The Socratic Seminars

In this course we’ve learned to how to effectively analyze rhetorical situations. We start off by identifying the audience. The audience is the intended or unintended recipients of the rhetorical message. Identifying the audience is important because it will determine the style and language you will use in your writing. For example, if an undergraduate student is writing to their professor the style and language of the writing will be formal. Whereas if the audience is the undergraduate’s peers, then the language can be informal and have a more relaxed tone. Then we explore the context of the rhetorical situation. The context is what helps you interpret meaning in a situation by giving information on what the piece is about. By understanding

Socratic Seminar Alternate Assignment Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of the most interesting book that our school assigned. It isn’t like The Great Gatsby’s tough love, isn’t like Hamlet’s tragedy, it is a unique, dark mysterious murder story. It got my interest even since I opened my book, and I could not put it down. Not everyone has multi personality like Dr. Jekyll, people like that simply attracts me. I believe there are people who has mental disorders in our school also, those who are disabled should be taken good care also.

To Kill a Mockingbird Socratic Seminar On the upcoming block day we will have a Socratic Seminar in which we discuss the chapters in To Kill a Mockingbird that deal with Tom Robinson’s trial and its aftermath. Your assignment is to prepare for the seminar ahead of time, participate in the seminar and capture the main ideas of the discussion in your notes.

What is a possible solution? Signaling to the reader that the quote is coming. This includes stating who the quote came from and how the reader should interpret it.

paragraphs. Author No Author (Smith, 2000, Findings section, para. 3). (“Comparing Apples,” 1999, Implications section, ¶ 8). Bryant & Stratton College APA Style Guide Rev. 4/28/10 3 Using Tags to Introduce Source Material To incorporate the quotation smoothly into the sentence, writers can use what is called an

Anaphora: When you use an anaphora in your text it plays very well with the readers and the audience. the audience or reader will anticipate the next line which allows them to almost participate and feel part of your writing.

example #1 (context + lead-in + quotation + page number):"Wh—oh yes, you mean why do I pretend? Well, it’s very simple,' he said. 'Some folks don’t—like the way I live.”

Associate Level Material Appendix L Integrating Source Materials Part 1: Example Passages Example Passage 1 Integrate the quotation into the passage as if the passage is a sentence in your research paper. Include appropriate transitions as well as APA-formatted in-text citations and reference. Delete elements of the passage or quotation as needed.

Part One: A big argument that is made in “Where the Jobs Are: STEM Fields” by Linda Rosen and “Many With New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling” by Catherine Rampell, is that employment rates for college grads are much lower than they were before, as are the starting

When I think back to the time right before we started writing our essay I realize that in order to come up with any ideas for the paper we had to chew on one thought for over ten minutes. For example when I read the sentence that we wrote about

I’ve realized that within the process of writing, using quotes to try and help explain ideas and support arguments is important when writing any kind of essay. I think for next time, I am definitely going to use more quotes, but also ones that directly relate to the argument at hand. something I find more difficult is also being able to just write the quotes in smoothly without having so many awkward sentences. I feel like writing is always about practicing, and for quotes, it’s trial and error, and trying to figure out what will work best, but also what sounds nice as well. I think for these three assignments, I did a pretty good job at being able to use quotes nicely.

I have gained many new writing skills over the semester. One of the skills is embedding quotes. Here is an example of me embedding from the Literary Analysis Essay, “Atticus stated to his children, ‘Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win’ to explain to his children to try no matter how challenging (Lee 101)” (poop 2). I just wrote that Atticus stated something for the quote format. I was ecstatic about how well I did on embedding quotes. One more skill I learned was how to make a thesis statement. Here is a thesis statement from the Literary Analysis Essay, “Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird shows that Atticus Finch’s parenting style is authoritative as shown by him setting high

Socratic Seminar Essay There has been a drastic change in the way we perceive the world and this can alter the way we see each other. We tend to jump onto a bandwagon because it seems easiest or because of one personal scenario. This is one of the main causes for prejudice and injustice. How a person reacts to being oppressed may bring out another side of them, but this side is their true self. This reaction speaks of his or her morals, ethics, and values. To these people, all the perpetrators appear the same, but it is known that while some may easily go along with it, some may choose to stand above it all. The concepts referenced to earlier will be soon elaborated on in further analysis as this essay goes on.

Appendix L: Integrating Source Materials Part 1: Example Passages Example Passage 1 Integrate the quotation into the passage as if the passage is a sentence in your research paper. Include appropriate transitions as well as APA-formatted in-text citations and reference. Delete elements of the passage or quotation as needed. · Passage: Some might argue that traditional good looks are not an indication of a person's real attractiveness. · Quotation: "The philosophical dimension of beauty does not depend on the limits of the physical world; true beauty far exceeds our earthly bounds." · Reference: Roger McMichaels. A Deeper Look at Beauty. New York: Graymark, 1995. The quoted material is taken from page 22. Integrated passage: The concept of interpersonal attractiveness is highly subjective, with cultural influences and private preferences playing a significant role. Some might argue that traditional good looks are not an indication of a person's real attractiveness, a sentiment captured eloquently by Roger McMichaels, author of A Deeper Look at Beauty, when he observed that "the philosophical dimension of beauty does not depend on the limits of the physical world; true beauty far exceeds our earthly bounds" (1995). The crux of McMichaels statement is that, while beauty can obviously be based on physical appearance, a person who is beautiful in the true sense of the world possesses far more valuable qualities. Reference citation:

Socratic Wisdom In the Apology, the oracle at Delphi stated that Socrates was the wisest man of his time (Plato 21a). Socrates, however, “[was] very conscious that [he was] not wise at all”, which would not make him the wisest man of his time (21b). Certainly, not both the