Questions for Discussion
1. According the Greene the role reading plays in writing is that reading helps support a persons argument. Reading other writings not only gives a person more insight on the topic itself, it offers that person to strengthen their own idea's.
2. The metaphor in which Burke writes about explains how when making an argument a person has to constantly support his or her facts and when directly conversing with someone the banter can go on for a long time. However, when relating the metaphor on how to write, it shows that in order to have a strong argument a person needs to research a lot of different opinions.
3. The concept of framing allows a person to put their writing in a certain perspective. The main goal for a person when writing an argument is to persuade people into looking at their opinion in a certain way.
Applying and Exploring Idea's
2. Greene does write his article like a conversation because, its almost like he is asking the reader questions then providing them with an explanation for why he thinks framing is an effective way to write about an argument.
Response
The reading helped me understand that research and reading different pieces for different writers is a key ingredient for a successful argument. In the past I used to form my opinion from the articles I read, but know I realize that coming up with my own opinion first and then framing that into my writing, using other writings only o support my claim.
I agree with you that Greene wrote his article as a conversation. I think he did this to kind of show up how well writing as if you are in a conversation works.
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