18 Class THU NOV 03
Riddle: Does Not Understand Doors
How should this sign be re-written to clearly communicate the author’s intention?
Wake Up
Housekeeping
- The New Portfolios FA22 Category
- Your personal Portfolio Category (e.g. Portfolio NoneOfYourBusiness)
- Place BOTH your Definition Argument AND your Definition Rewrite into your new personal Portfolio category.
- Place your Visual Rewrite into your new personal Portfolio category.
- DO NOT place your Visual post into your Portfolio category.
Lecture/Demo
- In-Class Exercise: Critique a Draft Causal Argument
- Read the Draft Causal Argument by Username
- Add your own brief Critique in a Reply
By the End of the Day
- Start a post titled “Causal—Username.” and another titled “Causal Rewrite—Username.”
- If you’re ready to start an actual Causal Argument, use this class time to begin the actual process in the “Causal—Username” post.
- If you’re not ready to start writing for real, address your Professor in the first sentence, “I could use some help getting started, Professor.” Something like that.
- “Here’s what I have so far,” you might continue, “Since I’m researching the connection between actual crime and crime statistics, I think the cause-and-effect relationship is crucial to my thesis. We THINK that when more crime is committed, the CRIME RATE will reflect that in higher numbers. But actually, it’s the NUMBER OF CRIMES REPORTED AND LAWS ENFORCED that count in
- the statistics. So . . . “
- And before you know it, you’ll be writing your causal argument.
- Put the post into the Feedback Please category and the Causal Argument category, and publish it by the end of the day.
- Tell me specifically what kind of Feedback you want.
Portfolio Task
- DUE Portfolio Task Causal Argument
- DUE TUE NOV 08 (11:59pm MON NOV 07)
alwaystired247
AnonymousStudent
azntaco
beforeverge
BigBabyBaller
bitagaming
breakingbad1820
Caravan
cinderella1013
davidbdale
Yankeelover18
fatboy489zt
giantsfan224
glacierfreeze21
gobirds17
green0728
gymrat230
Gir
jerseymikes1106
jesusisking1738
jetsfan806
Kenneth Alex Krug
manipulator66
mercythyhealer14
McCormick Karner
mochaatrain
oni
powerranger
peanut2348
pinkcottoncandy4
princess01430
redbird1123
rubes1256
shxrkbait
sillyinternetperson
soulpond47240
spatel8267
stingingcrib5
tacotyphoon
thepersonindisguise
usmnt23
worldofjuice999
xephos1
Counterintuitive Fall 2022 
1. The use of headgear causes cauliflower ear.
2. The use of headgear causes cauliflower ear, which also causes the ban of headgear in Olympic wrestling.
3. The use of headgear and the false sense of protection causes cauliflower ear.
4. The use of headgear causes a false sense of protection which then causes cauliflower ear.
5. The lack of headgear does not cause cauliflower ear.
2 and 4 are both Causal Chains
2/3
– causal claims are like dominoes
– one thing leads to another
– You can back track from your claims and ask “why”
– outcomes are your bread and butter
– leave your morals out of the CAUSAL part and leave that for later
– there can be more than one cause for something
– be as specific as possible when identifying the causes
– don’t be broad
– identify the causes and effects then offer a suggestion in good faith
– use causal fallacies to disprove “common knowledge”
–
These are the notes I like best. They read like a list of lessons learned: tips to save.
4/3
my notes:
Braille; an interesting concept. The top row repeats but just adds one dot in the corner, same with the third row of letters but two dots, it is very interesting. And numbers you would put the hashtag braille before and after indicating the numbers have started and finished. It is very interesting as it is used over again but changed in a way that indicates a new letter or number.
Causal argument; 5 types of casual indications. Single cause with single effect, single cause with several effects, several causes with one effect, a causal chain, and causation fallacy.
OK. Not much here to help with your writing.
2/3
We began class with a topic I was hoping would be brought up since it is all the news right now. Chris Rock being slapped in the face on TV by Will Smith, after he makes a rude comment about his wife who is struggling with alopecia. I think it was right of Will to put his foot down and stand up for his wife who clearly was upset by the comment. There is a difference between a joke and being insulting. We then talked about causal arguments, which will become the next portfolio argument. There are different types of causal arguments, and we have to figure out what kind of argument our topic is.
Olympic judges have biased toward certain gymnasts resulting in unfair scores.
Gender stereotypes cause unfair rules and regulations in the olympics.
Different body types and different events cause unfair competition in gymnastics.
