Fight Club strategies can be applied in my paper because the
discussions have made me better at forming arguments. Before, I only focused on
my side of the argument and never took time to address the opposing viewpoint.
I always thought than an effective argument was totally one-sided. From Fight
Club I have learned that the most effective arguments include the central
viewpoint along with recognizing the other side. In a true argument there
will be rebuttals and counter-arguments, so Fight Club has allowed me
to see the importance of creating a dialogue. This is similar to Graff's
"They say" and "I say" model.
Fight Club is challenging for me because putting my ideas into
speech is difficult. I prefer to write down my ideas because that way my
thoughts can come across as organized and coherent instead of jumbled. Coming
up with arguments on the spot has been a struggle for me, but I am improving.
In
a verbal environment, the argument is two-sided. On paper, even though the
author can engage opposing points, the author chooses how to use that
opposition to his advantage. I have done this in my paper. It is not effective
to entertain an objection that is a stronger argument than one's own.
Verbal environments provide more engaging discussions than in
writing.
Challenges
that I am still facing in my writing are providing enough support for my
arguments. I have ample quotes, but I need to improve my analysis of the
quotes. A quote with no analysis weakens the argument and does not show that
the author thought about what he or she was writing.
I completely agree with you that before Fight Club, only one side of the argument is focused on. Fight Club has shown the class how to address the other side of the argument. I like how you referred to They Say, I Say because that book has fantastic points.
ReplyDeleteI am like you in the sense that I prefer to write down an argument and prepare it thoroughly instead of presenting information in a disorganized fashion. However, as we improve with that, I think it will be beneficial to our writing skills as well because we can manipulate certain points more effectively in our papers. I also like your point of verbal environments providing "more engaging discussions than in writing." It is definitely helpful to be forced to confront the other side of an argument when someone else is directly arguing with you.
ReplyDeleteI agree that fight club helps you think of opposing arguments. Do you think it helps you argue against the opposing points of view that you think of as well?
ReplyDeleteHey Maddie, I enjoyed reading your post and thought that you raised some good points. I agree that Fight Club has benefited with forming agument and have realized the importance of realizing counterarguments. It is interesting how some things really develop others.
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