Speech community argument outline (critical thinking)

You goal for this IFW#18 is to list the content for every paragraph and to draft your Works Cited page, based on the BLACK content. Since this is an Informal Writing, use bullet points, abbreviations, etc. Print this guide to use as a check-list for your IFW, and as a prompt for asking questions in the Workshop Discussion.

Thought Questions
1. What kinds of language habits does this speech community use?
2. What do those examples mean? – on the surface level? – on a deeper level?
3. What logical patterns and structures are embedded in these language habits?
4. What are the unspoken values, ideas, concerns, or beliefs embedded in this message?
5. What are the possible consequences or impacts of this message for specific groups?
6. Are these language habits beneficial or detrimental to this speech community’s worldview? How should these language habits expand or be revised?
1. ARGUMENT INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH
a. creative and compelling opening statement
i. what is your argument?
ii. how will you contextualize it?
iii. why does it matter?
2. CONTEXT SYNTHESIS PARAGRAPH
a. before you can “synthesize” the conversation, you need to find quotes by multiple authors for the key ideas we have studied in this unit.
c. support your synthesis claim with specific quotes which help to define key ideas from your argument (from part a. i, ii, iii, …)

d. link your ideas to the conversation each time you ‘synthesize’ a topic!
3. ARGUMENT DEVELOPMENT: 2 – 4 BODY PARAGRAPHS
a. analytic topic sentence claim
c. supporting primary source examples
4. CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH
a. summarize subtopic claims
i. what was your argument?
ii. how did you contextualize it?

you’ve developed
creative and compelling remarks that advocate your opinions about the analysis
1. all primary sources that come from anything except your own observations
i. songs, movies, television, social media posts, images, icons, interviews, quotes
ii. any primary source evidence you borrowed from classmates during discussions
2. all secondary sources
i. at least three from class
c. dictionary references that you mention specifically
4. any epigraph you use as on opening or closing remark
5. any outside sources you consulted as ‘facts,’ or ‘statistics,’ or any other information.