I am unsure.
Different events in gymnastics for men and women do not benefit them gender wise.
I need some help with the 4th casual arguments topic.
CAUsal, not CASual.
Your topic is ENTIRELY appropriate for a Causal Chain, Reeses.
1. We eliminate Gender categories from Olympic gymnastics.
2. For awhile, men perform better in some categories, women perform better in others.
3. Gradually, the training regimens change to reduce the inherent gender bias.
4. Gradually, the specifications change to reduce the inherent gender bias.
Women become better at competing with men in categories where they were originally favored, and vice versa. Eventually, men will dominate some categories, women other categories, in some categories there will be no gender advantage at all. But all categories can be open to all competitors, men from birth, women from birth, trans competitors of any sort.
Notes 3/28:
-the patterns of braille are extremely well thought of and intelligent
-However, the idea that there is braille at the drive thru window seems to be kind of silly because there probably will not be any blind people driving their cars through the area
-People always assume they know the reasons for certain things to occur, before coming up with a solution, we need to have a solid grasp on the cause of something
-Remain focused when discussing x versus y
-You must provide evidence to prove that both result in the same thing
-Work on causal task
-meet with professor for conference
Nice.
3/3
Braille riddle- why is there braille at the drive-through window
– blind people can’t drive
Causal argument
– single cause with single effect
– facebook can cost us our jobs,
– Facebook can let your boss know something personal about you that you might not have wanted them to know. Facebook makes it available to them without your knowledge.
-single cause with several effects
– we are the casualties if the war in drugs
– prohibit legal alcohol drugs, people start using illegal drugs with dangerous ingredients inside that are not regulated so the laws and rules that were put in place to keep people safe end up doing the opposite
– people who are in jail for owning small amounts of a substance that used to be legal, is not fair
– several causes for a single effect
- be extremely specific when talking about the specific effects
Make sure to describe x and y specifically
^ most relevant to my argument for white paper
X does not cause Y is usually trying to disprove common knowledge
Very thorough and insightful, swim
4/3
17 year old French kid wrote braille
Causal argument
Describe your cause and the effects that go along with it
X and Y cause Z
Causal chain (X causes Y which causes Z)
Single cause single effect (X causes Y)
Single cause with several effects (X causes Y and Z)
Several causes for a single effect (Both X and Y cause Z)
A causal chain (X causes Y which Causes Z)
Causation fallacy (X does not cause Y)
Don’t see the point of these notes.
2/3
-there was a riddle written in braille & the message was “ WHY IS THERE BRAILLE AT THE DRIVE THRU WINDOW”
– in europe you will find braille patterns for your feet
-It separates vehicles from walkers and bicyclists.
-for blind pedestrians the bumps give them an idea where it’s safe to walk.
-there are 5 different types of causal arguments
-im not to confident if I can make 5 causal arguments from my topic
– start causal argument it is due sunday
3/28/22 44Elk In-Class Notes:
I walked in 10 minutes late… again. The traffic wasn’t the reason I was late. Sleeping an extra 40 minutes was the reason; just like how the width of two horse’s asses didn’t excuse NASA’s mistake. I walked in during a trivial riddle where we were trying to place dots like numbers on a domino on all letters of the alphabet without running out of possible combinations, or something like that. After opening the agenda, I determined that it is a braille riddle and this is probably how braille was created. Just a bunch of combinations of dots on a bunch of dominos to create an entire alphabet.
Next, we moved on to talking about causal arguments. We talked about all different types of ones that we can use. We looked at an example for each one, and then we had to create a causal argument of each type relating to our own research.
Finally, we looked at a brief (and really badly-constructed) causal argument and determined all of the reasons why it was poorly-constructed. Just before class ended, we also received a brief intro to the causal argument essay assignment itself. It’s due in one week. I will complete this assignment on time.
Well, that didn’t happen. 🙂
Your notes are always amusing, elk, but they don’t seem to be any help to you.
2/3
Braille Riddle
With only six available spaces, you’ll run out of possible letter combinations pretty quickly
Riddle: “Why is there braille at the drive-thru?”
Raised pavement on crosswalks acts as braille for your feet.
Causal Arguments
Single Cause with a Single Effect (X causes Y) Musicality aides in cognitive development and growth in children and adolescents
Single Cause with Several Effects (X causes Y and Z) Musicality aides in cognitive development and academic achievement.
