Ethos: Character
1. Invented persona w/in the written text
2.situated ethos I am someone with a)good will b)good sense c)good character

Character: a guidance counselor, who has seen these problems, and wants the kids to experience things more alone.
word choice: commodity, entitlement, third person invisible, fail to understand, in loco parentis, dismay, most

1. The results of the questionnaire can bring up the GPA of the PWE students.
2. By going through the questionnaire it can help students write more positively on the teacher reviews.
3. The classes are in need of a reviewing.
4. How much time are they really "wasting"?

Changes will be good for the department.

Complete this survey because it will prepare PWE students to succeed professionally and bring prestige to WVU.

Premise:
Does the argument have any bounds in a logical argument?
As someone is building an argument a premise is an unstated assumption on which the argument is grounded



Probability:
Can the argument stand up to someone trying to disprove it?
Likelihood
conclusion
statements about human behavior==>common ideas that people share

Inductive reasoning:
movement from specific cases/examples to general principles


Deductive reasoning: Using different pieces of evidence to build an argument
Movement from general principles(class of items) to specific cases. If premises (assumptions,
common beliefs) are true then conclusion about specific case is true

Enthymeme: Rhetorical argument founded on assumptions that remain unstated

People who stay at a holiday inn are really smart. Whoever stayed there would be smarter than a doctor and more able to help.

Progress Report:
Goal/purpose : persuade the project manager that you have a clear vision for project and have a handle on it

Be specific in describing accomplishments.

Intro
1. project overview
2. summary statement about progress

Body Sections
I. work completed
a. types of work
b. types of work
II. Work remaining
a.
b.

Conclusion

Ideology: sets of beliefs, values, ideas that shape how someone views the world. (-isms) Feminism, communism, conservatism.


Common Topic: specific procedures/sets of questions for generating arguments (heuristics)


Common Place: often unstated ideas, statements that help to shape an ideology (underlying parts of an ideology) patriotism, loyalty, "god" leads nation

Ideologic: arguments that are made by by stringing together commonplaces (wall street vs. main street)

"Keep Austin Weird"
1. Ideal city is a weird city.
2. A weird city has lots of different shops, ideas, cultures.
3. Not weird is boring.
4. Austin is a weird city.
5. "Box Stores" are not weird.
6. Govt. should keep "Box Stores" out.

"Guns Don't Kill People"
1. Guns are not murder weapons.
2. People make the weapons dangerous.
3. People's choices end lives.
4. People choose to disobey laws.
5. Government needs to protect the community.
6. Government needs to crack down on people that disobey laws, not guns.

"How a Professional Writer Pulls Assets to Complete a Job" (not sure about this title)

Writing is a collaborative process. It has to be in order to effectively answer the right questions and to reach the right people. A professional writer is limited by a myriad of personal shortcomings, and in no way is this because they are a sub-standard person, it is just the simple fact that not everyone is an expert, and even if they are, one person cannot create a powerful document alone. My research is taking a look at a College Relations Director, and seeing how he uses the resources and his co-workers to write effectively and to best represent the organization that he works for. Using a variety of collection methods, I will gather evidence from around the work-space, from co-workers, from the university, and from the subject, about the processes and standards of their literary works.

This article gave me a very good line of questioning for my project. My subject writes for the university and so it's identity is very important to uphold. Does he have certain things that he always keeps in mind as he writes?