"specific"=I gathered these documents and what you did when analyzing those, be specific/not general
Be specific on things you've done, and things that you need to do. Let him know that you have a handle on all the things that will go into making this project complete. Describe in specific detail. Be persuasive.
Organizational/sections--every part has a purpose
Roman Numeralize!
Introduction: give a summary statement=are you on track, what will you do to get on track; short statement so he knows how things are going--
1) Project overview
2) Summary statement about progress
Body sections:
1) Work completed
can have subcategories that talk about the types of work; talk about gathering texts, interviewing, others... Observation/interviews/collection of texts and ANALYZING the text; break it up by types of work or go chronologically; be specific when I can
2) Work remaining
similar organizational structure down here; drafting and writing the documents; refer back to plan of work in the proposal; showing a draft to the person you are studying
In 1 or 2, talk about problems I've had to this point; persuasive point=show him that there is a strategy to get through the problems; don't complain, show you know what you are going to do
Final section=a conclusion!
Pull from summary statement; think about overall goal, say where you are, tell if you're behind/ahead of schedule, how you're going to work; summarize where you are, and where you're going; you're strategy
Look on ecampus for examples of progress reports--look today, he'll put them up with comments--due date has been pushed back to November 6th. No class on Election day! November 4th.
Bookness!
Reflect on readings for definitions of these terms:
Premise: this is what you start out with, this is the basis for all your research/analysis of material; without this, you cannot continue (?)
Probability: anything can happen! this is different from plausibility in that something plausible is probable... thank you, dictionaries...
"Local" within the realm of rhetoric deals with...
Premise: a statement that's assumed before an idea is explored; as someone's building an argument, a premise is an unstated assumption on which the argument is grounded; logical premise behind it;
Probability: common ideas/interests that people share; dealing with issues of "likelihood", conclusion; draw a parallel to statements about human behavior
Deductive Reasoning: movement from general principles (class of items) to specific cases; if premises (assumptions/common beliefs) are true, then conclusion about specific case is true
Inductive Reasoning: movement from specific cases/examples to general principles
Enthymeme! assumption is unstated in argument! rhetorical argument founded on assumptions that remain unstated
piece back together the enthymeme; the unstated items... we move backwards--
"If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit"
MAJOR premise: evidence doesn't fit the defendant, then you must acquit the defendant (grounded in assumption in the legal community)
MINOR premise: the glove is evidence
MINOR premise: the glove doesn't fit the defendant
SW: "Where would we be in this class without youtube?"
Youtube video=Holiday Inn Express - Fainter
"Did anyone stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night?"
"I'm a doctor."
(more emphatically) "Did anyone stay..."
Build up enthymeme:
MAJOR premise: Smart people are the best people to handle tough, difficult situations (in general)
MINOR premise: People who stay at a HIE are smart (General class=smart people)
Statement: "We need someone who stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night to help this man"
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