Week 5: Identifying the Elements of Inductive Argumen

The author of "Tutor Trouble" believes that the Chicago Public School system is not giving children who sign up for tutoring any help. She gives evidence of this by showing that half the budget the federal government gives to the Chicago Public School systems for tutoring goes unused. She also says that at least half the children in the school system qualify for after school tutoring. She has a weak argument with the unused budget because more chicago children may not be wanting to go to after school tutoring which could be the sole cause for them having the surplus of dollars to spend. The conclusion emphasized that nothing was more important to recover Chicago's educational standards that once stood at an earlier date. Overall I think that the authors argument was relatively strong because I believe that children should get the funding they need for a better education if they are behind in school. The future generations of our country should have access to as much education as they can get.

Bambi, Get Your Gun

"Why Bambi Must Go"

Choose one of the editorials listed in the Resources section above.  Answer the "Identifying the Elements of Deductive Argument" questions on page 102 of PA of the "Identifying the Elements of Inductive Argument" questions on page 112 of PA.  Explain why you selected the set of questions you did.

The report starts of explaining the beauty of nature and how even nature can destroy it. Birds vs. Deer who would have thought? But alas the thesis continues to show the threat of to many deer in the wild. How they are eating all of the food for the birds specifically the bay-breasted or Canada warbler. The writer continues to say that the lack of hunters is a problem because deer are now apparently over populated. The author concludes with a less arguable solution. Such as fencing in some areas of the wild so that the deer cannot eat all of the vegetation. This could work and this practice is already being used. I guess the early deer gets the worm now.

The Trouble With Catholics

-->"catholics wont go quietly"

Choose one of the editorials listed in the Resources section above.  Using the "Template for Rhetorical Analysis" on page 85 of PA as a model, write a brief analysis of your selected reading.

The writer starts off explaining how important wining states for re election is very crucial. He introduces the current presidents problem being religious leaders and their vote. He realizes that some sacrifice must be made in order to get a certain vote. He goes on saying that if he loses the Catholic vote this may actually be part of his plan. In which he would go after a more non-religious voter most likely the youth of the nation. Over all the author of the report realizes that just because you are a specific religion, that does not guarantee a certain republican/ democrat vote.

Week 5: "Why Bambi Must Go" Inductive Argument

1. The dangerously high deer population is reflecting negatively upon the wildlife of Eastern United States.
2. Cristol places his thesis where he does because it is after he has presented the facts and before he presents the solution.
3. Cristol uses the fact that the deer population is endangering the rest of the ecosystem, namely songbirds, timber, flora, and fauna. He also asserts that successful management methods of the early 20th century, such as the use of wolves and mountain lions are no longer in use due to the fact that they pose harm to the human population.
4. The inductive leap that Cristol uses to reach his conclusion is that the problem can easily be fixed. Cristol could have definitely included more evidence to support his conclusion in order to make it stronger.
5. To put it into relative terms, the inductive argument of Cristol is weak as it does not add up to a compelling conclusion. It lacks the support and elaboration needed.

I chose to identify the elements of inductive argument due to the set up of the article. It seemed more fitting that the author was providing details before actually arriving at the thesis of the article.

Week 5: "Why Bambi Must Go" Rhetorical Analysis

Daniel Cristol begins his article by heavily relying on imagery to paint a picture of Central Park in New York City. The problem that he identifies is that of the high deer population is taking a toll on the lives of people, forests of the area, and its wildlife inhabitants, and there is not much that could be done about this population issue. He assumes his readers are not to well informed about the subject at hand, thus providing many details about deer population, its history, and other animals of the Central Park area. His purpose is to provide a solution for the problem. In order to accomplish this purpose, he appeals mainly to wildlife managers. In this essay, Cristol addresses the main argument against his thesis, the idea that the conservation methods of the early 20th century were extremely successful and managed to keep the deer population at a desirable number. He refutes his argument by saying that perhaps the efforts to manage the deer reflects negatively upon the rest of the ecosystem. Finally, he concludes by making the point that a healthy balance between management and the course of nature is much needed. He acknowledges the need for better methods of management while simultaneously pointed out that too much management may not always be a good thing. Overall, the argument Cristol makes is ineffective because he emphasizes greatly upon the problems, not not necessarily enough on the solution. If there were more support, more elaboration , and more focus on the solution, his argument would prove to be very effective.

