Week 15: Proposal Arguments

Practical Argument Readings:

• Chapter 15: “Proposal Arguments” (417-51) - Complete the "Template for Writing Proposal Arguments" on page 450 using your essay subject as the topic.  Bring the completed Template to class with you on Wednesday.

Presentations:

Writing Proposal Arguments

View another webinar from Alisa Cooper

(Obviously you should ignore the last couple of slides that describe the assignment - those are not pertinent to our class.)

Resources:

"Evaluating Sources" (Lakeland Community College)
Tyree Library - "Finding Articles"
Tyree Library - "Is It a Popular Magazine or a Scholarly Journal"

Discussion Questions:

• Complete exercise 15.7 on page 450 of PA and post it here.
• Read Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" on page 670 of PA.  What is Marvell proposing?  What kinds of appeals does he use to make his proposal more persuasive (give examples)?  Is his proposal convincing?  Why or why not?
• Choose one of the thesis statements from Exercise 15.1 (PA 423-24) and find one article from the library databases that you could use to support it.  Provide a link to the article here as well as an MLA citation for it.  Summarize the article and explain how you could use it to support the thesis statement.
• Using the "Structuring a Proposal Argument" on page 427 of PA, write a mini-proposal for a solution to the parking shortage on the northwest campus of Santa Fe College.
• The video below is an adaptation of the Hunsford proposal from Pride and Prejudice, one of the most famous marriage proposals in the history of English literature.  Why does it fail so miserably?  What could Mr. Darcy have done to make his point more persuasively?

Assignment:

Essay 5, due Wednesday, December 5 at 11:59 pm.
The assignment sheet is posted to the Lessons page of Angel as Essay 5: Causal Argument/Proposal..
Remember to bring at least two sources (preferably all four if you have them) to class on Wednesday along with your Bedford Handbook and Practical Argument.