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$5.00 COM 220 Week 4 DQ 1 and 2

• From Communications: General-Communications , Communications: General-Communications
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• Due on Jan. 23, 2009
• Asked on Jan. 20, 2009 at 07:08:27AM

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Discussion Question 1 (this is the new DQ, replacing the previous one I posted)
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Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum]

Read A Nation Apart.
This article can be found at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1862596,00.html
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Post your response to the following: Identify the thesis statement in the article A Nation Apart.
What strategies does the author use to formulate the argument?
What makes the arguments so viable and compelling?


Discussion Question 2

Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum]

Review the reading Organizing Your Research Paper on the aXcess page.

Post your response to the following: How does the author of A Nation Apart organize information to build the argument?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1862596,00.html

Does he include any counterarguments? Why or why not? What kinds of statistics or illustrations does
the author include? In what ways do these visuals strengthen the author’s arguments?

 

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