ENGT 102 Communication Skills

  Toulmin's Model of Argument of the text 'The Four Tusked Elephant' Claim Coincidences play an important role in determining the success or failure of a mission.   Ground Denis had stopped his journey after he and his pygmies companions saw even a big elephant having only two tusks. But after few months, the first coincidence occurred when he revisited the pygmy’s country. There he again heard about the elephant in a talk of Belgian seuers. The next coincidence occurred when Denis was driving back to his camp where he found a skull of a fully grown elephant.   Warrant The first and second coincidences led Denis to find about the elephants as it fueled him with proof and positive energy to continue his abandoned mission.   Backing Due to the first coincidence, Denis was able to figure out that an African had sold four tusks to a Greek trader and insisted that he had taken it from a single dead elephant. Denis found the African and bribed him to brin...

Write a paragraph, showing your understanding of Toulmin's model of argument.    à Developed by English philosopher Stephen Toulmin, Toulmin’s Model is a format of constructing or analyzing a persuasive argument that breaks arguments down into six essential parts which all interact and depend on each other to form a complete argument. First the claim is the assertion or thesis of the statement. It is what you're trying to convince your audience to think or agree with. Second, the ground is the evidence or information that you use to support and explain your claim. The ground tells us why the claim is valid. Third is the warrant , which is one of the most important contributions of Toulmin’s scheme to our conception of argumentation. The warrant helps us draw connections between the claim and the evidence. The warrant identifies assumptions that not everyone may share and that often go unspoken in arguments. Similar to the evidence, the backing provides support for the wa...

It took me ten minutes of stare just to start writing this. I went through few flashbacks to be able to answer a very philosophical question- What defines you? I think the flashbacks will give me some idea of what kind of person I am. Falgun 26, 2075 , the day when my first ever trek to Gosainkunda started. I had no idea how nostalgic this trip would be. The night talks with my small group of close friends, the humorous atmosphere everyone had. Waking up with a new destination everyday and surrounding yourself with only what nature has to offer made all the emotions flutter out. When I was lost there with no assignments and study pressure, nothing to do but just to explore the new destination everyday. I never knew isolation from the world outside would make me this light like I was naturally high. Now, I sometimes strive for isolated moments. Chaitra 6, 2076 , my 18th birthday. On this day, I was free of many governmental restrictions. So I decided to do something good about it- visit...