Correlations and Sources - Post #3 (Argumentation)

Correlations and Sources - Post #3

Austin Freeman
Period 4 - Honors English
Independent Reading Project - Quarter 2
For my Quarter 2 IRP, I will be reading "A Rulebook for Arguments," by Anthony Weston, and developing a short (no longer than 3 paragraphs), argument on my personal passion for  Education habits and ideas on how to be successful. As I read my book, I will tie in the rules of argumentation and the content of my book into my argument, which will be developed over my 5+ blog posts.

Through Reading, I have discovered additional strategies and details to incorporate into my posts and my case. In the text of the book, it says that we have no come to the part of the book specializing on arguments about causes and their effects and about what causes a reaction, which is called correlations.  (Weston, 31-32).  This text from the book affects my activity (writing and argumentation) because it gives me a chance to further organize my thoughts and provides a new strategy that I can use in my argument about school habits and education. Understanding different rules about arguments,  using correlations and revising my content are strategies that have helped to effectively create my argument and organize my statements. By using correlations, I am able to give reasons and causes to make the reader read more carefully, especially as these associations and improved content allow the reader to make deductions. 


The use of sources is discussed and how to properly utilize them in an argument. On page 23 it states "Instead, we must rely on others (sources) - better-situated people, organizations, surveys, or reference works - to tell us much of what we need to know about the world. We argue like this: 
X (a source that we ought to know says that Y.
Therefore, Y is right. " (23). 

This text from the book affects my activity (writing and argumentation) because it allows me to incorporate my sources into my blog and allows me to verify them and use them as an argument. I incorporated my ideas and the ideas of correlation and sources into my Argument, that can be seen below. On this particular post, you can see that I added content to paragraph 2 (referencing my sources).

My Argument (In-Progress):
In High School, your study habits and actions really do matter and skills such as good time management, studying in new locations, and identifying how you learn all will enable you to be successful. You will use these skills all of the time in many different settings, such as college, your career, in social gatherings with other people, etc.

In high school, you should develop skills such as planning and effective time management. A lot of students develop planning and learn how to manage their time and activities, which allows them to be successful students. Specifically, if Cornell University, says that many students that come to college are unprepared because they do not develop proper study and management skills, then it is true that you should develop skills such as planning and effective time management to you can be successful,

Colleges such as the University of Washington, want to see continued intellectual growth and that you care about your education. Identifying how you learn, establish good study skills where you can concentrate on your academics and not being distracted, and learning to manage your time so that you can get all of your homework and academics done, are good skills to have and will help you with your intellectual growth. Therefore, establish good study skills, identifying how you learn, and completing your homework are things that will help you get into college and prepare you for life. 

Question:
How can you use your sources more effectively? In English Class, we have already incorporated our Sources in numerous ways, including both paraphrasing and direct text citation. How can the placement and accuracy of your sources help your arguments (persuasion)?

Sources used for My Argument:

"Freshman Students." Freshman Students Admissions| UW. University of Washington, n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.

Selco, Helene. "Programs." Strategies for College Success: Critical Thinking and Effective Learning / Cornell Summer College Programs for High School Students. Cornell University, n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.

MLA Citation:
Weston, Anthony. A Rulebook for Arguments. 4th ed. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub., 2009. Print.