Week 3

Reading for the Week

Main reading: Kaag & van Belle, Ch. 2

Supplemental reading: Lawrence Chs. 6, 8, & 9

CH 6 CONFUSED WORDS.pdf

CH 8 SHIFTS IN TIME.pdf

CH 9 PARALLEL STRUCTURE.pdf

Tuesday

Kaag & van Belle, Chapter 2: the Toulmin method, and Aristotle on the available means of persuasion: ethos, pathos, logos, the rhetorical syllogism, and kairos. Sample papers for each method (see below). Divide topic packet readings among your study group. Read them ahead of class and come prepared to discuss them in depth on Thursday.

Tuesday's Slides

ENGL_103_WEEK3_RHETORIC_F2026 (1).pdf

Week 3 Topic Packet

ENGL_103_TOPIC_PACKET_2_F2026.docx

The Articles

ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf

Asimov

A Cult of Ignorance

Reading dies in complexity- Online news consumers prefer simple writing.pdf

Shulman, Markowitz, & Rogers

Reading Dies in Conmplexity

Are Books Really Disappearing From American Classrooms_.pdf

Schwartz

Are Books Really Disappearing from American Classrooms?

Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence.pdf

Fore

Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence

College professors face an emerging challenge_ We know students are no longer reading entire books.pdf

Sarat

College professors face an emerging challenge: We know students are no longer reading entire books

Reading for Lifelong Health.pdf

Shulman, Baicker, & Mayes

Reading for life-long health

Additional Reading and Samples

SampleAristotelianArgumentAPA.pdf

Sample Classic Rhetoric Paper

This Aristotelian argument paper is cited in APA (American Psychological Association) format. If you've never seen that citation style before, it may seem confusing at first, especially if you're used to MLA. In Rhetoric journals and books (unlike in literature and language studies), we use APA Style.

SampleToulminArgument.pdf

Sample Toulmin Method Paper

This paper looks to be in MLA Style, though I'm not sure if it's the current version (I'm much more familiar with APA and have to check my work every time I use MLA!).

Aristotelian Argument - Writing Commons.pdf

Aristotelian Argument

Joseph Moxley, 2023

How Aristotle Invented Logic And Why We Still Use Aristotelian Logic - Mind The Greeks.pdf

How Aristotle Invented Logic

and Why We Still Use Aristotelian Logic

Mind the Greeks, 2026

The Toulmin Method - WAC.pdf

The Toulmin Method

Laurel Nesbitt, WAC (Writing Across the Curriculum) Clearinghouse, 1994–2026

Thursday

Topic packet 2. Informal Assignment 2: map two opposing posts into Toulmin terms.

Link to shared document for Thursday will be provided in D2L under "Shared Document Links" in the Content menu. It will not appear until Thursday morning.