Week 1, Blog 3 (Freewrite/TA)

Letter to the Pulitzer Prize Committee (Sinclair Lewis)

Audience: Pulitzer Prize Committee

WATCO: Granting authors the Pulitzer Prize ON the validity and honor of receiving the prize?

Claim: Granting authors the Pulitzer Prize will degrade the validity and honor of receiving the prize…

Reason: because the bestowal of a prize that only gives undue power to the deciding committee will teach authors to accept, advocate, and glory in awards even when given by a committee which may or may not be ignorant, obstinate, or biased.

IA: Whatever will teach authors to accept, advocate, and glory in awards even when given by a committee which may or may not be ignorant, obstinate, or biased will also degrade the validity and honor of receiving the prize.

Striking a Blow for Democracy in Asia (Jeffery S. Brand)

Audience: Conference Committee (whose vote will decided whether or not the suspended aid is restored)

WATCO: Restoring aid that supports rule-of-law education in Cambodia ON stopping the corruption in Cambodia’s government?

Claim: Restoring aid that supports rule-of-law education in Cambodia will only be a help in stopping the corruption in Cambodia’s government…

Reason: because a transition to democracy will help Cambodians help themselves to create a more desirable government.

IA: Whatever will help Cambodians help themselves to create a more desirable government will also aid in stopping the corruption in Cambodia’s government.