March 19, 2018

On this day we started class by talking about the difference between implicit and explicit. The difference between the two is that implicit is when the author decides to make the readers work to see how he feels about the topic. This is when the author will not come right out and say he or she is for or against a certain topic. Explicit is when the author makes it very clear about how he or she feels about the topic. These are two polar opposite style of writings and each is used in different writings. For example, if a writer wanted to imply something about their topic than they would use implicit but if they wanted their audience to know exactly how they felt about the topic they would use explicitly. After this refresher, we started to talk about how we can use these two different writing styles to help strengthen our arguments when we are writing a counterclaim. We also discussed something that was I had known of but did not know it had a name. Ad hominem fallacy this is when you directly attack someone with your speech and or writing. As a class, we talked about this and we came to the conclusion that this can be useful but for the most part you should stay clear of it.