D8, HW#3 Chapter 7

1) Reporting and Arguing
I wrote a paper on how the desert landscape in the southwest was being destroyed by developers. I felt this paper was more of reporting to my audience instead of arguing my subject. I did not answer my research question as well as I intended. I had no statistics and I did not focus on my research plan. My argument turned out to be more of giving my audience information about the topic in general.
I do have a topic I argue about with family members and friends. The subject is why the U.S. invaded Iraq. I did not write a paper on this topic, but it seems to come up in conversation when ever there is a family party or gathering of somewhat. I have military friends and family in the military. I am always the one against the war while others are for it. We never reach our goal in the argument, but we seem to agree on one thing; we need better leadership in the White House.

2) Generating Response to your research question
This activity was very helpful in putting all my information I found into my research question. I am still working on developing my question to better catch my audience’s attention. The instructor made a good suggestion for my question and that is, why doesn’t the United States have universal health coverage?
I found in my research that there are millions of Americans, which include lots of children, with little or no health coverage at all. Employers do not cover their employees with insurance and employees can’t afford the high cost of health insurance. There are a few states already insuring everyone in their state. I personally have had no coverage for myself and family. I’ve seen family and friends struggle with not having proper care for their children. I need to continue my search on this question and hopefully I can begin to put my research paper together with the good resources I have gathered.

3) Claims, Reasons, Evidence and Warrants
I have not used these four elements in my research structure. I think if I were to put these four elements in play,

4) Developing Rebuttals
I need to add some rebuttals to my research question. There are many people in Congress and working class people who say we don’t need universal coverage. I will gather data on those who are against and find out some reasons why they don’t want insurance for all. That’s where my audience need to be, with the politicians and blue color workers.

5) Using Qualifiers
As I read this passage, it brought some light to my paper where I need to present my sentences more arguably and to be more clear on what is being said about the topic in general. This section will be much help when needed to help enhance my audience .