"I will Statement" for Evaluation of Stone and Douglas Paper

Prompt:  Select either Oliver Stone’s or Kirk Douglas’s op-ed article and write an evaluation of the author’s argument. First explain the writer’s purpose, or intent, and the main opinion, or claim, the writer is defending. Then describe the means of support the author uses (facts, examples, loaded words, anecdotes, and so forth). Next describe the tone of the piece. Finally, comment on how successful the author was in convincing you with his argument. Was your heart touched? Your mind? Both?

I will have read ______________________________________(yellow).

I will write a  ____________________________________________(blue).

I will address the question (_____________________________________________)

(Pink).

I will argue   _____________________________________________________(or to what extent we should have that expectation). (Red)

I will describe the means of support the author uses including __________________________________________to support my argument and discuss the author’s tone, which is ___________

__________________________________________________(Green)

* Look up words on tone word list to find the best tone word.

I will address the counterarguments. “Others may think that____________________________________________________________________________________________(Black).

I will provide a rebuttal to the counter-argument. “However_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________________ (Purple).

In the conclusion I will comment on __________________________

________________________________________________________.

Terms:

Unique- used to say that something or someone is unlike anything or anyone else; belonging to or connected with a particular thing, place, or person

Counterargument-opposing point to an argument

Rebuttal- to prove (something) is false by using arguments or evidence

Prompt: The task to be done and/or the question that you need to answer.