York University
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
Modes of Reasoning 1770
Techniques of Persuasion
Critical Essay
Due Feb 27, 2018
This assignment is a version of the Argumentation Exercise; Writing the
Dialogue, found on page 230 of the textbook. We have now acquired the
skills necessary to evaluate extended arguments. That is, we are going
to take our understanding of argument structure (soundness, cogency and
fallacies), and apply that understanding to arguments embedded in longer
passages. Examine the dialogues on copyright in Modules 1 through 10.
Assume Peter and Jean have developed the analysis you have done on the
Copyright and Piracy Dialogues in your group work submissions. Write the
next two pages of their dialogue incorporating this analysis. Make sure they
engage on one or more of the significant issues in this. Analyze your dialogue
to show what you have done in terms of the content of the discussion and
the argumentation moves. The assignment should be uploaded onto Moodle
by 23:55 on Feb 27, 2018.
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