Assignment Assess an Argument

For this assignment, you will write an evaluation of “Opinion: Emoticons Aren’t Ruining Language.”

Reread the text. Then, read and answer the questions using evidence from the text to support your evaluation.

Questions

(Score for question 1: of 3 points)

What is the author’s argument?

(Score for question 2: of 3 points)

What claims does the author make?

(Score for question 3: of 4 points)

What reasons does the author provide to support the claims?

(Score for question 4: of 3 points)

How well do the author’s reasons support the claims? Use evidence from the text that shows the reasons do or do not support the claim.

(Score for question 5: of 4 points)

What evidence does the author use to support the reasons?

(Score for question 6: of 3 points)

Does the evidence support the reasons? Does the author provide enough evidence to support the reasons? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

(Score for question 7: of 10 points)

In a few sentences, evaluate the author’s argument. Discuss strengths and weaknesses of the argument.

no it who u choose to be. let no one tel u what or who to be;

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human

what excerpt? i would generally think a.

not sure maybe the subject closer to it or subject-verb agreement