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Republican Argument Analysis

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1. One of the main arguments of the debate was situated against inventive and the ways it presented itself in Hillary Clinton’s campaign. For example the proposition said that Clinton’s background was a good indicator of her future decisions and that inventive is based off of situated. The opposition rebuttal included the argument that situated is only a platform and the way she speaks now and the narrative that is created is more important is current predicament of the race. The also debated on party allegiance and the factors that play into that. The proposition argued that depending on your political party, you bring different situated ethos while the opposition debated that especially in this election, using examples of the split Republican …show more content…

Describe how the central arguments clashed with each other or failed to clash with each other. Discussing clash in the debate means discussing how the arguments presented directly addressed each other. If the arguments failed to directly address each other, say so and describe how that failure occurred. (5pts)

2, I think the two sides clashed a little bit when it came to the example of feeling and emotion and it was a bit debated on if feeling and emotion were situated or inventive. The proposition described emotion as being situated because most people in the election saw the debate and came out of it voting the same way. That the feelings and emotions on this campaign are already set. While the opposition defined emotion as being reliant on what is presented in front of them and that a politician can influence a voter by evoking those …show more content…

Describe how you think this debate engaged with the course readings. Do you think the debaters dealt with the substance of the readings? How could they have improved their use of the course readings while debating? As you answer these questions, be sure to describe the central thesis of each of the course readings and how the debate topic and arguments related to those theses. Excellent answers will directly quote the course readings. (15pts)

4. I thought both sides did an excellent job on using course readings in there speeches. The use of the quote, “a rhetor uses situated ethos to keep character” was really solid, it demonstrated the proposition’s point that situated ethos is need and more important than inventive. Another quote from the reading that was used was, “…speaker has good sense, good will, and good moral…” which I again that was extremely influential because it gave proof that character is influenced by situated ethos. If I had to critique, I would say I wish that the quotes where more center of the debate and also when they were used to be said more than once. However, the last critique is more of a personal want because I’m a slow writer. Overall, I thought the quotes that were used were extremely influential and crucial in this

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