Grossmont Cuyamaca Identifying the Elements of an Evaluation Argument HW 1) Read https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article44120718.html2) Complete: “I

Grossmont Cuyamaca Identifying the Elements of an Evaluation Argument HW 1) Read https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article44120718.html2) Complete: “Identifying the elements of an evaluation argument” attached Strategies for Argument
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Do child beauty pageants con-
stitute child abuse?
This question must be answered
on an individual basis. Parents who
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“Do child beauty pageants
constitute child abuse?”
education programs, can be emotionally and even physically abusive, if partic-
force their children to participate in pageants, as well as in athletic and music
ipation is meeting parental needs rather that the needs of the child.
The risk for such abuse to occur is perhaps greatest when children are not 18
recognized for what they are-children but rather are forced to assume min-
Play is an important factor in children’s early development because, 19
iature adult roles.
through play, they learn skills for adulthood.
After all, what is the rush to become an adult?
Identifying the Elements of an Evaluation Argument
1. Wiehe does not state his thesis directly. Write a thesis statement for
this essay by filling in the template below. (Hint: Try answering the
questions Wiehe asks in paragraph 4.)
Because
Statement
beauty pageants
are bad for children.
2. What criteria does Wiehe use to evaluate child beauty pageants? If
he wanted to make the opposite case, what criteria might he use
instead?
3. In his essay’s boldface headings, Wiehe identifies four opposing
arguments. Which of these opposing arguments do you think pres-
ents the strongest challenge to Wiehe’s position? Why?
4. Do you think Wiehe expects his readers to have seen the program
Toddlers and Tiaras? Does he expect them to have strong feelings
about child beauty pageants? How can you tell?
5. After he has refuted arguments against his position, Wiehe (a profes-
sor emeritus of social wee begins a discussion of whether “child
beauty pageants constata child abuse” (para. 16). Should he have
done more to prepare readers for this discussion? Explain.
6. Do you think Wiehe’s concluding statement would have a greater
impact if it were in the form of a statement rather than a question?
Write a new sentence that could serve as a strong concluding state-
ment for this essay.
Chapter 14 Evaluation Argumer
Structuring an Evaluation Argument
In general terms, an evaluation argument can be structured like this:
Introduction: Establishes the criteria by which you will evaluate your
subject; states the essay’s thesis
Evidence (first point in support of thesis): Supplies facts, opinions,
and so on to support your evaluation in terms of one of the criteria
you have established
• Evidence (second point in support of thesis): Supplies facts, opin-
ions, and so on to support your evaluation in terms of one of the crite-
ria you have established
· Evidence (third point in support of thesis): Supplies facts, opinions,
and so on to support your evaluation in terms of one of the criteria
you have established
Refutation of opposing arguments: Presents others’ evaluations and
your arguments against them
. Conclusion: Reinforces the main point of the argument; includes a
strong concluding statement
The following student essay includes all the elements of an evaluation
argument. The student who wrote the essay was evaluating a popular Web
site, RateMyProfessors.com.

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