Astatistics map of sources for is animal testing ethical
you will engage in the rhetorical pursuits of
inquiry (listening, questioning and researching) and deliberation
(thorough and thoughtful weighing of as many perspectives as possible). Therefore, this unit and its writing
assignment (the stasis map) will engage us in the ?listening? and ?research? stages of the conversation metaphor.
Eventually, your resulting smap will be a tool for you as you craft your logos and develop ethos in assignments
three and four in which you will cast and fully support a claim in a specific stasis?completing the final stage of the
metaphor (?contributing? to the conversation)Purpose:
This assignment is probably very different than any paper you have written before. In this assignment,
you will use the stasis questions as an analytical tool to explore and convey to your audience the key questions,
concerns, arguments, stakeholders and stakes, and versions of ?truth? about your research topic. Once you have
chosen a topic, then narrowed that topic to an inquiry question and completed extensive research on it, you will
map the various claims that are currently circulating about this issue, identifying and discussing the competing
claims within each stasis question, indicating where these ideas intersect with one another. The resulting stasis map
will be the product of thorough and reasonable inquiry and deliberation, and will
follow a very specific format described below. It should be a fair sampling of the ?voices? and points of view on the issue, as there are always
more than just two sides. In other words, you must identify the relevant stakeholders and their concerns. Because
our purpose here is inquiry and deliberation, your fair representation of the multiple perspectives on the issue and
your willingness to listen and consider various stances will be key factors in your success on this assignment.
TextsYour map will include the research materials you deem necessary to cover all perspectives, and your map
must
include the following: at least two books, one should be Less Than Human; at least two scholarly journal
articles; and one additional source. Thus, you must have a
minimum of five credible sources; however, the total
number of sources is up to you. The goal is to select enough sources to represent an appropriate cross-section of
stakeholders? voices in the conversation. Most of your sources must be considered highly credible and scholarly;
however, since our theme consists of topics that are fairly contemporary, you may have some newer sources that
could be considered less scholarly (i.e., popular sources such as news articles, documentaries, interviews, websites,
blog posts, etc.).
Details and Requirements:
1) Your research related to The Great Chain of Being (dehumanization, humanization, and/or animalization)
will inquire about a narrowed issue
approved by your instructor.
2) You will
not have an overall claim (thesis statement) for this paper. This paper is an expository and
summative analysis detailing the claims and concerns you find in your sources for each stasis question. This
means that you will not take a position on your topic for this paper.
At no point should you evaluate the issue
or propose a solution.
3) You will
organize your paper using the format provided on page three?no exceptions here. Within this
format, you must follow MLA conventions. You must have a properly formatted Works Cited page that will
include all of the sources represented in your paper.
4) In this paper, you will summarize, paraphrase, and quote your sources frequently, using mostly narrative in-text
citations (signal phrases and author tags along with parentheticals) within the body of your paper.
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5) The
minimum page length for this assignment is 8-9 pages (approx. 2,500-2,700 words), and does NOT
include the Works Cited pages. There is no maximum page length. The length should be appropriate to do all of
the following: a) cover the breadth of your resources; b) adequately discuss the stasis questions as authors
address and engage them; c) reach an awareness of what you can say about this issue in the A3.
6) You will employ the
first person singular (?I?) for this assignment, especially in the introduction and
reflection sections. Please make sure that you do not, however, produce a personal essay.Audience:
Your audience for the stasis map includes you, as well as your 1410 peers and instructor. This academic
audience will expect a clear, logical, and well-organized map. In addition, they will expect an analysis that is
supported by evidence and that is free from grammatical errors.
Assessment:
The stasis map (A2) is worth 25% of your final grade. Attendance for the library instruction days
and submitting an electronic draft of the A2 are mandatory (see timeline below). Absences or unpreparedness will
negatively affect the final grade of the map.
Other Resources:
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Our readings in A Rhetoric of Argument (including chapter 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9)
Title:
The title of your paper will be the narrowed topic that you have been researching.
Introductory Section:
This is NOT a traditional introduction. This is where you tell me what research you have, why it?s good, and why it?s
enough. You SHOULD NOT make an overall claim. Instead, you must do all of the following in this section:
Introduce your narrowed topic of research, explaining the potential exigency (urgency) and kairos (timeliness) of it
Introduce the authors and texts that you are using
Say something about why you chose each of these sources, discussing their ethos (i.e., authority via credentials,
professional and/or personal experience, etc.)
Justify the number of sources you chose (meaning, explain why you?re confident that your selection covers all of the
major stakeholders and relevant perspectives or concerns)
Provide a general overview of what you found in your research (briefly discuss recurring themes across sources)
Section I: Facts and Definitions
Discuss your sources? responses to the questions of fact and definition as they relate to your topic. Describe how this
question is circulating among your sources. Remember that some of your sources will extensively discuss conjectural or
definitional claims; some will not. What assumptions are being made with regard to facts and definitions? Analyze and
discuss any controversy about factual and definitional claims that are present in your sources.
Section II: Causes and Consequences
Discuss your sources? responses to the question of cause and effect as they relate to your topic. Describe how this
question is circulating among your sources. Remember that some of your sources will extensively discuss causal claims;
some will not. What assumptions are being made with regard to causes and consequences? Analyze and discuss any
controversy about causal claims that are present in your sources.
Section III: Value and Evaluation
Discuss your sources? responses to the question of evaluation as they relate to your topic. Describe how this question is
circulating among your sources. Remember that some of your sources will discuss evaluative claims; some will not.
What assumptions are being made with regard to value and evaluation? Analyze and discuss any controversy about
evaluative claims that are present in your sources.
Section IV: Proposal
Discuss your sources? responses to the question of proposal as they relate to your topic. Describe how this question is
circulating among your sources. Remember that some of your sources will discuss proposal claims; some will not. What
assumptions are being made with regard to proposal? Analyze and discuss any controversy about proposed solutions,
policies or other changes in your sources.
Reflection, Synthesis, and Points of Entry:
This paper will NOT end with a conclusion. Instead, this is where you reflect. This section should be about 1-2 pages
long. You might ask yourself questions in this section. Regardless, your reflection section should include most, if not all,
of the following:
A reflection of the information you have just presented
A discussion of the relationships between the stases claims, and why there may be more discussion in one or more
points of stasis compared to others
A synthesis of the most viable points of stasis that you discovered in your narrowed issue (inquiry question)
A consideration of your possible entry points into the conversation. In other words, discuss what you might write
about when you contribute to the conversation in your argument paper. How might you use the evidence to make
claims in your paper? What claims can you currently support? Are there any gaps in the research?
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