William FitzGerald                                                                           Fall 2006
English 393

Homework for Monday, October 2:

To read:

from Toulmin's The Uses of Argument, "Chapter 1: Fields of Argument and Modals," p. 11-40


Due:

Choose essay to analyze for Paper1



Homework for Wednesday, October 4:

To read:

Toulmin, Uses of Argument, "Chapter 2: Probability," pp. 41-66, 82-86

Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience"



Homework for Friday, October 6:

To read:

Toulmin, The Uses of Argument, "Chapter Three: The Layout of Arguments," p. 87-109

Pollitt, "Brooklyn Prof in Godless Shocker"


Due:

Invention Notes for first paper: please prepare some initial observations about the rhetorical character of the text you have selected for
the first paper. Beyond the assignment sheet, you can also consult this heuristic.

Reminder:

Quiz #1 on Toulmin: prepare to answer some basic questions on the reading/lecture, e.g, "What does Toulmin say about X/difference between X and Y?"