Several Causes for a Single Effect (Both X and Y cause Z) Music Education and developing an aptitude for music promotes cognitive function
A Causal Chain (X causes Y, which causes Z) Musicality promotes cognitive function, which aides in academic achievement
Causation Fallacy (X does not cause Y) Music Education is not merely a waste of time and funding
Good that you took the time to construct Causal Arguments from your own hypothesis!
4/3
The riddle that was in the wake up in my opinion is very difficult. The invention of the brail is very beneficial as this helps those that are blind to be able to live life a little easier by being able to read. The riddle is interesting because I agree it is weird that they have it at the drive-thru.
Here comes the second part of our argument on our topic which is our causal argument. There are different causal arguments as there are the different ways by which a cause has two effects, a cause with one effect or even a cause that may have no effect. The no-effect would be when you are falsifying someone’s explanation.
The type of argument that would really work when writing our argument is by writing several causes that have one common effect. This is the type of format that I will be using when writing my causal argument. When describing x and y you need to be very descriptive but be careful that you are not confusing the reader or yourself.
The example of those that play violent video games are violent in the real world shows that there are a few ways to make the case make sense to the reader.
OK
3/3
Single Cause with a Single Effect (X causes Y)
Single Cause with Several Effects (X causes Y and Z)
Several Causes for a Single Effect (Both X and Y cause Z)
A Causal Chain (X causes Y, which causes Z)
Causation Fallacy (X does not cause Y)
Describing your cause and the effects that go along with it.
casual argument.
I don’t see the point of these notes, Bubba.
2/3
Wake Up
Braille was written by a 17-year-old from France. Each letter or punctuation consists of 6 dots max.
The riddle translates to, why is there braille at the drive-through?
Types of Causal Arguments
Single Cause with a Single Effect (X causes Y).
Single Cause with Several Effects (X causes Y and Z).
Several Causes for a Single Effect (Both X and Y cause Z).
Multiple things can cause one effect. This can be seen as there being no one explanation for gangs. Moreover, it is apparent that there are many reasons why people join gangs, however, no matter what it is, someone is still joining a gang.
A Causal Chain (X causes Y, which causes Z).
The cause of something leads to something else.
Causation Fallacy (X does not cause Y).
Correlation does not mean causation.
Yep
3/3
COMP II Notes – 3.28.22
Riddle:
Seems difficult and interesting to learn braille
Why is there braille at the drive-thru window?
Learned something new about pavements.
Not sure why I didn’t realize tactile paving were to aid the blind until now.
Went over casual arguments
5 different types
Cause & Effect
Reminders:
Create casual argument posts
Due next Monday
3/28/2022
We started off class by learning braille and understanding that a blind boy created braille to help himself out while reading. There are 26 letters in the alphabet and we have six circles to fill in so from K-T we place one dot on the bottom left of each square and repeat the top letters. It was interesting to understand how braille is used. I’ve always been interested in learning more about it.
We went over what a Causal Argument is understanding the different types of arguments before writing our Single cause with a single effect, Single cause with several effects, Several causes for a single effect, a causal claim (X cause Y, which cause Z) and lastly the causation fallacy (X does not cause Y). I never knew there were so many different ways to understand what a causal claim can be interpreted.
For homework, we were assigned to work on a short explanation of what type of causal argument we are choosing with an explanation as well as references. To add to the short explanation we should identify what we want assistance with when it comes to the paper such as organization or help with clarity.
Nice.
3/3
Braille at the bank
We had a debate about this at my old place of work one day. I actually noticed the same thing and was so confused and my coworkers and I were coming up with all the reasons why it could be there. Our best idea was because the passenger could be blind and they may not want to tell the driver their PIN.
Single cause with a single effect: x causes y
Ex: The implementation of Augustus as emperor gave him a self-reighteous attitude
Single cause with several effects: X causes y and z
Ex: Augustus’ rewriting of the foundations of Rome allowed for a societal dismissal of rape while simultaneously restoring lost nationalism
Several causes for a single effect: both x and y cause z
Ex: The death of J. Caesar as well as Roman values of honor and family caused Augustus to be entitled to be spiteful in his reign as emperor.
Causal chains: X causes Y which causes Z
Ex: Augustus rewriting the Rape of the Sabine women allows room for victim blaming as well as the dismissal of women.
Causation fallacy: x does not cause y
Ex: Augustus exiling his daughter Julia for infidelity does not mean that he followed through on all of his laws and regulations
Good notes, but, 20 days later, we’re still waiting for the Causal Argument you started here in your Reply.
