Finding Evidence
When making a claim, the most important thing to do is to back up your claim with evidence which further enforces the validity of the claim. A way to make evidences effective, it in the context that one presents them, that being the time and place that the evidence is being used. It is important for researchers to use the “correct” types of evidences to back up their claims, as it has an impact on how much impact the claim has. When one is trying to provide evidence for their claim, it is very important to question those evidences and to make sure that the type of evidence is necessarily in order to prove a particular rhetorical situation. The types of evidences that are required varies from field to field, as different situations requires different forms of analysis. When it comes to finding evidence, it is important to take advantage of the resources that you have at your disposal. For example in school you would be able to get your sources from school databases, which in general are pretty reliable source for doing research. There is also the internet, a giant source of information that ranges from a variety of topics. The web might be a great source for an abundance of examples, however researches still have to be careful and to check their sources in order to verify the validity of a site. In order to support a claim, researchers have to find evidence from a range of sources in order to further support their claims.
Under My Thumb
The author Chelsea Booth addresses her life experiences of criticism over female music critics. It was different for a woman to be a music critic, as it made her stand out from other critics. The first thing she writes about is when she lies about what her favorite song was, because her actual favorite song was a bit out of the norm. She lies in order to somewhat fit in with other listeners of Rolling Stones, as she wanted to fit in with the other listeners who were mostly men. Booth states the conflict of female representation within the music industry and their lack of representation, which can be seen when she learns about classical. composers that were all male. Most if not all of famous composers are male. It’s not that there aren’t female composers, they’re just not as predominant as males and less people know about them. There is a constant trend where women composers are being covered up and hidden from students, an example being the curriculum and people not wanting to change it. Booth also explains her bad experiences when it comes to attending concerts and being touched by the men there. The man was molesting her, but she gets yelled at by him when she told him to stop. These types of events cover-up the sexual harassment that occurs to women, and Booth wasn’t able to get help from the runners of the concerts to address her issue. In a way, the music industry was initially intended for men, and had established rules and policies in order to appease their demographic. But there were no changes to policies when there were women in these concerts, which in itself causes problems to both the women that attend and the image of the concerts. It is the oddity of a female music critic that makes these issues of policy much more apparent to the general masses.