English Critical Reasoning and Writing
Humanities
1. Complete Chapter 10 Review Question
Please answer the following review questions for Chapter 10:
- Describe the rhetorical situation for the letters by the eight white clergymen and Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. Your responses are worth 5 points, and they will be evaluated for accuracy, development, and writing ability (syntax/grammar).
2. Lesson 14 Forum
Synthesizing Strategies for Analyzing Arguments
Read the two letters presented in Chapter 10: “A Call to Unity: A Letter from Eight White Clergymen” and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and present a brief analysis of ONE of the texts. Use the focus topics listed on pages 287-288 to narrow your discussion. The focus topics ask you to discuss rhetorical situation, organization, claims, logical proofs, emotional proofs, proofs that establish ethos, warrants and backing, fallacious reasoning, and ethics. Please note that you are not required to respond to all of these focus questions. Choose 2 or 3 related topics and try to develop your response by reference to specific passages in the letter you choose.
To post a response, click on “reply” below and type your response into the text box; click “post reply” to post your answer to the forum. Remember that you must post two (75-word minimum) responses to receive a passing grade (7-10) for a discussion forum. You will not be able to see your classmates posts until AFTER you post a thread to the forum question. After you post your initial response to the forum question, read some of your classmates threads (by clicking the links to individual threads) and post a second response to one of the students in the class.
Here are the readings!
