Blog Assignment 4 (due by 7/14)

***I, too, will be participating in this blog assignment, so I'll be posting and commenting on several articles.

We're going to begin the opinion piece quite soon, so you're going to find and read a few, then post about them. Fairly easy, but will take a bit of time.

You need to choose several pieces from the "Opinion" section or those labeled "Editorial" (you can choose any paper/magazine you want, but it needs to be an opinion piece). (A few publications that will have quite a few: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Times, The San Diego Union Tribune, Salon, Slate, The Nation).

You can look for/read opinion pieces that cover local, national, or global issues. If you want something local, you need to look at local publications, like The North County Times, The San Diego Reader, etc.

Choose two and post the links to them. Briefly summarize each piece, tell me a bit about why you chose it, and discuss a few rhetorical moves the writer makes. Also consider whether the piece makes use of a claim/concession/rebuttal sequence. If it's there, do you think it's effective? Identify the claim, the concession, and the rebuttal (you can simply cut and paste from the piece for these identifications).

***I've taken to posting things inspired by our always on-topic class discussions, so if you're into wasting time and procrastinating (as I clearly am), enjoy.