Monday, September 25, 2017

Our Contexts For Arguments: Our Frames

What is Historical and Cultural Context?

What about Social Context? (this one has some errors in grammar, but I thought it would be good to see how (who I imagine is) a student applies context.


Besides knowing the context for an argument...what about knowing what kind of criticism categories you are 1) experiencing when you are critically reading, and 2) applying when you are critically  thinking and writing.

  • From an English 205 course at Ole Miss (The University of Mississippi), check out this wonderful outline of different types of critical approaches that we levy (take) to subject matters we cover in college courses.


How does this all help me as a writer?
  • Identifying and understanding the difference between Information and Issue Question (56-58)
  • Identifying and understanding the difference between a Genuine Argument and a Pseudo-Argument (58-60)

And then there is our ability to apply "all these things that [we]'ve done" to the real world in which we are conscious:

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