That assertive angel
For your homework, blog your response to the following prompt:
Assertion Journal: The Angel in the House
Defend, challenge, or qualify the following assertion noting the complexity of the issue and acknowledging any possible objections to your point of view: the angel in the house is dead and no longer lives in the imaginations of either women or men.
Remember to explain the assertion, provide support for your position, and address the counterargument. Responses should be 250-350 words.
Assertions on the Omnipresent Box
Carefully read the short passage below:
“The omnipresent box sitting somewhere in our homes, workplaces, and just about everywhere else has a much greater hold on our lives than we think.” – Corbett Trubey from The Argument Against TV
For the quote above, you must provide a clear explanation of the writer’s assertion, then defend, challenge, or qualify it, noting the complexity of the issue and acknowledging any possible objections to your point of view.
Limit: 300-400 words
Due: Blog for Tuesday April 1st (this is NOT an April Fool’s joke)
As we begin our papers this week, I recommend that you also read pages 129-173 in the Everything’s an Argument packets I gave you a couple of weeks ago. It will help you think more clearly about how you craft and structure your argument. This does not need to be completed tonight, but it might help you to do it before the weekend.
To C or not to C? Depends on whether or not you know the answer…
Ah, multiple choice. It seems like it should be so easy…
For this evening, work on the first ten questions in your packet. They are the ones that go with the reading that begins “It is not easy to write a familiar style.”
- For all the questions, identify what type of question it is. For instance, is it a diction question or does it deal with description, tropes, antecedents, etc.?
- For the questions you missed, figure out why you missed it. To do this, look at the line of thinking that led to your answer and then examine the line of thinking that leads to the correct answer. Make sure you know why the correct answer is the correct answer.
Tomorrow we will take a look at one way gender is affecting the current election and you will have the opportunity to defend, challenge, or qualify the assertion: the angel in the house is dead and no longer lives in the imaginations of either women or men.
