I have never quite been able to grasp the whole concept of writing a good thesis and honestly have never been very good at writing one either. I wish that they would have talked a little bit more about writing a good solid thesis for argumentation essay. But other than that, I really did enjoy this chapter and am very excited to begin my argumentation essay that I'm sure will be due in the next upcoming weeks.
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