It's Friday -- We made it! (Blog post 4)

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Friday August 28

I have enjoyed our meetings so far as a class, and I look forward to learning and growing and writing together! Remember to email me the url of your blog if you haven't done so: mebell@email.arizona.edu

Today's class discussion:

1. Syllabus discussion: 
1. Weekly Deadlines: Saturday 11:59 PM
2. The importance of blogging to your grade 
2. The National Institute for Civil Discourse
3. Aspects of Rhetoric: Ethos, Pathos, Logos

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Homework:

1. Go to http://nicd.arizona.edu/research_briefs
2. Read “Rhetorical Traditions, Emotion, and Modern Discourse”
3. Write Blog Post 4: In your judgement, what role should emotion play in civil discourse? Use information from the above research brief to support your view. Using examples from either The Atlantic article and comments you discussed in Blog 2, or the controversy article you posted in Blog 3, describe how emotion is used to either support or undermine
1. the argument of the writer or commenters (logos)
2. the credibility of the writer or commenters (ethos)
3. the values of the writer or the (other) commenters