This assignment concerns and applies itself to the theory of Psychologist Carl Rogers and emphasizes empathic listening. When you empathize with somebody, you realize the importance of an issue concerning the individual it directly affects; putting yourself in their shoes so to speak. You must be able to demonstrate an understanding of the audiences position before presenting your own and only make an appeal to the audience so that they may shift to the writers views. By being sympathetic and showing empathy toward the resistant readers views, your audience may be persuaded more easily to accept compromise. Thus, this type of argument format is applied for the most part to persuade a resistant audience toward a particular standpoint. It is also with this paper that you will be incorporating a delayed-thesis.The theory behind the delayed-thesis is that by revealing your position at the end of the paper, you increase reader sympathy for more than one view, and heighten interest in the tension among alternative views and in the writers struggle for clarity. In the process of providing a delayed-thesis, your argument appears less threatening and will be accepted as a point of consideration for the tough audience by stressing self-examination, clarification, and accommodation as opposed to refutation. It is a win-win negotiation rather than a win-lose debate.ProcessTo begin this assignment, find a Registered Student Organization that interests you. This may be a club that reflects your personal interests or a group that aligns with your major course of study. A main component of this assignment will include an interview. In addition to providing relevant background information i.e. interviewees role in the organization, how long they have been a member of the group, you will be responsible for providing contact information for the person you have interviewed. The interview will follow this process:Students will e-mail their contact i.e. the president of the organization and cc the instructor with the interview request. Students need to create an e-mail chain by ensuring the respondent replies to all. Once the e-mail interview has been granted, the student will send questions (5-8) to the recipient, the recipient will respond and so on. Copying the professor in this e-mail chain ensures the instructor sees the questions and can verify the interview took place. It is the students responsibility to ensure the instructor receives all e-mail correspondence.While the interview is the central focus of the assignment, keep the content focused on an issue surrounding the organization disclosed through the interview. Use your textbook (275-77) for information on conducting an interview. Sample Questions might include:Unlike the advocacy and classical pieces you have written previously, this argument requires you to be neutral, stripping away layers of subjectivity in order to obtain rational and unbiased consideration of the issues that are main concerns for the development and continuation of your organizations goals. With this paper, you should not merely rehash issues previously brought to your readers attention; instead, you should take a fresh look at the organization and identify new issues that have not been considered. Try to step away from the issues your organization represents or uses as its cornerstone of existence and look to see if there are problems within the organization. In other words, examine not only surface issues that the organization stands for, but the internal issues that may hinder certain aspects of the groups productivity, effectiveness, etc. in an attempt at gaining the full-scope of the organization from the issues it represents to the issues it suffers from as a functioning and effective organization. What are some of the problems, and what are the roots of those problem? How should these problems be addressed? How have other problems similar to those you have noticed been identified and corrected by other groups with similar issues?Timeline of AssignmentLike your other writing assignments, you will have the opportunity to hand in drafts of sections, intended for the purposes of revision guidelines and discussion, prior to the final due date. Your final paper, which will be no less than 1500 words following the guidelines of the MLA format including in-text citations, and a works cited page must follow the guidelines presented. Failing to follow the guidelinesincluding handing in drafts for each sectionmay result in a failing grade for the assignment.Introduction-Provide a history of the issue-State claims and reasons by both sidesso they are both fairly represented.Position #1-Outline the position of side A exploringdetailed reasons and assumptions they use tosupport their claim.Position #2-Outline the position of side B through theirdetailed reasons and assumptions and why theyobject to side A reasons and assumptions.Find Common Ground-Identify values, beliefs, and assumptions bothparties share. Try to explain how these groupscould benefit from helping each other.Negotiate a Solution-Using the Common Ground, try to find asolution that everyone can agree on. Rogerianargument does not always end in a solution thateveryone can agree with, but it attempts to diffusehighly emotional conflicts by getting the partiesinvolved focusing on what they share rather thanwhat divides them.Conclusion-Include a delayed thesis, summarize the main idea, restate key points of the argument, and provide a call to action
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