Summative Assessment Posting

I chose this one as my best assessment posting.

Appeals and Argumentative Models

Appeals

In my own words I would describe an ethical appeal as a way of convincing the audience that what is stated is very important to all of us and is the right (or wrong) thing to do. I would say that it is a way to convince them to believe that as human beings we should value the argument and should see it as important and credible.

I would describe a rational appeal as something that shows cause and effect in a logical way. I would use it if I were arguing to change something in some area of importance and state the logical outcomes. I think is has more fact, statistics and experiment based information.

Emotional appeals to me are those that bring out emotions in the audience. I think it gets the reader to make decisions based on how they feel about the subject. If it makes them feel anger or sadness or any other emotion they may agree with the argument based on that alone.

Argumentative Models

The Rogerian Model is finding common ground, considering both sides. It focuses on common points and the goal is to work together to work out the issue. It starts with the introduction being a problem that each agrees is a problem. The next part states reasons there are differences or show misunderstandings. It is a model that shows multiple perspectives toward an issue. It is a model with a cooperative stance. It concludes with a way to resolve the different views and work together.

The Classical model is structured and focused on the topic of the paper. It starts with the problem then gives background information, the next step is to provide evidence in support of the thesis statement and have some evidence to contest those with opposing views. The end if the paper is the conclusion, restating the thesis and if needed recommendations.

In the Toulmin Model the paper starts with the claim first and then backs up the claim with facts and truths. Then next, backing up the facts and data to show they are reliable sources, called the warrant, then backing those reliable sources to show that it is trustworthy data.