In paragraphs 1 and 2, what assumptions about the world underlie the contents of the letter? What does the speaker evidently assume about the audience?
Chapter 13 - 2. The Requerimiento - Questions: In paragraphs 1 and 2, what assumptions about the world underlie the contents of the letter? What does the speaker evidently assume about the audience?
Read carefully the long sentence that comprises paragraph 2 and submit it to the Toulmin model of argument analysis as described in Chapter 3. What does that analysis reveal about the Requerimiento’s argument?
Chapter 13 - 2. The Requerimiento - Questions: Read carefully the long sentence that comprises paragraph 2 and submit it to the Toulmin model of argument analysis as described in Chapter 3. What does that analysis reveal about the Requerimiento’s argument?
Make a list of the unwarranted assumptions and unsupported claims made in paragraph 3. Why do you think King Ferdinand does not make a more cogent argument?
Chapter 13 - 2. The Requerimiento - Questions: Make a list of the unwarranted assumptions and unsupported claims made in paragraph 3. Why do you think King Ferdinand does not make a more cogent argument?
Considering the threat that begins paragraph 5, what is ironic about the text that precedes it?
Chapter 13 - 2. The Requerimiento - Questions: Considering the threat that begins paragraph 5, what is ironic about the text that precedes it?
Which of the statements in the letter do you find most surprising or shocking? Explain why.
Chapter 13 - 2. The Requerimiento - Questions: Which of the statements in the letter do you find most surprising or shocking? Explain why.
In this letter, the king makes what might be called an “offer they can’t refuse.” Imagine that you are the intended audience. What would you say in response to this letter?
Chapter 13 - 2. The Requerimiento - Questions: In this letter, the king makes what might be called an “offer they can’t refuse.” Imagine that you are the intended audience. What would you say in response to this letter?