1/31/18

Today we continued to discuss the SOAPSTone formats, using the red and yellow squares. This is the chart we used to convey this in class today.

Speaker		Speaker
Occasion		Occasion
Audience		Audience
Purpose		Purpose
Subject		Subject
Tone		Tone

We discussed the moral and ethical reasons for gun ownership, we also discussed reason and purpose for argument. We talked about Moore’s credibility, and how SOAPSTone can help us determine whether or not he is an unbiased source. We discussed credibility research by SOAPSTone-ing the two people, James Nichols and Michael Moore. We discussed how they would hold more weight. We ended with combining the two claims in a way that would discredit or lessen one or the other.

Find the difference

Michael Moore claims that it's too easy to buy a gun in Michigan  (Descriptive)

It's too easy to buy a gun in Michigan  (Argumentative)

Moore

S-NRA Member, from Mich

O- After court, Documentary

A- the youth, people uneducated about gun laws

P- to make J. Nichols seem unreliable, to show how guns are too easy to obtain

S- Guns, bombing, revolts

Tone- deceptively laid back.

James Nichols

S- Gun rights advocate, presumed crazy, brother of OKC bomber

O- Asked to speak in a documentary, on his farm.

A- Speaking to the people watching the documentary, as well as the government, and anti-gun people

P- To make people understand his point of view on weapons regulation

S- Gun ownership, gun laws and restrictions

T- Crazy, creepy, unnerving, radical

On the Classroom stream, we posted our descriptive claims, and picked an MVP, allowing us to discuss how specific they are. These were my claims, check our class feed for the ones posted by classmates.

James Nichols believes every person should have a gun, and that the only regulation should be on nukes.

Michael Moore claims the government should have more strict firearm regulation