3/3
– Its interesting how easy it is to learn Braille just by a short 10 minute video. Obviously it would take some practice in order to become fluent in it, and it is much easier to see the letters than feel them but it is still simple in my opinion. I solved the riddle: Why is there braille at the drive-thru window.
– We discussed types of causal arguments during our conference which was extremely helpful because I missed this class that we talked about it. My essay is likely going to be several causes for a single effect because I want to explore different avenues.
– While reading the draft causal argument, I didn’t notice the flaws of the essay probably because I was just reading it without being too critical. However, after reading it again, there were some major issues. The author did not clear cut topic and instead put together loosely related sentences thinking it worked. When writing, we have to make sure everything flows smoothly and ideas in your essay belong. I feel that I make this mistake often, so it was nice to read someone else’s and understand why it is so bad to do this.
Appreciate the confession, NF.
3/3
11/3 Class Notes
Street signs are proposal arguments—a “recommendation” there will likely be consequences, but if you would be fine suffering consequences then it is just a proposal argument
Braille: Why is there braille at the drive-thru window? — great question lol.
Housekeeping: new categories for each student, add the pieces of portfolio to the new categories
Causal Arguments up next Tuesday
Correlation does not imply causation
There are different types of causal arguments that add a different effect to our arguments.
Causal Outline:
Single Cause with a Single Effect (X causes Y)
Single Cause with Several Effects (X causes Y and Z)
Several Causes for a Single Effect (Both X and Y cause Z)
A Causal Chain (X causes Y, which causes Z)
Causation Fallacy (X does not cause Y)
Being careful of the terms used will change the premise of the causal argument—“dad” vs “present, positive, male role model”
Street signs are proposal arguments
You are not obligated to follow street signs
In a way, street signs are suggestive
Riddle
A door we keep closed is a window, it can’t function as a door if you can’t open it and walk through
Wake Up
The red mat with bumps on the ground is used for the blind to know where they’re going; braille for your feet
The first ten letters in braille are almost the same as the second ten except there is an extra dot in the bottom left corner
“W” is the only letter that doesn’t follow the pattern
The braille riddle reads “Why is there braille at the drive-thru window”
Housekeeping
You will have up to 8 things in your portfolio category
Make sure to put the Definition and Definition rewrite as well as the Visual rewrite in the portfolio category
Do not put the original visual in the portfolio category
Lecture
A dog thinks he scares away the mailman because he barks at the mailman and then he goes away
Correlation does not mean causation
Just because two things have a relation doesn’t mean one causes the other
You don’t have to start your paper with a big vague claim that isn’t grounded to the paper i.e. “It seems…before the dawn of time itself.”
Put your best points first. No reader will get that far to get to your best points
– Almost everything can be an argument if you can make it one (ex. Street signs)
– Begin adding my work into the portfolio category.
– Correlation does not equal causation. Just because one thing happens doesn’t mean another thing should happen.
– Making bold and provocative claims will ultimately resonate with the reader better.
– No reader will make it a paragraph into the essay without knowing what is going on. – Strike the reader with a bold claim immediately.
– Make sure everyones on the same page, then explain. No point in explaining first.
– Many different ways to go about the causal argument.
– Be careful with the terms we use. Good terms will lead to good causality.
Make sure to add the Definition argument AND the rewrite to my personal portfolio category. Include the Visual Rewrite but DO NOT include the visual post
After completing the Causal argument, Definition rewrite, and Rebuttal rewrite, we are going to pick the one we are least confident with and kick it out of the portfolio post
Try to remember that correlation doesn’t equal causations. Just because I walk into class does not mean that the professor is teaching.
Try to avoid misleading shortcuts during the causal argument.
11/3 Notes
Street signs are proposal arguments. This is because they suggest that we do something but are not obligated to follow them if we don’t want to. Therefore we can argue against what the sign indicates.
We must add our arguments to the portfolio and our username category. This is where our finished portfolio items will be. The original and the rewrite of our arguments are added here.
Correlation does not imply causation. This is important to remember when writing our causal argument. Although two things may have a similar connection, this doesnt mean that one caused the other or that they were caused by the same factor.
Do not waste time and words setting up your first causal claim. Get right into your claims to keep readers engaged and wanting to read more. If you waste words setting the scene, it makes it harder for readers to follow the point that is trying to be made.
There are many casual argument styles:
-Single Cause with Several Effects which means that X is the cause for Y and
Z.
