Pg. 32 - 37 Relation to Paper # 3

Page 32-37 sections all pertain to paper #3. The  paper is about providing an argument to a reader for your reasoning behind a change in the k-12 curriculum. Classification can be used to keep a paper organized so that related items are kept in a specific order when writing. Compare and contrast can be used to show the similarities and differences to one argument or another. Although compare and contrast was the focus of the last paper, I’m sure the skillset will be very useful when writing the argument paper.  Cause and effect can demonstrate desired or undesired effects of whatever it is your argument is based on. You can use cause and effect back up your argument showing possible outcomes from a given action or event. An argument is obviously particularly important to this paper as the point of the paper is to establish an argument by proving your point using “facts, examples, statistics, and expert testimony as support.” As the book states on page 36. Dialectical Persuasion seems like a particularly valuable asset to an argument paper as long as you don’t take it too far. When writing the paper you can use dialectical persuasion to try to first eliminate the opposing view by exposing it before countering it with your argument. Obviously you would want to pose the opposite point of view carefully so it does not detract from your main argument and undermine the paper. If you can do it while proving your point and detracting from the other, it can be very effective in your argument paper.