Week 5: Template for Rhetorical Analysis “Tutor Trouble”

The Chicago Tribune begins the essay by saying that many students in the Chicago public Schools could use help with math and reading.  They have signed up for it but they are not getting the help they need or deserve.  The problem is not money, as the public schools have millions of dollars in unspent money for tutoring.  The problem is the program is not effective, while it has been running for a decade the public school system for whatever reason can’t keep up.  When students drop out or don’t show up for the extra help they are not replaced by someone else that needs it, or at least they aren’t replaced quickly.  The Chicago Tribune’s purpose is to show everyone that there is help available and money to pay for it but its not being used and the children are suffering.  They appeal mainly to parents through emotions.  Showing that if their kids are struggling in school the school has the money and resources in order to help the students but they are not doing so effectively.  CPS is not placing students who qualify for tutoring in the program early enough and by the time they do finally get help it is generally already too late for the program to do any real good.  He concludes by saying CPS needs to do a better job ensuring that the kids who need tutoring get it and they get it early enough for it to make a difference.  Their argument is effective because no one would want their child to do badly in school and know that there is help just that it is failing to be given to their child.

Week 5 Identifying The Elements of Inductive Argument Bambi

1:  Saving the deer may make for fun on a road trip or backyard adventure but having too many deer has cause once plentiful supply of birds to dwindle.

2:  Daniel Cristol placed the thesis so far down(like the third little paragraph I think) so that he had enough space to tell you about what the problem was before telling what had caused it, sort of like to get you on his side because if he had just come straight out and said deer are killing birds in the beginning I doubt many people would have kept reading.

3:  Cristol uses events such as managing of forests for deer, bird-watcher sightings and the clearing of forests to show how the populations of migratory birds has fallen.

4: Daniel Cristol talks about how we have been managing the forests in order to allow the deer to have a comeback since being hunted to “endangered”.  Managing the forests did allow the deer to come back but since they have made a comeback and a strong one their numbers are threatening the population of migratory birds.  By eating the bushes and shrubs birds would normally use for nests or for cover.  And he also talks about how the number of people who actually hunt for deer now is declining since our generation isn’t is to hunting as much, I guess because its not really a necessity for most of us now like it may have been in the 20^th century or maybe people just don’t want to anymore.

5:  I think Daniel Cristol has a very good argument, he provides plenty of evidence of how the bird population is being harmed and of how this solution will help.

I used the inductive question set because he uses events that have happened to make his generalizations rather than make conclusions based on generalizations.

Template for Writing a Rhetorical Analysis of "When all else fails, rob the poor"

Barbara Ehrenreich starts her essay by discussing how the lower class in america is being charged a heaping amount of money compared to the middle and upper class through the private sector as well as the government itself. The problem she identifies are that banks get to charge insane interest rates on people with bad credit from low incomes because they need to make money off of the loan itself through interest. She also talks about how local governments increase the fees of being pulled over for suspended licenses and increasing bond amounts for being a resident of a prison cell. Even more examples include "failing to pay minimum wage and refusing to honor overtime pay differentials." to people with low incomes. Her purpose it to inform the public about how lower class income individuals are being treated by the government and are being targeted with some laws. In order to accomplish this purpose, she appeals mainly to the lower class telling them that both the private sector and the government are treating them unfairly. In her essay, Ehrenreich addresses the main argument against her thesis, the idea that the government is treating all classes of income the same. She refutes this by pulling up multiple state laws where citizens drivers licenses have been pulled for owing child support, yet they can't get work to make this up because they can't drive. Finally, she concludes by making the point that the government could create policies that protect against the "predation of the poor" such as no one should be incarcerated for debt. Overall, the argument Ehrenreich makes is effective because she has warned the general population of the unfairness towards the lower class and tells ways that the people can fix this if we work to reform some of the laws in our local and state governments.

deductive argument bambi

Cristol begins his essay with a brief example of disappearance of bird species. The problem he identifies is the decrease on a bird specie named warblers. He assumes his readers are not giving much importance to this type of crisis. His purpose is to let the world know about problems that people do not seem to see. In order to accomplish this purpose, he appeals to logos and pathos to show evidence and to attract readers emotionally. He concludes by making a point that there are many ways to solve this crisis, some more effective then others. A decrease of deer is the solution. Overall the argument Cristol makes is effective because of evidence.