- Go over how to check grades on D2L.
- How to write a sentence cont.: fixing run-on sentences.
- Introduction to rhetoric:
- rhetoric: the art of persuasion/persuasive language
- Writing as a Means of Persuasion
- Introduction to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Terms (Project & Argument)
- Fact vs. opinion vs. claim/argument
- fact: a true or verifiable piece of information
- evidence: facts used to support a conclusion
- opinion: a view or belief not necessarily based on fact
- claim/argument: an assertion of truth that the author supports with evidence
- In Class Writing: Find one fact, one opinion (or unsupported claim), and one factually supported claim from the opinion article you chose for homework. Copy your examples and post them to your blog.
Homework for 9/3:
Using different colors, highlight all facts, opinions, and claims from the article you chose for homework for 8/28 (for example, you could highlight facts in yellow, opinions in purple, and claims in green). Be sure to include a color key! You can copy and paste your article into a google doc that you share with me, or you can print it out and hand in a physically highlighted copy of the article for Tuesday’s class.
Extra:
WRT 101S 