Table of Contents
Critical Analysis Final Paper outline 1
Topics 2
Course tactics 3
Responding to Conflict and Tension: Debate and Argument 3
Responding to Conflict and Tension: Calling Out and "Cancel Culture" 3
My Critical Analysis Draft Essay 4
Critical Analysis Final Paper grading Ru
ic 5
Critical Analysis Final Paper outline
Goals:
· For students to support a subjective interpretation with evidence-based argument, to demonstrate critical thinking and an original perspective, to demonstrate clear and coherent writing and complete APA citations
Grade:
· 35% of the final grade
Format:
· Submit your assignment as a Microsoft Word file
· All assignments must follow cu
ent APA guidelines for title page and running header. Use this as a model to follow:
https:
owl.english.purdue.edu/owl
esource/560/01/.
· Remember to include in-text citations and a reference list
· Please do not include abstracts in papers for this class.
· Use a standard font.
· Double space the entire document.
Passing the Pape
Course:
· Students must receive at least 50% on the critical analysis final paper to pass the course.
· To receive at least 50% on the final paper, students must demonstrate clear and coherent writing, full and complete APA 7th citation, and a thorough understanding of the concepts covered in class.
· Papers will fail for any one of the following reasons (this list is not comprehensive):
· They are plagiarized (this may also result in further consequences)
· They do not contain complete and co
ect in-text citations and a reference list
· The writing is unclear and/or incoherent; the ideas are not clearly expressed
· They do not demonstrate the student’s original perspective (it is not enough to summarize course texts)
· They do not demonstrate a strong understanding of the course concepts
Guidelines:
· Select one of the topics listed below and write a XXXXXXXXXXword argumentative essay o Include an introduction, conclusion, and at least four body paragraphs (note that the word count is low enough that you will have to write concisely to accomplish this)
o Take a firm position and support it with evidence-based argument
(your body paragraphs should follow the 4-step method)
· This is not a research paper, so please do not consult outside sources to develop your argument (though you may need some to
iefly introduce the conflict you’re anlayzing). Note that no credit is given in this assignment to finding, summarizing, or responding to research sources: you should focus your efforts on an original analysis.
· The essay must be original work. You may not repurpose material from your critical responses or analytical paragraphs (you can develop a similar topic to your previous assignments, but the entire essay must be original work).
· You must quote and engage with 2-3 course texts.
Topics
1. Identify a real situation in your life that creates conflict and tension. Make an argument to defend what tension management tactic you would use and why, and explain why you would not use two other reasonable tactics.
· The conflict must involve institutional power (it cannot be a simple interpersonal disagreement).
· You must engage with the tactics as we developed them in class. For example, you must treat silence as a deliberate rhetorical tactic and not as mere passivity.
· The two tactics you argue against should be options that you seriously consider (rather than tactics that you think obviously don’t work in the situation).
· Your topic must be approved by me in advance (to ensure that it meets the conditions and scope of the paper).
Note
You are only allowed to use the tactics below and also the refence document below
Attached examples of other students draft essay ad reference< DO NOT COPY DUE TO PRAGIARSM
Course tactics
Responding to Conflict and Tension: Debate and Argument
https:
wise.fau.edu/~tunick/courses/knowing/gould_fact-and-theory.html
https:
www.theguardian.com/science/2005/sep/01/schools.research
https:
www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_dare_to_disagree?language=en
Responding to Conflict and Tension: Calling Out and "Cancel Culture"
https:
everydayfeminism.com/2015/01/guide-to-calling-in
https:
gen.medium.com/cancel-culture-is-how-the-powerful-play-victim-e840fa55ad49
https:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3ZjTg1OpIE
https:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-WimRb2jXs
https:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sni7ghqHBJw
My Critical Analysis Draft Essay
(my critical analysis final essay)
The real-world conflict and tension that I will utilize in my analysis is my sister’s disagreement with the church and their wedding; I will give you a
ief explanation to understand what I mean. So, if you are divorced, you are not allowed to have a church wedding until your spouse is deceased, according to the Redemption Christian church (RCCG). So, in the instance of my
other-in-law, he was seeing a Nigerian girl, and things were becoming serious, so he wanted to have a court wedding so that she could travel to Canada, and they could finally ma
y. She just exploited him, unbeknownst to my
other-in-law, to obtain a visa to Canada.
