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Toulmin's System In Dream On By Mark Krikorian

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In “DREAM On,” by Mark Krikorian, he states that the DREAM Act will not work. Using Toulmin’s system to analyze Krikorian’s effectiveness of his argument, makes it easier to understand the impact that was received from his words. Krikorian is writing to those that agree with his way of thinking. Toulmin’s system consists of an enthymeme, a warrant, grounds, backing, conditions of rebuttal, and qualifiers. These can be used to evaluate the logical structure of Krikorian’s argument. In Toulmin’s system is an enthymeme, which is a claim with the reason given by the writer. This can also be thought as a thesis. In Krikorian’s case, his enthymeme id towards the end of his article. A reason why he would place it there is because he is talking to an audience that already carries the same belief as him. He does not need to make an impact at the beginning to keep them fully engaged. Following the enthymeme would be Toulmin’s warrant. The warrant is the value or belief that the audience holds …show more content…

It also consists of conditions of rebuttal. This is when a writer acknowledges to other side of the argument. These are used to let the reader know that the other side is not just shoved to the corner, but understood. It is used to acknowledge that the other side has some key points. Throughout Krikorian’s article there were two times in which conditions of rebuttal was used. One of them is at the beginning of his article where he states,” There’s no doubt that this is the most sympathetic group of illegal immigrants” (Krikorian 467). Another rebuttal was towards the middle of his article where he mentions, “There’s really no way to prevent this, but to minimize it, you need stringent enforcement measures” (Krikorian 468). Krikorian does not find the need to add more conditions of rebuttal because he has written this article for those who already have the same belief as him. He does not need to go overboard with information of the opposing

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