-Single Cause and Single Effect which means X causes Y
– Several Causes for a Single Effect which means X and Y cause Z
– A Causal Chain which is where X causes Y and Y causes Z (“Failure to
Prosecute Rape causes Rape”)
-A Causation Fallacy which means that X is not the cause for Y
– A street sign is just a proposal argument as it suggests you follow the instructions printed on the sign. Someone can choose not to follow the directions and go against what the sign says.
– The Portfolio category will eventually have 8 things in it.
– Correlation does not imply causation. Just because one event happens doesn’t mean another event is bound to happen.
– You have to let the reader know your point in the first few lines of your paper. You will lose the reader and cause them to not continue reading.
– There are many different types of causes and their effects, such as, X causes Y, X causes Y and Z, etc.
Street signs: guidelines with consequences. They are proposal arguments
House keeping- New category portfolio was created for us. We already have 2
things to put in there. Definition, causal, rebuttal. No visual post
Lecture Notes-
Remember correlation doesn’t mean causation. Breakfast doesn’t cause lunch
Avoid the opening where you talk about the “nowadays” bold universal vague claims.
Don’t fill our fist sentences with fluff. The bold claim needs to be at the start and not buried under word soup. Make your claims so everyone is on the same page and then talk as much as you want.
Causal arguments don’t need to be ethical. They simply state one thing causes another. That’s what we need to prove.
11/3
Street signs are proposal arguments
We solved a braille riddle that said “The braille at the drive through”
Braille is used for people with disabilities
Professor assigned us a category
Important to remember that correlation does not imply causation
We talked about a short story “9/11 Made America More Racist”
This person didnt provide much information about the topic he stated
If you start with 3 paragraph background you will have wasted a good intro
We discussed different types of Casual Arguments
examples:
We talked about drugs and crime
The war on drugs created crime
“There is No explanation for Gangs”
People think video games are what influence people
Kids in gangs come without families with a present male role model
No amount of contrary info with ever be suffice
You only need to discret the logic, methods, or premise of your opponents who think they have proved causation
Instead of writing “Please keep the door closed,” or a door sign, we should write something like “Don’t leave the door ajar” or “propped open.” Doors are always closed so the original sign makes sense. We can’t say something like “Don’t open the door,” because it’s a permanent sign and they have to be opened eventually. We have to word our papers very carefully to assure we are not accidentally saying something we don’t mean. Different sayings can have multiple meanings and we have to be obvious about which one we’re intending, or it can change our point completely. If our reader is confused, they will be less likely to agree with us.
Each of us has a portfolio folder where we put our portfolio assignments that will eventually be graded. We can add work to this in the same way we choose categories. Work in the portfolio can be revised.
There are many different types of casual arguments that we should be aware of while writing ours. We should also be aware of the mistakes we may make while writing. We should study the poorly written Casual Argument to help us realize what to look out for. If there is too much filler information in our papers, the reader will get distracted before we even reach our argument. Our purpose will be very confusing and we should state our feelings right from the beginning.
Tonight we must write five brief casual statements based on our research from homework.
Notes:
– You can find arguments anywhere, even in road signs.
– New categories were made with our usernames following “Portfolio.” Our Definition/Categorial Argument and the Definition/Categorial Rewrite can be placed in there. Only on Visual Rewrite can be categorized in Portfolio.
– Correlation does not mean causation, you have to find real evidence that supports for thesis.
– State your thesis quickly, as soon as possible, to keep your reader’s interested. Backstory that is general knowledge will bore and lose attention.
– “X causes y” is the main formula we will use for our Causal Argument. There are many variations of this that will work to help develop are argument. We will write 5 causal statements based on our thesis.
-Rules and laws are still arguments. One can decide to disagree with them. It might result in consequences, but it still can be disobeyed.
-We don’t want to say breakfast causes lunch.” Be careful with implying causation.
-Don’t dare think to start an essay with a vague global statement. Especially involving the dawn of time. It’s boring. Nobody cares.
-Follow up your first sentence with bold statements that kind of explains the first sentence’s boldness.
-make the claims, then explain. Don’t waste your time spending three paragraphs on background information.
-The causal argument is all about whether one thing caused another thing. The argument is not about right or wrong, fair or unfair, but about did one thing caused the other.
-If working on a fallacy argument and finding a strong link against your argument, you can try and attack it by saying it is just a correlation, not true evidence.
Correlation does not mean causation
There are many cases where we believe things to have causation, but only merely have correlation.
