Thursday, August 29, 2013

Talking points


 
A talking point in debate or discourse is a succinct statement designed to support persuasively one side taken on an issue. Such statements can either be free standing or created as retorts to the opposition's talking points and are frequently used in public relations, particularly in areas heavy in debate such as politics and marketing: Wikipedia

In class, we use talking points to organize the discussion of articles, books, movies and other materials. Talking points might be:

·         A point that key to support the author´s thesis statement

·         A point that is a subject of debate

·         A point that is a question to the author, either for clarification or for disagreement

·         A point that is meaningful, challenging or puzzling to the reader

·         A question for clarification

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