The Rhetorical Triangle looks kind of like a third grader drew it but it gets the message across just fine. The point is that you really need all three of these in order to have a good argumentative essay, persuasive essay or great speech. If you really want to see these three principles in action head over to the
American Rhetoric website and read or listen to some speeches. Please post your comments in the comments section by Friday.
I have already written four pages of my essay and I have found four really informative sources. I will be finishing my essay with a few more sources, and I will be including more information on the disease process of heart failure, and how to live with heart failure.
ReplyDeleteGreat! Thanks Nicole.
ReplyDeleteI have found several good articles through the society of American forester. I am also going through several sources on fire in the Longleaf Pine ecosystems, to see if the articles will be helpful. As far as write, I only have a couple pages so far.
ReplyDeleteI haven't gotten much written so far, but I will use this weekend and next week to conduct more research. I haven't found much using the databases but I can find my topic on search engines like Google. I know I need to use sources from the databases so that will be the main focus of my energy. As I find more articles I will make notes and put it together for a rough draft.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sherry's argument about failing students. If kids aren't pushed to learn things, and are passed anyways, both the students and future employers are cheated. I've seen kids who were passed not because they knew material but because they were nice kids. Yeah, they were nice kids, but allowing them to go up to the next grade without the knowledge and ability to really be there wasn't fair to them or any of the students.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand the point of allowing kids to ascend to the next level if they haven't mastered the work. If I was that kind of student, and I was in danger of flunking, I would clean up my act and do work. If it's either pass or fail, everyone has a fear of failure so they would rather succeed, and pass. As stated by Sherry, this policy has worked in the past and can work today. If students don't realize the danger in progressing without the correct education and learning, they're really just spinning the wheels but going nowhere.
What's the point of accepting a "meaningless" diploma? If you're going to put 12+ years of your life into schooling, it might as well be worth it in that students use the learning process. When she asked students to write about unpleasant experiences they had in school, they wrote about how they wished they'd been pushed harder, or that someone would have stopped them from drinking and doing drugs. I think it's fair for them to wish that, because they weren't faced with the consequence of failing.
If teachers are going to pass students because they're a good kid, or popular, then they should be fired and replaced with someone who can help the students grow as people and smart individuals. If not faced with the consequence of failing, they won't try, and like I said before, "the wheels are spinning but they're going no where".
nice thoughtful work Kristyn
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