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2. In the "of-quoted passage" by Kenneth Burke, Green quotes the statement again because of the example it seems to easily set to readers. The quote itself seems to give a clear understanding of debates and points of views. This metaphor also shows this idea of "sink or swim", that can be completely avoided in a good debate if the right steps are followed. The metaphor is the idea that you're in an environment and sort of 'entering' into a conversation. But not just any type of casual conversation, it's a heated debate that could be on anything from a tv show or politics. It's so heated that nobody can really tell you what's going on so you're forced to just listen and attempt to understand what's going on. Once you figure out what's going on you pick a side and enter the argument. Now this is the key point, you can either have a very good argument and know what you're talking about based on what you heard. Or you can say something that can be easily refuted by the 'opponents'. Once this goes on this idea of 'team's are formed, you answer and someone refutes and vise versa. Even if your argument may be good or bad, it will continue to go on with or without you.
The way it presents writing is in the sense that your writing and research can go either way. And how every argument you make is involved in a web of connections. Everything you've ever argued about has a connection to a different subject. The way you enter an argument is the same way you should write, it should be knowledgable and clear identifying each issue and situation clearly.
The metaphor also challenges the idea of putting yourself out there, throughout the years we've been taught to never put yourself out there only facts. But the idea of writing is that by putting you ideas and a good amount of research out there, it can be considered good writing along with research.
3. The idea of framing is a strategy that uses the conflicting and different points of view to your advantage in your argument. Say for example you're debating an intense subject of abortion, by using framing you can use the opponent's views as a way of making your point. First by bring it up then basically 'slashing' it and pointing the flaws, so the opponent can't use the argument since you've already destroyed it's point and meaning. If used the right way, framing can be the key to winning an argument because of the intellectual 'sabotage' of information that it helps to boost your own views while 'destroying' others.
Framing is a big part of Greene's life due to his position as a writer. He not only uses framing during his writings to prove his argument but to shed light to other arguments in a way. Even if he does have to dismiss the argument he still brings a different view point to the picture that might not been seen before. Framing also encourages stating your opinion and making yourself known for your points that might be different from the world's. And by defining your argument, it gives more opportunity for readers to easily understand and respond. Greene also thinks that by using framing it helps writing turn into a way of conversation rather than just words on a page. Lastly, according to Greene, framing is not only a way to organize the writer's thoughts but the reader's as well.
Framing allows writers to construct an organized and thought piece of writing that contains a clear viewpoint yet bringing up other views to put a clear view into the reader's head.
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2. Greene's article itself is an example of a "conversation" with readers. He's arguing the point of how writing and an argument/debate is similar and in order to have good writing you must use key tools such as framing. He frames his argument in his writing by bringing out a clear point that writing is "conversation" and bringing up metaphors to prove his points. By bringing up these metaphors he basically dismisses any type of doubt that readers have about how writing is just writing. He uses the metaphor to prove that in writing (like an argument) you can either 'sink or swim', if you don't have a understand or clear point in your writing, it's not going to be good. Personally I believe that Greene does practice what he preaches, he uses what he encourages students to use when writing. He gives a clear point of view on what he's talking about. He presents the information then continue to prove it's validity.
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