Name: ____________________________________
In this chapter, what position/thesis/idea do the authors put forth?
What reasons do they offer to support the thesis you've identified?
What reasons do they offer as rebuttals to people who may disagree with them?
How would you explain what a "mental map" is? On the back of this page,
please sketch/construct/diagram a mental map of your understanding of
academic writing. Be sure to include where the opinions of the authors of
this book fit in with any other ideas or opinions you have about academic
writing.
Do you agree, disagree, or agree and disagree with the position the authors put forth in this chapter? Be sure to compose an answer in which you summarize the position the authors endorse (see chapter 2 for words and tips on this) and in which you make your own position clear with respect to theirs.
Now that you have read Business Ethics and watched the movie The Insider, how would you explain what business ethics is and why it is (or is not) important? In your response, please be sure to apply some of the rhetorical strategies presented in chapter 4 of They Say, I Say.