Decision Making 4

Week 4 Assignment

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Week 4 Assignment

Describe what this will be about. Two or three sentences would probably suffice.

Short Argument

Introduce material here… Describe the argument. Remember, your audience is someone like your roommate – Smart, intelligent, but has NO IDEA to that which you are talking about so you have to explain everything.

Find a short argument (a letter to the editor is usually a good example) and follow the eight steps to analyze the arguments in it. 

If there is a second paragraph, it will look like this. The paper should be written in third person narrative. I do not want to see you writing in the first person. Describe what are the eight steps briefly. You will also have to explain the argument by relating its parts to the Toulmin diagram.

Step 1 label the step

Note: I do not want to see heading written as questions or you asking questions within the paper. Explain this step in relationship to the short argument. Explain the argument by relating its parts to the Toulmin diagram

Step 2 label the step

Note: I do not want to see heading written as questions or you asking questions within the paper. Explain this step in relationship to the short argument. Explain the argument by relating its parts to the Toulmin diagram

Step 3 label the step

Note: I do not want to see heading written as questions or you asking questions within the paper. Explain this step in relationship to the short argument.

Step 4 label the step

Note: I do not want to see heading written as questions or you asking questions within the paper. Explain this step in relationship to the short argument.

Step 5 label the step

Note: I do not want to see heading written as questions or you asking questions within the paper. Explain this step in relationship to the short argument. Explain the argument by relating its parts to the Toulmin diagram

Step 6 label the step

Note: I do not want to see heading written as questions or you asking questions within the paper. Explain this step in relationship to the short argument. Explain the argument by relating its parts to the Toulmin diagram

Step 7 label the step

Note: I do not want to see heading written as questions or you asking questions within the paper. Explain this step in relationship to the short argument. Explain the argument by relating its parts to the Toulmin diagram

Step 8 label the step

Note: I do not want to see heading written as questions or you asking questions within the paper. Explain this step in relationship to the short argument. Explain the argument by relating its parts to the Toulmin diagram

Summary and Conclusions

This section will tie together all sources used for this case study, conclusions drawn from the reading and any inconsistencies. This section will generally be one to two paragraphs. Notice the paper has a continuous flow; there are no page breaks between sections. You will need to use the textbook(s) and two peer-reviewed sources. The only page breaks occur between the title page and the introduction and the summary/conclusions and the reference page. All references for the case study must appear on a separate page (see the following page for an example).

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