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EVALUATIONS

This text explores the concept of evaluations as everyday arguments where decisions are based on circumstances. It discusses the essential components of evaluations, including criteria and evidence, highlighting both quantitative and qualitative types. Examples demonstrate how to develop evaluations, such as critiquing movies based on cinematography. The text also presents essays by Jack Chung and Tom Hodgkinson, analyzing humor in Chris Rock's work and critiquing Facebook's impact on social life, emphasizing the need for critical assessment in various contexts.

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EVALUATIONS

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  1. Bryan Park, David Mendoza and Jean-Pierre Gutierrez EVALUATIONS

  2. Evaluation: It is an “everyday argument,” basically you consider the circumstances to come to a decision. Argues an argument. Example: Dressing up for a job interview.

  3. Components of Evaluations • Criteria of evaluation is the standards to judge anything. • We need to reflect on the criteria of evaluation (ie. grading) • The evaluation needs evidence to support the claim. • They differ according to time and audience.

  4. Types of evaluations • Quantitative Evaluations: This argument relies on criteria that can be measured, counted or demonstrated mechanically. (ie. A race) • Qualitative Evaluations: This argument relies on personnel opinion, values and emotions. (ie. Who is better looking? Which movie is better?)

  5. How to develop an evaluation Claim: This movie sucks! Criteria: Good Cinematography makes a good movie. Evidence: This movie had bad cinematography. (Note: evaluations DO NOT follow this specific order)

  6. Evaluations often need a paragraph explaining what you’re evaluating and why.

  7. The Burden of Laughter: Chris Rock Fights Ignorance His way • Jack Chung writes this essay to evaluate Rock’s use of humor and argue that his humor brings awareness to African-American Culture and tears the stereotypical barriers between white people and black people.

  8. With Friends Like These • Tom Hodgkinson argues that Facebook is bad because it isolates us. • Facebook changes our standards in social life. “vanity and self-importance in us.”

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