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##summarize-spark notes -outline reading
1-Horton, Demonstrating Environmental Citizenship
2-Sunstein & Reisch, Green by Default
Analyze the argument:
- Identify the primary question(s) the author is addressing (What issue or problem is motivating the author to write? Are there several related problems? What is/are the significance of this/these issue(s)?)
- Identify the author’s main argument (thesis)
(What is the main thing the author wants you to think/believe/know as a result of reading the theory? What answer does s/he give to the question being addressed?) - Identify the key concepts and their definitions
(What are the “loaded†words or phrases used in the argument – words expressing abstract ideas that people often interpret differently? Consider words like justice, equality, power, nature, etc. Also consider specialized words expressing new or distinctive ideas. In either case, what does the author mean by these words?) - Identify the primary evidence provided to support the argument, and its type
(What is the main “proof†the author offers to try to persuade you to agree with her or him? What kind of proof is it? Is it scientific data, historical examples, “common sense,†“divine scripture,†logical inference, analogy, something else?) - Identify the assumptions of the argument
(What is taken for granted by the author? What aspects of the theory are simply presumed to be true, rather than supported by any evidence? Note: anything that is supported by evidence is not an assumption, even if you’re not persuaded.) - Identify the implications of the argument
(What follows from the argument but hasn’t been spelled out within the text? If the author were to write a follow-up piece, what might be the logical next point(s)? How might the argument be applied to an issue not yet discussed? What is the significance of the argument for other potential questions?) - Identify how the style, tone, and other rhetorical devices affect the argument
(How, and for what purpose, does the author use metaphors, symbols, analogies, irony, sarcasm, humor, purposeful exaggeration, a dialogue form, etc.? How do these strategies help to shape the content of the argument?