{"id":34130,"date":"2023-09-19T23:10:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/analyzing-an-argument-excerpt-from-narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T23:10:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:10:08","slug":"analyzing-an-argument-excerpt-from-narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/analyzing-an-argument-excerpt-from-narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyzing an Argument, Excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Make sure to please follow and hit every point in this prompt. Avoid using big words and sounding too formal. Please when citing quotes use it only from the text below provided. <\/span><\/h2>\n


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Assignment 1: Analyzing an Argument<\/span><\/h2>\n

Reading:<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

Prompt:<\/span><\/h3>\n

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In Frederick Douglass\u2019s narrative, initially published in 1845, he makes an argument about<\/span><\/p>\n

slavery that would have been controversial at the time. His audience had been exposed to ideas<\/span><\/p>\n

that created some misconceptions about slavery and slaves; therefore, Douglass faced the<\/span><\/p>\n

challenge of both providing new information and building a connection with the readers to<\/span><\/p>\n

encourage them to see slavery from a different perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For this paper, construct an account of the argument Douglass makes and the ways in which he<\/span><\/p>\n

refutes many of the pro-slavery arguments that were common at the time. <\/span><\/p>\n


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Analyze the persuasiveness of his claims, counter-claims, and reasons as well as the evidence he uses to<\/span><\/p>\n

support those claims. Does the evidence, such as the examples he includes, clearly and fairly<\/span><\/p>\n

support the claims he makes? Also, analyze the way assumptions made by the author shape thedevelopment of claims and the use of evidence in the text. What assumptions is Douglass<\/span><\/p>\n

making about his audience? What assumptions must Douglass\u2019s audience share in order to find<\/span><\/p>\n

his argument persuasive?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n


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Successful papers will:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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  • Use MLA format<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Minimum four to five typed pages.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Identify the author\u2019s main argument and most important claims or counter-claims.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Analyze the effectiveness of Douglass\u2019s reasons and evidence.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Analyze the way assumptions Douglass makes shape the development of claims and his<\/span><\/li>\n
  • use of evidence.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Include and analyze specific examples from the text.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Use an effective structure that guides the reader from one idea to the next.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Edit thoroughly for grammar and conventions of correctness.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h2>\n

    Key Learning Outcome:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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    Analyze a variety of texts to demonstrate knowledge of an argument\u2019s project, claim,<\/span><\/p>\n

    audience, genre, rhetorical appeals, rhetorical strategies (including evidence), and<\/span><\/p>\n

    assumptions.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Evaluate arguments and their evidence through a process of critical inquiry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n


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    Make sure to please follow and hit every point in this prompt. Avoid using big words and sounding too formal. Please when citing quotes use it only from the text below provided.  Assignment 1: Analyzing an Argument Reading: Excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Prompt: In Frederick Douglass\u2019s narrative, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[645],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/34130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/34130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=34130"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=34130"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=34130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}