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Responses for UWRT

#2Stuart Greene quotes the “oft-quoted passage” by Kenneth Burke n order tofurther e!phas"e hs deas about rtng as a for! of argu!ent$ The quote

presents rtng to be a %ontnuous apparatus that s %onstant&y beng addedto by a 'ast nu!ber of peop&e th !any d(erent out&ooks) opnons) anda!ounts of kno&edge of the top% at hand$ *(erent rtngs are bengadded at d(erent t!es) as e&& as ne rters are enterng nto these%on'ersatons at d(erent t!es) thus %ontnuous&y and n+nte&y addng tothe %on'ersatons and argu!ents$ So!e rtngs enter before others) h&eothers enter n !u%h &ater) h%h typ%a&&y deter!nes ther kno&edge andopnon$ Ths dea s de!onstrated through the !etaphor of the ds%ussonsbeng he&d n the par&or, ea%h person has a d(erent %on%ept andnterpretaton of hat s beng ds%ussed) so!e are !ore edu%ated on thetop%) h&e others are &ess) as e&& as ea%h person ntere%ts ther on

opnons and deas at d(erent t!es$ .any of these deas d(er and %ontrast)h&e so!e ha'e s!&artes and support one another) but be%ause of thed(erent a!ounts of kno&edge ea%h rter brngs th the!) the opnonsand deas that are brought up are a&& e/tre!e&y d(erent$ Through the use ofths quote) Greene s e/p&anng that sn%e argu!ents are %onstant&ye'o&'ng) beng added to) and beng !ade !ore %o!p&e/) argu!ents arene'er tru&y and %o!p&ete&y sett&ed$

#01ast se!ester) took a &e%ture-sty&e ar%hte%ture %&ass as part of !y genera&edu%aton requre!ents$ 3rgna&&y) enro&&ed n ths %&ass for the s!p&e

purpose of fu&+&&ng a requre!ent that had &tt&e to do th !y a%tua&ntended !aor$ Gong nto the %&ass) assu!ed top%s that ou&d beds%ussed ou&d range anyhere fro! the hstory of ar%hte%ture to d(erentsty&es of ar%hte%ture$ What qu%k&y rea&"ed as that as %o!p&ete&yrong$ Ths %&ass ou&d d'e !u%h deeper nto ar%hte%ture than %ou&d e'erha'e ant%pated$ The professor4s passon and &o'e for hs %raft as e'dentfro! the start and the ay he taught ths %&ass ou&d ha'e !ade the !ostunnterested student %o!p&ete&y %apt'ated by hs e'ery ord$ 5ot on&y ddthe %&ass not %o'er ths hstory of ar%hte%ture) but t bare&y addressed thesty&es of ar%hte%ture$ The !an fo%us of the %&ass as to ana&y"e thephys%a&) e!otona&) and so%a& e(e%ts ar%hte%ture has on so%ety and

%u&ture as a ho&e as e&& as nd'dua&&y$ The professor4s ded%aton ande/%te!ent toards ar%hte%ture as so !pa%tfu& to !e persona&&y that the%&ass u&t!ate&y deter!ned the !aor de%ded to de%&are$ Stuart Greeneuses fra!ng as a ay to %onne%t th readers and a&&o readers to re&atether se&'es and &'es ba%k to the te/ts n h%h they are readng$ 1keGreene) !y ar%hte%ture professor had a ay of tea%hng n h%h ea%hstudent as ab&e to +nd so!ethng thn the %on+nes of the %&ass that theyre&ated to and sparked ther nterest$ 6s &e%tures ere hs 'erson of

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Greene4s %on%ept of fra!ng and argu!ents$ 6e ntere%ted hs on deasand opnons that &ead to !yse&f as e&& as !any of hs students fee&ng adeep %onne%ton th ar%hte%ture and hs passon for t$