Four Philosophies of Compostion

Fulkerson inserts four methods about compostion. The four methods being expressive, mimetic, rhetorical and formalists. Fulkerson specifically uses expressive for "philosophies of compostion emphasizing the write, and the term mimetic for philosophies emphasizing correspondence with 'reality.' ...emphasizing the effect on a reader will I will call rhetorical, and philosophies emphasizing traits internal to the work I will call formalists. When relating to writing, Fulkerson states that "students do not write well on significant matters because they do not know enough." He further states that "if a student reads four essays taking both sides on a controversial issue-say, capital punishment-then he or she supposedly will know enough to be able to write about that topic; that is, the writing will be closer to the 'real situation" and thus better-from a mimetic perspective." With that statement being said, it brought about the discussion in the textbook given to me about arguement.

In the textbook The Aims of Argument by Timothy W. crusisus and Carolyn E. Channell, their main point is "not just to show you how to construct an argument but also to make you awar of why people argue and what purposes argument serves" The book introduces several ways to understanding argument, resources for reading and writing arguments, resources for reading and writing about visual arguments, writing research based arguments, looking for some truth in arguments and making a case. Arguments allows an individual to prove themselves through facts and opinions.

Teaching compostion can be a difficult task. As a future educator, I will provide several methods to help the student analyze their thoughts well enough to provide a good argument in well-written detailed paper. Relating back to Fulkerson's article, he states that "we should either teach students how to htink or help them learn enough about various topics to have somethin worth saying, or we should do both." This is entirely truth. Allow a student to write down their thoughts, organize them and put them in order. I think a good would use all four methods of Fulkerson's four-part model. A good write develops good thoughts and good reasons and through those four methods, a well-developed paper will be completed.