Group Discussion on Kantz

1. What were your reading purposes of this text? And what were your attitudes? Can you tell how these two factors affected your writing Q&R 5?

The purpose of reading this article is because in Kantz article it teaches a theory based on explanation is need to understand the nature and reasons for students problems with writing persuasive researched papers. We agreed with the article because it helps better understand how research papers should be comprised.

2. What is original argument? How did you come up with a question every time you write a Q&R? How did you formulate your response? Do you see your responses as original arguments? Why?

There is a question to every argument and there is never a right question since everyone has their own opinion. They way we come up with a question is when the article whatever we may not understand we try and answer ourselves. After reading, we go back to the article and we try to find the answer to the question that we had created for ourselves. Yes and no because we use both our own words and refer more to the article.

3. What is “writer-based prose”? Examples?

Writing we do for ourselves and the writing we do for the reader before we become the reader. As an example when someone reads your journal it puts themselves in the writers position and by doing this makes the reader more interested in the text.

4. What is rhetorical situation? What includes in a typical rhetorical situation?

The position of writing that relates content and understanding in your own words. What is included is the context, the writer, topics,audiences, and the purpose this is what a typical rhetorical situation consists of.

What is the significance of each angle in the rhetorical situation triangle? What does a focus on a particular point of the triangle tell you?

One point can belong to the particular part of the triangle. you can be more original and express yourself more which can help you compose a better essay.

5. What are the differences between facts and opinions?

A fact is a proven statement while an opinion is your own statement to your best belief.

Jaime Arevalo

Alan Garcia

Nathan Moncivais