Argument & Rhetoric — Chapter overview · English 12: Complex Texts, Independent Inquiry & Public Voice, Grade 12
Recommend a response to the issue in the source packet. Use at least two sources, answer a serious counterclaim, and state a practical condition or limitation.
Chapter question
How can argument & rhetoric help us examine complex texts, independent inquiry & public voice?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 4.1 · Advanced Rhetorical Analysis
I can reconstruct a text's full rhetorical situation — its exigence, audience, persona, and constraints — and explain how those pressures shape its choices.
- Unit 4.2 · Constructing Sophisticated Arguments
I can develop a nuanced, qualified claim and defend it before a demanding, skeptical audience.
- Unit 4.3 · Public Discourse & Media
I can analyze how framing, selection, and word choice shape an audience's understanding of the same underlying facts.
- Unit 4.4 · Evaluating Complex Reasoning
I can distinguish deductive from inductive reasoning and hold each to the right standard — validity and true premises, or sufficiency and representativeness.