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Assignment One: Rough Draft At this time, ‘blacks’ were treated poorly, and were trying to push for suffrage, and equality, and to diminish the racial tensions between themselves, and the whites. Several white supremacists were still trying to demean ‘blacks’ and say how they were lesser humans due to the color of their skin. HoweverContinue reading “HW 3/3”

Warrant: unspoken values a writer thinks he shares with his readers. (These warrants are shaped and come from the discourse). Specific Discourse Community: White Supremacists. Argument Style: (evidence, reason, format, genre of writing), which is derived from his discourse community. Knowledge: Made from discourses, and uses Multiliteracies for individual members to use. Rhetorical Triangle: ‘StrivingsContinue reading “CL 3/3”

After looking over the class discussion covenant, I found that I agree with everything listed. I do not think that any of it should be changed, but perhaps add in that a student should be able to communicate with the teacher when they are working alone, and require a second set of eyes/ opinion onContinue reading “HW 2/27”

Claim–what is the writer’s thesis statement? Reasons– a reason the writer provides that his thesis statement is true or at least valid. Evidence– the testimony of experts; summary/paraphrasing/direct quotation of reputable source that studies the issue at hand; the presentation of data from an empirical study; anecdotal (not systematic or rigorously recorded) observations that backsContinue reading “CL 2/27”

Annotations of Race Question:

Frederick Hoffman’s, “Race Amalgamation“ The Gap: Mixing races is bad, not natural, against white supremacy. Why other races want to interbreed with each other. Maintaining Purity (why mix breeding is bad). Audience: People who share his same views, people who don’t understand the ‘dangers’ of mixing races. Writer: White Supremacist. Thinks that mixing races isContinue reading “CL 2/20”

The Mismeasure of Man Prompt one: In your opinion, how do the activities of the individuals discussed in last night’s reading match Swales’s benchmarks for a discourse community? I recommend you look over the six criteria Swales lists in his essay (pages 471-473). You can focus on one, two, or all six of the benchmarksContinue reading “CL 2/18”

Annotation and Notes on : The Mismeasure of Man Page 62: “Blacks and Indians as Separate Inferior Species”. Use of appeals to reason to promote hierarchies. Endless cycle? God? Page 63: Humblest and Greatest? Biological Determinism, proposed by Plato. Racial Prejudice. A shared context of culture. Science introduced in the 18th and 19th century hadContinue reading “HW 2/13”

Questions Concerning Plessy v Ferguson, or The Mis-measure of Man: The people referred to during: The Mismeasure of Man who are they? Are they important? Are we going to re-visit them? Specific Vocabulary words, meanings, and usage of words I’m not used to. Questions Over; The Mismeasure of Man : How does Gould define biologicalContinue reading “CL 2/13”

Why Swales’s Article Is Bad: The reading was dry ( too dry for reading in one sitting) The words were too technical for people outside of the profession Why do people care? It’s not meant for ‘us’ The reading is long for a paper The words don’t make sense (technical jargon/ technical terms) BORING, BORING,Continue reading “CL 2/6”