crit thinking

UNIV 121 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Assignment 2

Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments

Purpose of Assignment

This is an individual assignment. The student is supposed to write a short analysis about a specific website.

This assignment will help students understand the argumentation process and how to build persuasive arguments. The assignment is worth 10 points

Objectives

· To help students identify the many aspects of the argumentation process

· To help students research theory underlying the argumentation process

· To help students understand key terms and concepts involved in argumentation

· To help recognize case studies within the argumentation process

Requirements

1. Individual work

2. The report must use your own language. You are not permitted to cut and paste any sentences from other sources.

3. The paper must:

Have a cover page

Have an Assessment Rubric

Use Times New Romans or Arial, size 12

Have a space of 1.5 between lines

Full sentences, no bullet points!

All questions must be answered in full sentences! For every questions, please answer in at least 2 sentences.

Your Paper must be structured as followed:

1. Cover page

2. Checklist

3. Questions and answer list

4. Assessment criteria

The following must appear on the cover page:

· UNIV 1212 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

· Instructor’s name

· Section XXX

· Name

· ID

· Major

· Assignment 2: Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments

Submission Criteria

Date Due: TBA

Where to place soft copies: ‘Assignments’ in BlackBoard

Assessment Criteria

Criteria	Assessment Rubric for Group Written Report	SCORES
Formalities (Coverpage, etc)	The paper is submitted complete with the list of questions, the Coverage and the Assessment rubric. All questions are answered	2%
Critical thinking	Identify the target audience and the manipulative tactics the website is using.	3%
Distinguish between Facts and Manipulative Elements	Distinguish between Facts and Manipulative Elements and to explain the reason for the choice	3%
Mechanics	Punctuation and spelling and capitalization are correct, words are well chosen, writer uses own words, use of headings, topic sentences, third person, full sentences, no bullet points, follows guidelines	2%
TOTAL		10%

Late Assignments

· No late assignments are accepted. Late assignments will receive 0% marks.

· Your assignment must be on BlackBoard on the due date before the start of class.

· Also, a hard copy of your assignment must be given to me in class on the due date.

· There are NO exceptions to these rules.