quote sammies!

quote sammie

Ah, the quote sammie! 

This is a visual mneumonic to help you balance your summary with your analysis.

We'll work with this in class. You may try it on your own, but feel free to wait. In class, I will also introduce an alternative method (RADS), and we'll work with those later in the week. 

Essentially, you DO need 2 buns -- no low carb versions will do. The top bun creates context (name of author, publication - unless already given in initial attributive tag -- and a hint of how you are analyzing the main idea. You provide here a summary of the *particular* phrase or idea you are gonig to analyze. 

The stuff in the middle (veggies, chicken, tofu, meatballs, whatever) is the QUOTE. The direct quote. 

The bottom bun in where you articulate your sense of the degree to which the passage supports the main claim of the whole argument ... or not. That is, here, you are evaluating the rhetorical (persuasive) effectiveness of this passage. NOTE: This is not a statement of opinion, but instead, an argument about HOW the quote does what it does, and how WELL the quote does so. So, if persuasive, you might write a bottom bun that begins, "Here, Smith powerfully supports his main claim by using an inartistic proof in the form of factual details. [then, go on to talk about how Smith does this, specifically. Point to the actual points of agreement between the facts and the claim]. The bottom bun may also be a place to argue for how this factual claim also argues effectively as an appeal to LOGOS [unpack and explain], or any of the other appeals. 

When you provide an overall summary including full attribution, frequent framing and reframing at paragraph introductions, and then detailed analysis of those passages that best support your analysis of the effectiveness of the overall argument, you are arguing. Summary and Analysis can become a foundation for your more elaborate arguments (coming soon!). So, learn to do this well, and you'll have such a great basis for further argumentative writing!