ARGUMENT

AS SUBJECT
POSITION

GLS Writing Seminar

Fall 2016
Dr. Theresa M. Senft
terri.senft@nyu.edu

lecture

SUBJECTIVITY
AS ARGUMENT

TODAY'S AGENDA

here's what we'll cover.

WHAT'S AN ARGUMENT?
SUBJECTIVITY AS ARGUMENT
SUBJECT IS A POSITION
MAPPING SUBJECTS THROUGH ANT
VOICE & TONE =
WRITING'S SUBJECTIVITY

MAKING AN
ARGUMENT
Reacha
CONCLUSION

ProvideEVIDENCE
gleanedfrom
OBSERVATION
provideatleasttwoobservations
soyourthinkingdoesn'tseemtobeafluke

MAKEASTATEMENT
Oraskaquestion
masqueradingasastatement

highlights from reading

THINKING OF
SUBJECTS
THROUGH

position
RELATIVE TO
POWER

THINKING OF
SUBJECTS
THROUGH

position
RELATIVE TO
POWER

USING ACTOR
NETWORK THEORY
FOR

mapping
LET'S LOOK AT THE
TARGET STORY

MADE WITH COGGLE.IT

MADE WITH COGGLE.IT

THINKING OF
SUBJECTS
THROUGH

voice
WITHIN A TEXT

WHAT IS

voice?
IN RHETORIC &
WRITING STUDIES

ELEMENTS OF
VOICE/STYLE

choice of mode of
words address
order of
materials

tone

pace
& flow

LET'S LOOK AT
TODAY'S

reading
FOR VOICE

LET'S LOOK BACK

AT OUR

reading
FOR VOICE
& TONE

WHAT IS DUE

next
class?
VISIT
"ASSIGNMENTS"
ON WEB SITE

QUESTIONS?
CONCERNS?

contact
terri
TERRI.SENFT@NYU.EDU
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