ENG 102: Writing II (4216_36Z1)

Although you may not find people arguing about your particular crisis, you can use other arguments to understand related values and claims. After collecting outside opinions on the situation (through surveys, secondary research, or both), use the following questions to explore the various possible positions related to the crisis.
Think about where you work or may work. What is a crises that could develop there? Respond to the questions below about that crises.
What Do Others Claim?
How do other people or sources characterize the crisis?
What possible actions or solutions are put forth?
What do other arguments seem to value (money, progress, children, equality)?
If solutions have been suggested, how thorough are they? (What details do they omit? What significant factors do they ignore?)
What Do I Claim?
How do I see the crisis differently from others?
What values and assumptions do I share with others?
Based on my values and assumptions, I believe the crisis can be addressed by.

Of course, there are limitless ways to approach a crisis. But it may help to apply some common strategies. Consider the following formula. Even though you may not maintain the exact structure, these sentence patterns can generate an initial path for your argument. The first two patterns (A and B) would keep you focused on a claim of fact. You would not argue for a solution but try to persuade readers about the nature of the crisis. The latter two patterns (C and D) would set you up to argue for a solution. You would make the case about the crisis (a claim of fact) and then propose a strategy for solving it (a claim of policy):Because it is , there is no stopping it.
The crisis continues primarily because do not recognize .
Because , we should .
To address the current , we should .
How would you write (and what would you write) about using the crises you identified in Discussion 1 and using the above 4 statements?