Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Post 1 2011.03.08
Chapter 6 was all about compound claims. A compound claim is a claim that has more than one claim, but should be viewed as only one claim. The book used a good exam for a compound claim. I feel that we use a lot of compound claims in our rhetoric. Compound claims seem to always use and/ or statement. But this however does not make the statement a guarantee for one happening over the other. The book also mentions that not every sentence with two claims is a compound claim. The distinction can be hard to notice unless some sort of knowledge of communication. Compound claims can make a person sound smarter. Many politicians use compound claims all the time in their arguments. A politician always makes statements that put every situation in black and white terms. The United States needs to repay its debt or it will face bankruptcy. Politicians use compound claims to make their points, saying if someone does not follow my point, a disaster will take place.
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I also did claims in my post. At first i thought it was kind of confusing but eventually I understood it. You are right we do use compound claims in our rhetoric. Compound claims are really used more often then the other claims. The book is correct having to claims put together does not mean it is a compound claim. like for example "I will do the writing or you will do the writing "This is a claim but not a compound claim because it is a promise to do one or the other, this is just one claim, therefore it could only be a claim and not a compound claim.
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