Moving ahead to the present, my
other-in-law met my sister, and the two were engaged. My sister and her fiancé had to go through conflicts with the church during the engagement process because of her fiancé’s previous relationship. In this analysis, I will go through the two tension management tactics I would have used and the two tension management strategies she employed and why you shouldn’t use them. Debate and calling out are the two tension management strategies I would use, whereas Cancel culture and argument are the two tactics I would be opposing.
Debate is one of my first tactics for tension management. According to the Oxford dictionary, a debate is defined as “a formal discussion of an issue at a public meeting or in a parliament. In a debate, two or more speakers express opposite views and then there is often a vote on the issue” (Debate, n.d). When churches make regulations, they are often made to fit a specific scenario, such as where the rule was made to prevent ma
ied individuals from jumping from one ma
iage to the next.
Take, for example, a lady who left her violent spouse. What if you did not fit in that situation? what happens when you do not fit into the situation that the rule was created for? Utilizing debate creates an environment for your side of the story to be heard. My preference for debate is because it allows both sides to communicate; it also allows my sister to exhibit her point of view while seeking to persuade the church to waive the regulation in their circumstance. A discussion not only attempts to persuade the other party, but it also provides an environment in which both sides may consider issues from alternative perspectives.
The second tactic that I would have employed is calling out. According to the Macmillan dictionary calling out is used to “criticize someone about something they have said or done and challenge them to explain it” (Call out, n.d). “Calling someone out serves two primary purposes: It lets that person know they are being oppressive, and it lets others know that the person was being oppressive. By letting others know about this person’s oppressive behaviour, more people can hold them accountable for their actions” (Ferguson, XXXXXXXXXXover the years, we have seen multiple calling out protests like the black lives’ mater movement, police
utality, same-sex ma
iage protest, of even calling out churches for some of their beliefs.
I chose calling out because, yes, it might be an aggressive form of letting someone know that they are being oppressive, but over the years, it has shown to be very effective. It creates a space where multiple people can share their stories. Not only does it
ing together other people who are going through the same problem, but it helps shine a light on the injustice. This tactic also forces the church to act or even realize the effect that their rule is causing to others. Calling the church out is a movement that forces change. It allows the church to realize that the rule made too long ago might need to be amended.
The third tactic that I chose not to employ is an argument. According to Lewis, “an argument = position + soundly reasoned evidence, because an argument is a social process it must offer evidence that meets a public standard. The most compelling proof in this regard is physical proof seen and shared by all” (Lewis, XXXXXXXXXXMy reason for not arguing with the church is that my
other-in-law does not have proof. What I mean by this is that my
other-in-law claims he got ma
ied so that she could come to Canada, but then she only used him and left. The problem is how can he prove that she only used him to get a visa.
In the eyes of the church, they could have
oken up, and she left, and that is why they got divorced. “an argument is a competition where ideas vie for acceptance, then the big picture is not which argument have reason and the evidence. They all do. The question is, which argument had the superior proof? Or better, which theory best fits all known data?” (Lewis, XXXXXXXXXXAsking the church to either exempt the rule for them without proving why she left him does not leave room for a strong argument. The last reason behind not using the argument as a tactic is because this argument is more of an emotional appeal argument; without any proof, the only way to argue this is to Appel to the church’s feeling, and that does not have enough strength to convince the church.
The last tactic that I chose not to employ is the cancel culture. My reason for not using the cancel culture is that it is a complex tension management technique. As much as cancelling the church will spread awareness of the problem at hand, “discarding people at the first sign of something we dislike” (Akanbi, 2020, 00:53) usually does not lead to the outcome you think it will. My other reason for not using this technique is that it does not leave room to understand the other church’s side. The rule was created for a reason and cancelling the church without listening to why they created the rule does not leave room for a resolution. Something calling out does not always give you the result that you want. One thing that I have learned over the years is not to jump to a conclusion. Just taking a little time to listen to someone’s point of view first can can’t your mind or even change their mind.
In conclusion, my reason behind the two tactics I suggest using is because it allows for growth and open conversation, it also spreads awareness to the problem without causing hate or painting the church as a problem, and it can potentially lead to the outcome that you want. Debate allows