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Activity 147

Purpose of the sources:

The purpose of the sources early chose to use pertain to the context of his
argument. When he uses the first source of The Documentary of the Game of
Baseball, he uses this to show the opinions of others and the agreements other see
with his own argument. For the second and third sources, he uses these in order to
show the evidence of his case to enhance his argument
How do they enhance/detract from his own voice:
By using these sources, he is able to enlist formal evidence to his case rather than
blurt out opinions of his own. When he gradually analyses there sources, he is able
to keep his own voice while still following the arguments evidence/backings.
Purpose of the documentation:
The documentation of the sources proves how they sources are reliable to the
reader, rather than using one of his friends opinions or a bias resource, he sites
these in order to keep his argument reliable and valid.

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Activity 137
Claims:
1. Claim of value; when he draws Obama getting the noble peace prize,
he is representing that him getting with almost not actually
accomplishing something is wrong
2. Claim of fact; Mr. Obama becomes the third sitting U.S. President to receive
the prize. This is a claim that is proven, its a fact
3. Claim of policy;
many people will point out that, while the President has
indeed promised to reset relations with Russia and offer a fresh start to
relations with the Muslim world, there is little so far to show for his fine words.
The author thinks that it shouldnt be given to him
Evidence:
1. First hand: it was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel Committee as a way of
expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration,
approval for the election of Americas first black president and hope that
Washington will honor its promise to re-engage with the world. He has
conducted this opinion out of his own reasoning of evidence
2. Second hand: The pretext for the prize was Mr. Obamas decision to
strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples.
The author could not assume this himself, he rather had to hear it and
analyze it
3. Third hand: it was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel Committee as a way
of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration,
approval for the election of Americas first black president and hope that

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Washington will honor its promise to re-engage with the world this evidence
is from another source who had already analyzed the evidence for the author
Shaping the Argument:

Classical: He opens his argument with the general statements of the fact that
Obama won the peace prize, a controversial subject he addresses, then he
goes into the background information of peace prizes and some factual info
to back that information up, when help shape the argument he is making.
Next, he proves these points that Obama didnt really deserve it by asserting
the other winners of the prize that deserved it more, with evidence and facts.
Therefore, he is able to refute any opposition to this opinion with
counterarguments such as others who have won it for almost the same
reasons, but, according to him, not quite. Finally, he is able to sum up his

argument effectively and clear-cut his reasoning stated earlier.

Induction: He generalizes when he states things such as many people will
point out thatthere is little so far to show for his fine words. This
generalizes an argument that he did not deserve the peace prize, like other

instances in the comment.

Deduction: In the passage starting with There is a further irony in offering a
peace prize to a president and ending with However just such a war may be
deemed in Western eyes, Muslims would not be the only group to complain
that peace is hardly compatible with an escalation in hostilities, he is able to
identify a generality but then prove the reasoning to it.