Lesson #04: Claims
First, review the Claims portion of
your Overview Lesson (#1), or the claims document by clicking the above link, (or
review your class notes on the four basic types of claims.) this site for the rest of the lesson.
Claims
Power Point Presentation
Editorial
cartoons frequently make strong factual, value, causal and policy claims. As
you watch my slide show on gun control, take notes on all the claims these
cartoonists are making, factual, value and policy, as well as causal claims,
and how effectively or ineffectively they use the rhetorical appeals of logos, ethos and pathos.
Choose the two best and the two worst to discuss in detail on line
and in class.
Follow these instructions to access
the Power Point slide show:
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Click the above link.
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Click on "Pick Application" in the resulting window.
(This one may be unnecessary for future viewings.)
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Click on "OK" to select default "mime"
application. (This one may also be unnecessary, hereafter.)
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Your system may generate a warning about opening up strange files. If it
does, click on "Open It."
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Start the show by clicking on the "slide projector" icon in
the lower, left-hand corner of your screen. (It's labeled "Slide
Show.")
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Click navigational icons to move to
the next or previous screen and to move through the entire presentation.
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Close the application, and return to this Lesson by clicking the top "X" in the
upper, right-hand corner of your screen.
Review this
lesson to your heart's content to prepare yourself for the mandatory practice
quiz and your discussion board:
· click your browser's "Back" button
to return to your English Comp II Blackboard home page
· access your practice quiz through
"Assignments," then "Quizzes"
· access your discussion board through
"Communication," then "Discussion Board"
All Power Point editorial cartoons
are from: http://www.cagle.com/
The purple "fractal" line
divider is from: http://exp.psychologie.uni-kassel.de/cgi-bin/bars