Outline Student Paper

1. Introduction
1. Raising the minimum wage
1. Positives
1. More families above the poverty line
2. Families positively affected
2. Negatives
1. Possible growth in unemployment
2. Engaging, argument towards the raising of the minimum wage
3. Thesis
1. If the government raises the federal minimum wage it will be beneficial to the economy.
2. Body Paragraphs
1. Unorganized/no specific subtopic
1. 17 million children positively affected with increase in minimum wage (Warren)
2. Minimum wage used to create minimum standard of living
3. If minimum wage increased with inflation it would be $22
2. Minimum wage and the poverty line
1. Seems like 2 different subtopics in one
3. States raising their minimum wage
1. stays consistent and uses MN as an example
2. No citations
4. Unemployment/drop outs
3. Conclusion
1. Little topics covered in the body that are in the conclusion
2. Nothing proven
3. Needs stronger body paragraphs for conclusion to hold
4. No works cited

MLK Response Questions

• The primary claim is that everyone deserves universal justice and the elimination of segregation now.
• MLK was placed in county jail for protesting without a permit. His letter is a response to a letter published by eight local clergymen. It affects his writing because he is directly responding to the local clergymen, whom he, MLK, believes to be his brothers in faith.
• Being in prison gave him more time to think about what he wrote about
• Civil rights movement
• The eight local clergymen that published "A Call for Unity"
• everyone who has criticized him
• Church
• The white moderate
• He uses examples from the Bible (738), reminds them of Socrates (744), and on quotes from great leaders (746)
• Personal experiences
• Rhetorical Elements
• Ethos/persona
• The letter is written like MLK is disappointed in the audience
• Cordial
• Frustration
• Pathos/audience
• Direct audience is the eight clergymen but it is also to everyone who has previously read "A Call for Unity"
• Disappointed he is viewed as an extremist
• Logos/evidence/reasoning
• Using examples from the Bible (738)
• Being viewed as an extremist
• Tone/word choice/objectivity
• MLK's tone in his letter is that of disappointment (748)
• Form/genre
• This is a response letter
• Clarity/focus/organization
• Focuses on the Civil Rights movement and how they want to be treated equally and justly

Student Loans

Applebaum
Student loans, debts, and their effects on the economy are the main problem
Congress not doing anything is the secondary problem as well as college tuition
Applebaum's proposal is to forgive student debt after a reasonable payment period
His reasoning is that tuition rates are sky rocketing and society is quickly evolving into a "borrow to work" society
The evidence Applebaum gives is stating what the SLF Act entails and states that evidence should be a right, not a commodity reserved for the wealthy.
Who qualifies for the SLF Act? What if the debt is larger than what the maximum forgiveness is? Where does the debt go?


Wolfers

Penn and Teller's Bullshit

• Primary Message
• Diversity is bullshit
• People are to easily offended
• College is limiting freedom of speech
• Secondary Message
• Colleges are brainwashing students
• Politically correct is incorrect
• Cost of college has gone up
• Supporting Topics
• Political views in college
• Evidence
• interviews with professors
• video footage from the UCLA girl
• Reasoning
• college is no longer solely about education
• Tone
• Sarcastic
• Satire
• Condescending
• Biased

Post-workshop

The peer's feedback was excellent. She brushed over what I was worrying about and brought up areas on which I should improve on.
I have a clear understanding on what areas need revision and which areas to develop.
My approach to revising my paper will be to take my time with it. The more time I take, the less likely that the paper will seem repetitive and I will be able to flesh it out more.

Pre-workshop qustions

I am not very confident on this draft. Everything was rushed and I wrote what I felt to be the bare minimum.
I addressed most of the objectives on the assignment. However, I vaguely went over these issues and did not go into depth on any of them.
What really needs working on is my detail on the paper. The draft is basically a skeleton paper, having all of the requirements at the bare minimum.
I anticipate my peer to tell me to go more in depth for this paper as well as clarify a few points. As I stated earlier, this paper felt rushed and the reader will most likely be able to pick that up.

Logical fallacies

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There are several logical fallacies within this article. The false cause and the slippery slope are the two most prominent fallacies that are seen. Others include: special pleading, generalization, burden of proof, black or white, and a few red herrings


The video watched in class also contained logical fallacies. One of the big ones that were seen were generalization and loaded question. Others include: ad hominum, red herrings, burden of proof, middle ground, and anecdotal.