{"id":1884,"date":"2021-04-02T12:18:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T12:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-practicalfoundations\/?post_type=front-matter&#038;p=1884"},"modified":"2021-04-20T22:53:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T22:53:17","slug":"plato-essay","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-practicalfoundations\/front-matter\/plato-essay\/","title":{"raw":"Plato Essay","rendered":"Plato Essay"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Plato Foundations Essay: Definition (500 points)<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Writing Assignment<\/h3>\r\nDefinition is a challenging rhetorical mode.\u00a0 Writing definitions, one might be asked to challenge a widely accepted definition, create a controversial definition, or try to figure out if something fits an existing definition.\u00a0 Using a minimum of two of the dialogues we have read, write an argument of 3-4 pages that shows Socrates\u2019 view of education.\u00a0 Use several examples that you locate and analyze (no use of outside notes sources is allowed).\r\n<h3>Purpose<\/h3>\r\nWrite to argue, since you\u2019re redefining a term readers believe they know.\u00a0 Convince us that your claims about Socrates\u2019 definition of education are valid.\r\n<h3>Audience<\/h3>\r\nThe audience knows the dialogues.\u00a0 Do not retell\/summarize them.\u00a0 Avoid the pitfall of writing an editorial or summarizing blandly.\u00a0 Do not overuse uninterpreted summaries.\r\n<h3>Additional Information<\/h3>\r\nUse no dictionary.com definitions in your introduction, please!\u00a0 (Quote any used words.)\r\n\r\nYou can adopt a surprising number of strategies for an argument of definition.\u00a0 You will argue that your interpretation is the most valid one.\u00a0 This means you are competing with other definitions that are \u201cout there.\u201d\u00a0 Some writers try and expand our accepted definition while others attempt to limit a definition\u2019s applications.\r\n\r\nHere are some techniques you might use:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Illustration<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Comparison and contrast<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Negation (saying what something is not)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Analysis<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explanations of a process (how something is measured or works)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identifications of causes or effects<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Simile, metaphor, or analogy<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Reference to authority<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Reference to the writer\u2019s or others\u2019 personal experience or observation<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Etymology (word origins)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Avoid <\/strong>the overuse of <em>I<\/em> or <em>you<\/em>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Only papers using <strong>APA<\/strong> format are accepted.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Anticipate problems when you narrow the topic. 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