Activity 11
Labeling Components of Argument
Re-read Tannen’s argument, and label these possible elements in the
left-hand margin as you reread:
• Most compelling arguments (the points that either surprised you
the most or made the most sense to you)
• Most compelling examples (the ones you find most consistent
with or most different from your own experiences as well as
those you might want to use in your own writing)
• Author’s explanations of the importance of those examples
• Note in the right margin your reactions to what the author is
saying.
• Personal connections that support or refute the author’s points
• Reflections on the quality of the evidence or examples (taking
note, for example, how the author is using ethos, pathos, and/or
logos)
• Questions about the author’s ideas or assumptions
• Challenges to the author’s inferences or conclusions
Activity 7
Deborah Tannen
linguistic strategy LANGUAGE based approach or plan
inherent innate, intrinsic
ambiguity uncertainty
to do someone’s bidding to do what someone requests
prerogative privilege, right
rapport connection, bond
protocol procedure
underhanded sneaky
David Brooks
rambunctious very active, noisy
plummet drop
lewd vulgar
eminent well-known
social engineering using social policies based on social science to deal
with social problems
homogeneous all the same
cretin idiot, stupid
person
Judith Butler
negate deny cancel
expunge wipe out
eradicate eliminate
comply obey
gender norms sex-linked behaviors
coercion intimidation
Activity 4 - Quickwrite
Activity 2 - Paragraph on Butler video
Activity 1
Choose two of the five quickwrite topics below, and write your
responses in your Language, Gender, Identity, and Culture Reflection
Journal:
Grammar - 2
Underline the adjectives and the adjective phrases in the following
sentences. Circle the noun or pronoun that they modify.
1. I am different from a lot of other black men.
I am different from other black men.
2. The men in the barbershop wore the latest two-hundred-dollar
sneakers.
3. They were self-assured.
4. They talked with the deep resonance that reverberates in my
hungry ears.
5. The men in the barbershop exemplified the stigmatized yet
romanticized black male profile.
6. I mean, the barbers are only courteous.
7. I don’t converse much with the barbers and their customers
about their racial and gender performances.
Rhetorical Purpose: Why does Young use these adjectives and
adjective phrases to modify his nouns?