Friday, October 2, 2009
Blog #1 Question at issue
A "question at issue" is the part of an argument that makes the reader feel the need to further discuss the question. In my english class senior year, I had to write an essay on "Multitasking, is it really possible?" I find this to be a "question at issue" because there is no real way to prove it, yet everyone can relate and hopefully spark their interest and lead them to question the conundrum. When in class I tried my best to see if I could actually work on an assignment while listening to the class discussion and I found it very difficult to tell if I was actually paying attention to both things at the same time or rapidly alternating between the two. The one consistent I found was that I did seem to get more of the assignment done if I concentrated only on the assignment and the same went for the discussion. (I remembered more of what was discussed when I paid specific attention to it.)
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Good example of a question at issue. Remember that certain questions may not be at issue in certain communities. For example, if everyone agreed with you about multi-tasking, it wouldn't be worth discussing!
ReplyDeleteIt seems that you have a very good grasp on what a question at issue is. I like how you used an example from your high school essay on multitasking. This is also very well written for a blog i might add.
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