HU2642 post #13
Reading: Compose, Design, Advocate -- Chapters 1 & 2 (pp. 17-55) (2007) by Anne F. Wysocki & Dennis A. Lynch
The structure here is excellent, and makes an intimidatingly long reading go a little more quickly. Clearly, they've taken their own advice and thought long and hard about what they're trying to say and the order of presentation. I especially like that chapter 2 has more detailed instruction on each of the points that was introduced in chapter 1 -- which in turn followed directly from a concrete example.
I'm also really impressed by the attention given to the idea given on page 20 that "making arguments... only makes sense if you respect other people's rights to argue" because I get frustrated to no end when people state their own side of an issue as if it were inscribed in the living earth and refuse to acknowledge that another position even exists, let alone possesses merit. This is the primary reason why I am completely disenchanted with governmental politics.
Closely related are the subsections in chapter 2 with each concept under the "your responsibilities" headings. In my first semester as a student in the HU department, I've already heard quite a bit about logos, ethos, pathos, purpose, audience, context, and so forth, but this is the first mention I've come across that holds the communicator to some standard higher than simply not boring or offending the audience.
The structure here is excellent, and makes an intimidatingly long reading go a little more quickly. Clearly, they've taken their own advice and thought long and hard about what they're trying to say and the order of presentation. I especially like that chapter 2 has more detailed instruction on each of the points that was introduced in chapter 1 -- which in turn followed directly from a concrete example.
I'm also really impressed by the attention given to the idea given on page 20 that "making arguments... only makes sense if you respect other people's rights to argue" because I get frustrated to no end when people state their own side of an issue as if it were inscribed in the living earth and refuse to acknowledge that another position even exists, let alone possesses merit. This is the primary reason why I am completely disenchanted with governmental politics.
Closely related are the subsections in chapter 2 with each concept under the "your responsibilities" headings. In my first semester as a student in the HU department, I've already heard quite a bit about logos, ethos, pathos, purpose, audience, context, and so forth, but this is the first mention I've come across that holds the communicator to some standard higher than simply not boring or offending the audience.