Argument

Date due: July 5, 2020

Length: 850-1200 words

Subject: Tell a story about an argument you had with one other person! Make the story exciting to read (by providing great details),. Pay particular attention to what methods you use to convince someone else of something (and what methods are used to convince you!). You will want to make the “geography” of your argument come alive—by using cinematic long shots (panoramas), and close-ups of personal domestic spaces (or car interiors, or lakeside picnics, or whatever) , and also be very clear about the time frame, using time clues throughout. The subject might be interpersonal, philosophical, economic, or trivial. Serious arguments are usually, though not always, a better choice. Try to choose a subject that you have argued about in the past month or so.

The object of this assignment is for you to reflect on how you “take positions” and on how you go about persuading someone else of something. Thinking about the process of “arguing” will help you work on your analytical writing tasks later in the quarte, when you are writing to persuade your reader of something.

Special requirements:

Make sure your title is properly capitalized. (Links to an external site.)
Make sure you include at least one vividly recreated place.
Make sure you include at least one section of correctly punctuated dialogue
Include word count in your label (name, date, class, assignment, word count).
Include a hyperlink (Links to an external site.)to a site relevant to your story ( you are simply demonstrating a skill, I do not judge the quality of the link!). To do a hyperlink, select a word or phrase, and then add a link to that word or phrase. Do not select the entire sentence, and do not paste into your text a URL.
Be sure you have time clues throughout (last summer, ten minutes later, after a month.
Use an epigraph (Links to an external site.)at the beginning of your paper.
Use short paragraphs, and a mixture of short and long sentences. Do not use “topic sentences”, thesis statements or a long summary or extensive pre-narrative background. Better to start right in the middle of things. (Links to an external site.)You can fill in expository details or necessary background details later in the story, if they are even necessary.
Example of correctly punctuated dialogue:

I said, “No kidding?”

“Yeah,” he said, shaking his fist at me and tearing the label off the new tennis racket and

flinging it into the garbage can.

Epigraph: Use an epigraph (short quotation) BELOW your title and above the beginning of the narrative. It should be placed FLUSH RIGHT, and take up only half of the page.

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