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In this optional Discussion, you will continue the work you did in the Week 2 Discussion, zeroing in on the topic for your final paper.
Describe a problem you might want to explore in your final paper. Then try to persuade your classmates to share your view that this problem needs to be examined. Your initial post will have two parts:
- What is the problem? Describe it in terms of who, what, where, when, how, and why.
- Why should this problem be examined? Persuade your peers that money/time should be committed to this problem. Use the appeals of ethos, logos, and pathos (described here in ) as appropriate to convince them that this is an important issue to be studied and/or solved.
Responding to Others
- Try responding using the strategies you practiced in Week 4 (responding as a skeptic, reflector, validator, or extender).
- Ask questions about the problem they are going to explore.
- Ask about key concerns, target audience, or the kind of sources they might use.
- Provide respectful feedback about the persuasive tactics in their posts.
- Extend the conversation, exploring topics in creative and constructive ways.
Associated CO & LO:
- CO-2: Create framework for written and oral presentations, using thesis, introduction, support, and conclusion.
- LO-2.4: Write a one-sentence thesis that is clear, specific, focused, and not a question.
- LO-2.5: Build a framework to support the thesis.
- LO-2.6: Write paragraphs supporting the topic sentences.
- CO-4: Demonstrate ability to support assertions with evidence.
- LO-4.1: Use evidence to support assertions.
- LO-4.2: Explain the impacts of logical fallacies.
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