You need to not fill your opening paragraph with “phlegm”, and instead lead your paragraph with your strong thesis. If you take your time wasting words the reader will not get to your important point.
In Causal arguments, you do not make any moral or legal judgements on the situation. You are simply stating the facts as to why X causes Y.
There are many different angles to causal arguments. You have X causes Y, X causes Z but Y doesn’t cause Z, X causes Y and Z, X and Y cause Z, X causes Y that causes Z, and X doesn’t cause Y.
* Street signs are always arguments. We don’t think of them like that but they are considered arguments
* Braille was created by a 17 year old French blind boy. The letters are fairly similar. When you learn braille, it has a domino setup. When the boy first made the first, he used different combinations in the first two rows of dots. For the next ten, then you do the same characters again, but with a dot in the lower left corner. And then for the last few letters except w, they used A through e and then put the dots in the bottom row. American Braille had to made a combo for w because it French didn’t have w at the time.
* You can also take notes in Braille, but you have to do it backwards.
* Accuse your writing of throat clearing. Meaning that a person is writing a bunch before getting to the point
* Reminder: You need to keep the readers hooked from the beginning.
* Word of Caution: If you start with three paragraphs before you get to the point, you’ve already some of the lines you have.
* There are different types of Causal Arguments.
* Single Cause with a Single Effect (X causes Y)
* Single Cause with Several Effects (X causes Y and Z)
* Several Causes for a Single Effect (Both X and Y cause Z)
* A Causal Chain (X causes Y, which causes Z)
* Causation fallacy (X does not cause Y)
November 3 Notes
Stop signs and laws are arguments because you can argue the terms of a sign or you can choose not to oblige with the signs at all. You can be inclined to disagree, agree, and remain neutral and still follow or not follow its directions.
I feel bad for blind people more because braille is quite difficult to learn
Add things to the portfolio task, doesn’t matter if you’re still revising and both the actual and the rewrite can go in. Visual rewrite only, definition, causal.
In highschool we were all taught hooks, to which we cheated them by making a world wide social claim to shock people or resonate with people somehow we all developed the thinking that this is the perfect solution to hooks. Get rid of hooks and any precursor claims in your paper because 9/10 times they are not useful.
Say your bold claim first and then give more information in the paragraphs but not too much information.
There are many different causal arguments you can make, make whichever one you want, just don’t not do one at all. Make sure it is cause and effect and not that your assuming that because one thing happened another that must be causation, no. Make sure that you are doing a causal argument and not defining things in your last paper. Do minimal rebuttal as in rebuttal the arguments that most noticeably would come up.
-Street signs are proposal arguments because they can be interpreted differently during different circumstances
-The red mats with bumps on them are for visually impaired people to tell them they are approaching a road
-Braille was invented by a 17 year old French kid who was visually impaired
-Braille uses the same sequences of dots for the same letters but add one or two dots to the bottom
-Why is there braille at the drive thru window? Makes no sense
-Only add your visual rewrite to your portfolio along with the definition argument and definition rewrite
-You do not need to start your causal argument with a vague statement or opening sentence to get your readers’ attention
-Breaking down an argument out loud really allows you to see repeating phrases or unneeded sentences
-Even if you sound unethical in your causal argument, it means your objection is irrelevant
11/3
Signs are proposal arguments- They might not be as persuasive depending on where/when someone comes across one. A stop sign is not as compelling at 2 in the morning when there are no cars around. Do what they say or suffer the consequences. Always a negotiation
Please Keep Door Closed – should be Don’t Leave Door Open
Place definition, definition rewrite, and visual rewrite in the portfolio,
Casual Argument due Nov 8
Get a recommendation from the professor for the Casual argument by leaving a reply in the Casual Argument page
Don’t mistake correlation for causation- Breakfast does not cause lunch.
Don’t waste time “setting up” your essay by trying to make large-scale observations that don’t say anything, or by repeating ideas.
5 types of claims – X causes Y, X causes Y and Z, Both X and Y causes Z, X causes Y which causes Z, X does not cause Y
– Street Signs are proposal arguments
– Stop signs are recommendations- Do what they say or suffer the consquences
– “Please Keep Door Closed”- No meaning, it would actually be considered a wall based on language used
– Why is there brail at the driv thru window- Might be required by laws or they dont make drive thru atm without brail.
– When they take notes in brail, you have to write backwards since when you indents, you will have to flip the paper to feel the raised bubbles.
