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SOAPSTONE

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  • S: Winn, not a fan of TV, older gen.
  • O: After years of observing TV’s effect on children
  • A: Americans
  • P: Argue against TV: TV is most (bad) important
  • S: headings, quotes, statistics (logos), old reviews (juxtaposition)
  • TONE: critical, authoritative
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focus: addressing the counterargument

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  • control the argument in your rhetorical analysis essays
    • by the way you use quotes
    • by the way you use sources, statistics, etc.
    • by the way you address the counterarguments
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step 1

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Winn

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step 2

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strengthens

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step 3

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her argument against TV

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step 4

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by providing her readers with a variety of negative facts, statistical data, and quotes

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note

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  • develops
  • “families frequently use television to avoid confronting their problems”
  • the author’s polysyndeton conveys that television leads to poor quality of life

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