(a) Analyzing Rhetorical Context -
AofA Resources:
(1) MLA Works Cited, In-Text Citation, & Careful Notetaking:
AofA Ch. 9: pp. 256-269; & "Credits," pp.
773-776
(2) AofA Ch. 2 “Considering the Rhetorical Context,”
pp. 12-13;
(3) Any Header Notes on the specific argument, introductions to the
issue in Part Two chapter provided by AofA editors Crusius and Channell;
(4) AofA Ch. 6: "Analyzing...Readers," pp.
108-110
(5) AofA App. B "Keeping a Writer's Notebook,"
pp. 767-771
(b) Self-Analysis: Prior Knowledge & Biases
on the issue - AofA Resources:
(1) AofA Ch. 2:“Before You Read": “Recalling Prior
Knowledge," “Following Through,” pp. 11-12; “Reading
Arguments Critically”: #9, p. 20;
(2) AofA Ch. 6: "Analyzing...Readers," pp.
108-110 [Adapt questions
to yourself as reader]
(c) Summary: Identifying Thesis Claim & Major
Points - AofA Resources:
(1) Ch. 2: “Reading an Argument”
(2) See also f.
Analyzing Appeals of Logic Resources
(d) Careful Notetaking: In-Text Citation
(quotation, paraphrase & summary)
AofA Resources:
MLA Works Cited, In-Text Citation, & Careful Notetaking:
AofA Ch. 9: pp. 256-269; & "Credits," pp.
773-776
(e). Analyzing Argument Structure (i.e. author's
plan: purposeful arrangement & order of ideas, or case structure): - AofA
Resources:
(1) AofA Ch. 2: “The Second Reading: Analyzing Structure,”
pp. 15-17; and
boxed “Reading Arguments Critically”: #1 through #8 (p. 20);
(2) AofA Ch. 3: "...The Toulmin Method," pp.
26-31;
(3) AofA Ch. 5: “The
Nature of Convincing: Structure & Strategy”: pp. 70-72
(4) AofA Ch. 6: "Selecting & Ordering
Reasons": pp. 90-91; "The Introduction": pp. 95-96;
"The Body...": p. 97; "The Conclusion": p.
99
(f) Analyzing Appeals of Logic (Toulmin method):
claims, reasons, evidence
AofA Resources:
(1) Ch. 3, pp. 26-31;
(2) Ch. 4, pp. 37-41;
(3) Ch. 5, pp. 69-78, 83-94;
(4) Ch. 6: pp. 127, 136-137, & Box: #2 p. 142