– Start putting your assignments into portfolio. You will have 10 but then will have to eliminate one paper either definition, causal, and visual
– Causal argument is due monday night
– Do not use nowadays or dawn of time in your opening, or anywhere in your paper
– We responded to username and critique their Causal argument
– X,Y,Z exercise
– As shown in the facebook example, your objection is irrelevant
– Either it happens or happens differently
– Do X, Y, Z for HW
– Immediate Causes
-Remote Causes
– Precipitating Causes
– Contributing Cause
– Try to incorporate these into your own paper
11/3
Street Signs are Arguments
– Different levels of persuasiveness depending on what time it is. Running a stop sign at 2am when no one is outside is easier to do than running a stop sign at 3pm
– If there’s no traffic around, it’s easier to refute the argument
– Relevance of the argument to you is a big factor when presenting your argument to a reader. If they’re not interested in it, they won’t bother to hear your side of the argument
Causal Arguments
– Causal argument due Nov 8th (11:59 Nov 7th)
– Make your claims early in your argument, if you have a bunch of junk in between each claim the reader is going to lose focus on the point you’re trying to make
– Don’t clutter your causal argument with information that doesn’t contribute to your argument
– Don’t get off track in your causal argument, it is very easy to go on tangents, but you have to remember that the point of your causal argument is to link two things together
Street signs are proposal arguments
They are strong proposals as to what you should do
But depending on the time of day, the strength of that argument can decrease
Street signs actually want us to do what they say, or suffer the consequences
“Please Keep Door Closed”
“Don’t Leave Door Open”
“Don’t Prop Door Open”
Why is there braille at the drive-thru window?
There is a portfolio category now
Correlation vs Causation
There are a lot of recourses on the blog to help with the causal argument
Nov 03, 2022
CLASS NOTES
-Even in road signs, you can find arguments.
-Street signs are proposal arguments.
-It suggests you follow the instructions presented on the sign. Or you may go against it and not follow the instructions.
-New category for portfolio – Housekeeping. Things to be in a portfolio – rebuttal, causal and definition.
-Correlation does not mean causation. You have to find real evidence that supports the thesis. Breakfast causes lunch, we always have breakfast followed by lunch.
-You need to state your thesis in the beginning to keep your reader interested.
-Basis of Causal Chain – X causes Y which causes Z. About one thing causing the other. There will be many contrasts of this that will work to develop our argument.
Street signs are proposal arguments: You feel less inclined to agree with signs when its not busy out. The strength of its argument depends on the time of day. While there might be laws, you do not have to follow them.
Instead of “Please keep door closed” they meant to say “Don’t prop door open”.
Braille: made by a french kid. The top row and middle row are the exact same, but the middle has a dot on the bottom left corner. That dot immediately orientates the reader that it’s from the middle row. “Why is there Braille at the Drive-thru window?”
Housekeeping: at the end of the semester, i’ll have 10 assignments in the portfolio. I can kick out two that don’t help my grade.
Casual Argument: for personalized recommendations, ask for one in the reply field below.
You can’t use statements like “since the dawn of time” it has no merit. The importance of the casual argument is using X to prove Y. You are simply stating facts. Fluffing up the paper is detrimental.
Different angles to casual arguments:
X causes Y
X causes Y and Z
Both X and Y cause Z
X causes Y which causes Z
X does not cause Y
You aren’t making a moral judgement on the situation. All you are doing is showing causation.
There are three types of causation statements:
Immediate causes, Remote causes, and Precipitating causes.
I know how to read Braille now I guess.
Do the causal argument!
You do not need to overstate your argument, simply state it strongly or sternly. Overstating your argument, especially in the first sentence like the example author, invalidates the rest of it, as you’ve proven you are willing to bend the truth in order to gain attention or persuade. There was a class where you brought up that an argument can not be won in its first sentence but it could be lost.
1) The practice of music is a byproduct of the evolution of language as well as a cultural practice.
2) The evolution of humans to develop language is the cause for our interest, enjoyment and performance of music, as well as its cultural importance.
3) The evolution to develop language, necessity for social interaction and academic conversation of music and the monetary value associated are the reasons for the continued practice of music by humans.
4) Evolution of the human brain led to the development of language, which led to the practice and cultural importance of music.
5) Neither culture or human evolution are, on their own, the reason for music to be practiced.
11/03
Street signs can be seen as proposal arguments
“Please don’t prop the open” is a better way of saying “please keep door closed”
Brail riddle: Why is there braille at the drive thru window?
