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Argument of Evaluation
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An argument of evaluation is an argument that states why something is good/ bad, successful/ not
successful, effective/ ineffective, competent/ incompetent, and so forth. These types of arguments can
be made in numerous ways and on numerous topics. Some examples of arguments of evaluation are:
- judgments of public policy or figures
- book/ film/ music/ restaurant reviews
- evaluations of societal tendencies and norms (Example: An article lamenting America¡¯s
tendency to not take care of their elderly.)
Directions:
1) Pick a topic that you would like to evaluate. Make sure it is something you can place into a certain
category for comparison. For instance, if you were to evaluate Rihanna, you could place her into the
category of pop icon, but you could also place her in the category of dance music or 2012 artists
or role model. This categorization will help you to choose criteria to judge.
2) Pick a specific audience to whom you will address this argument. Think about who would be
interested in this issue. Students? Republicans? Younger/older movie lovers? Narrow it down ¨C the
audience is never everybody or all Americans. What type of style, evidence, and tone would work
best for this demographic?
3) Write your essay. It must include the following things:
- a clear thesis with a claim and a reason
o consider whether or not you need to qualify your thesis (Ex: Instead of Jon Stewart is
the funniest person on TV, you might say Jon Stewart is one of the most influential
TV personalities of this decade. Don¡¯t make claims you can¡¯t support.)
- a brief overview of your topic (a sort of background paragraph)
- an explanation or defense of your criteria
o What criteria/standards are you using to judge your topic? Can you justify these criteria?
o Ex. What makes a good teacher? (good student evaluations? student success rate?)
o Ex. What features make a film a classic? (quotability? reviews? money made?)
- evidence that your subject meets or fails to meet the criteria you set
- consider and address the alternate views (opposing viewpoints and counterarguments)
o What would those that oppose you say? How can you disprove their arguments?
- pathos/ logos/ ethos: Try to use all 3 appeals in your essay. (see EAR for help)
- outside sources
o you must include 3 credible outside sources ¨C 2 of these must be opinion pieces
o you must incorporate ideas from those sources into your essay
 make sure to introduce the author/site and state why he/she/it is relevant
o use MLA citations throughout your paper
- works cited
- **correct page length**
o 3-4 pages, not including heading, images, or works cited information
o 12 point Times News Roman, double-spaced, 1 margins.
4) **Final Step** A rhetorical analysis describing your essay¡¯s writing strategies and techniques. This
is in addition to the minimum page requirements for essay 1. (See directions below.)
Final Step: Rhetorical Analysis
o When you are finished writing your paper, you will do a write-up that explains some of your
rhetorical strategies. Include answers to the following questions:
o Length: At least ½ a page, typed.
o What audience did you pick and why?
o How did you try to tailor your essay so that it would work well for this audience? How
did this affect your evidence, appeals, style, and tone?
o How did you use pathos, logos, and ethos? Give specific examples.
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Tips for picking a topic:
- You can use ideas from your love/ hate list or use the topic from the Op-Ed you analyzed
for your Op-Ed analysis paper.
- Pick a topic that is not overly personal. It should be a topic about something within the public
realm/ or that is part of our society. (For example, a topic about why you hate rain is not going
to work.)
- Pick a topic for which you can think of an overarching category and criteria. This will be crucial
in helping you to support your claim.
- Pick a topic you know a good deal about (or that you can learn a great deal about quickly).
o For example: If you want to talk about a certain musician or band, you want to make sure that you know a lot about music and what makes music good or not good. You should be a musician or you should have studied music.
Examples of possible topics:
Consider categories:
Print Media: newspapers, books, magazines, posters, photographs, art
Broadcast and Film: television programs, commercials, movies, radio programs, songs, news
Live Performances: theater productions, concerts, lectures, stand up comedy
Services: restaurants, salon, department stores, bookstores, medical services
Technology: Macs, I-pad, phone apps, sound system components, cars
Politics: democracy, socialism, communism, capitalism, globalization, free-trade agreements
Societal traditions/ tendencies/ norms: trends in how we interact with one another and the world around us
(physical contact, attitude, values) (Ex. Our use of sarcasm and cynicism in our society)
Specific example ideas:
Why buying a classic car is a good/bad decision.
Evaluate Ernesto ¡®Che¡¯ Guevara¡¯s legitimacy as an inspirational figure, discerning fact from myth.
Evaluate President Obama¡¯s health care plan.
Assess Americans¡¯ reliance on nursing homes to take care of our elderly (rather than in-home care).
Fox News: love it or hate it?
Macs vs. PC¡¯s: which is superior?
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NURSING HOMES FOR ELDERLY
Sons and daughter are utterly confused about how to handle the situation of their elderly parents. As they approach their golden years, parents become vulnerable and delicate in both health and emotions (Lesemann & Claude, 10). Especially if one parent is already dead, it becomes so difficult to offer the support required to the single aged parent. Most cases in America, the children of these parents opt for nursing homes to take care of them, after realizing that they have become reliant. The children’s busy schedules may not allow them to take care of their parents, while the nursing homes offer readily available health conditions and provision of care all through. The family to the elderly should realize that nursing homes might cause their parents more harm than good, due various considerable factors.
Logically, the act of taking the elderly to the nursing homes seems to be the best solution for their independency and vulnerable health conditions that requires regular check up (Thomas & Stephen, 12). With no doubt, the services at these homes may be readily available as well as social interactions. The elderly may experience some sense of community due to quite a large number of people to socialize, and at the same time allowing their families back at home to be at ease. However, regardless of the sense of community that offers interactions with the age mates, these people would prefer to stay with their families than a group of non-relatives. An individual’s family matters than any other person because they are related and they have probably spent all their lives close to each other. This result to a low emotional state as the elderly lacks the sense of belonging. They may not have the courage to express their disappointments to their sons and daughters because they also feel as burdens to others. This condition may lead to low self-esteem and stress that eventually develops to depression or other diseases, worsening their health condition.
Even though some elderly people may appreciate the sense of community in the nursing homes, this totally depends on an individual. The elderly people who could be bed-ridden or ailing from diverse levels of dementia can experience loneliness. Most families have best intentions of visiting their elder parents often but their busy schedules may deny them this chance, furthering the sense of loneliness. This loneliness can extend to heights that are unimaginable like mental disorder and suffering resentment. Most of the nursing homes are also very expensive and almost unaffordable. The cheaper nursing homes may mean less service, and every individual would prefer better services for their loved ones. Therefore, keeping the unhappy elderly in these centers may be difficult to manage for families with relative income, if the parents had not set apart their retirement cash.
The families’ better option would be hiring a full time a nurse that would offer the required services to the elderly, at the comfort of home and loved ones. This is an action of commu...
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