6B. Use transitional elements to guide the reader through the line of reasoning of an argument.
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In this exercise, you will be reading five of the eight selections listed below, all of which can be found on the course readings page. Since this is an exercise in reading and annotation as well as an exercise in writing warrants, you will be doing both.
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Step One: Annotation
Step Two: Preparing to Write For any THREE of the articles you annotated...
FOLLOW THE TEMPLATE, PLEASE!
Step Three: Writing and Submitting
Step Four: Proofread
Step Five: Take a Chance Use a small statement of casual style to clarify a major point you've been talking about in high-middle style before. See the last sentence of the example paragraph at the bottom of this page. |
Here is a suggested template for doing a warrant along with a specific example below so you can see how this all looks when put together.
Here it is in a list, and then what follows is the same information in a template form just for fun. Template (Use immediately after the sentence containing a major piece of data).
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In other words, Richard ascribes a great deal of his rejection and ostracism to the circumstances of his birth, but one cannot miss the scathing self-hatred as he spits out the blunt word "deform'd," one Richard immediately -- as if catching himself in the act of having spoken too much -- softens to the more euphemistic "unfinish'd," apparently in order to reestablish his momentarily-forgotten control over his language and his audience (I.i.20). However, because Richard's eye is always on the prize, here no less than elsewhere, this moment may, in fact, be nothing more than a faux-slip of the tongue, as if to communicate the idea that Richard felt such a sense of trust in his confidants, his audience -- that is, us -- that he could finally reveal, even for a second, his sincere self-hatred. That said, though, especially since the effect would likely be a markedly increased sense of compassion from an audience who can sympathize with feelings of rejection, it would be foolish not to remember Richard's earlier statements. Because Richard has earlier informed us in Henry VI, Part III that he can " wet [his] face with artificial tears" (III.ii.4), and since he is in the act of telling us how he will deceive all those around him, it is not unreasonable to wonder whether this moment, however sincere it may appear, has been nothing more than a Proteus-like deception, and that we may only be seeing Richard just framing his face for all occasions. In short, the minute we feel sorry, we've been played.
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