Portfolio section was made for each one of us. Now we can start categorizing things into the portfolio while keeping everything else where they originally were. So we are building our portfolio and it will require things such as definition argument and definition rewrite.
Recommendations for what might be a good angle for clasual argument ask down below
Class Notes (11/03/22 9:30 am)
-causal claims can be compared to dominoes
-one thing leads to another
-there are also many different types of causal claims:
Single Cause with Single Effect (X causes Y)
Single Cause with Several Effects (X causes Y and Z)
Several Causes for a Single Effect (Both X and Y cause Z)
A Causal Chain (X causes Y, which causes Z)
Causation fallacy (X does not cause Y)
Tips: YOU NEED TO KEEP THE READER HOOKED
# 11/3/22
## The Braille Riddle
Why is there braille in the drive thru.
## House Keeping
New Portfolio Category
{GO THROUGH WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND PUT IN NEW CATEGORY}
Causal Argument exercise
reading the argument that “9/11 made America more racist” and replying with a review and critq on the piece.
Class Notes:
– Portfolio is made, place your essays in it (definition argument/ definition rewrite and visual rewrite).
– Ask for personal recommendations for casual essay/argument for particular feedback.
– Casual/ casual rewrite, 2 separate posts.
– correlation vs. causation
believing there is a cause and effect situation when in reality, the situation was meant to happen regardless.
College Composition 2
11/03/22
Class Notes
Signs you see on the street everyday are proposal arguments. The signs you see are just proposals. You do not exactly have to listen to them even though you should.
Braille is just the letters of the alphabet. A-J were the samples as the dots change they spell out different words.
Braille did not use W at first but braille can be used for every other letter in the alphabet.
Professor Hodges got us to view dominos as causal arguments.
Make sure to place your definition argument and definition rewrite in your new personal portfolio category. This also goes for your Visual Rhetoric Rewrite.
Causal Argument Comments-While reading this argument I did not find any errors grammatically. Throughout the argument you make solid points on how we as a country feared middle eastern ethnicity’s because of the tragic events of 9/11. I also like how you added the “Family Guy” and “South Park” examples to use this event as a punchline rather than an event that should be mourned which is unjust. The argument was very good, but I feel like you should go into more detail when using your examples of foreign policy change. You just say foreign policy change, but what policies were put into place besides TSA.
– A street sign is a proposal argument because they suggest that we do something but are not obligated to follow them if we don’t want to.
– The Portfolio category will be 8 assignments in total.
– Correlation does not equal causation. Just because one thing happens doesn’t mean another thing should happen.
– You have to let the reader know your point in the first few lines of your paper. State your thesis quickly, as soon as possible, to keep your readers interested.
Single Cause with a Single Effect (X causes Y)
Single Cause with Several Effects (X causes Y and Z)
Several Causes for a Single Effect (Both X and Y because Z)
A Causal Chain (X causes Y, which causes Z)
Causation Fallacy (X does not cause Y)
Be careful with the terms we use. Good terms will lead to good causality.
The biggest takeaway here is that correlation doesn’t equal causation. We all tend to think it does, but truly it just means there’s a connection. It doesn’t necessarily mean X caused Y or Z.
For my argument, I’m going to attempt at writing a Causation Fallacy paper.
Class Notes:
– A street sign is a proposal argument because it suggest for you to do something, but you do not have to follow them
– You should have a total of 8 assignments in the portfolio category
– Place the definition argument, definition rewrite and the visual rewrite in your own portfolio
– Casual claims consist of:
– Single Cause with a Single Effect (X causes Y)
– Single Cause with Several Effects (X causes Y and Z)
– Several Causes for a Single Effect (Both X and Y because Z)
– A Causal Chain (X causes Y, which causes Z)
– Causation Fallacy (X does not cause Y)
In my perspective, the wake-mystery up’s is really challenging. The brail is a highly useful device since it enables blind people to read, which makes life a little easier for them. I think it’s odd that they put the riddle at the drive-through, but it makes the puzzle interesting.
Our causal argument, which is the second component of our discussion, is now presented. There are as many possible ways that a cause can have two effects, one effect, or even no effects as there are various causation theories. When you fake someone’s explanation, there is no effect.The type of argument that would really work when writing our argument is by writing several causes that have one common effect. This is the type of format that I will be using when writing my causal argument. When describing x and y you need to be very descriptive but be careful that you are not confusing the reader or yourself.
The example of those that play violent video games are violent in the real world shows that there are a few ways to make the case make sense to the reader.