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PROOF AND PERSUASION:
The Rhetoric of Scientific Integrity
FALL 2022
© 2022 by Cynthia Shearer
CYNTHIA SHEARER
419-H REED HALL
BOX 297700
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
PHONE EXT: 817.257.6593
ENGLISH 20803 - WRITING AS ARGUMENT
Section 50:MWF @ 1 p.m. in Bailey 102
Cynthia Shearer, Instructor
OFFICE HOURS: 2- 3 p.m. MW in Reed 419_H
FRAMING AN ARGUMENT
STUDY GUIDE
Define and give examples of the following terms:
Claim
Warrant
Warrant types
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Constitutional/statutory
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Legal/contractual
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Legal/definition
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Ethical
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Theological
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"scientific integrity" warrant
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"best interest"
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"best practice"
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organizational warrant
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personal warrant
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international treaties or agreements (or memberships)
frame (noun)
to frame (verb)
re-frame (verb)
George Lakoff
"If you mention the frame, you activate the frame."
Nudge theory
syllogism
syllowidget
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