Summary Response Outline

Summary:

• Topic sentence: title, author, strong verb, main idea “What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles proposes that you could save the money you would spend on college and spend it on things that would later benefit your future career.
• Supporting ideas and explanations to prove main ideas Boles illustrates this by creating a made-up scenario, where he has $20,000 and lists multiple things you could spend on with that.
• Ideas attributed back to author
• Concluding sentence: restate title, author, strong verb, main idea“What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles suggests that would be spent on college can be more helpful when devoted to other things.

Response:

• Topic sentence: title, author,,correctly portrays/ incorrectly portrays___(Main Idea)________ because ___________ . “What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles correctly portrays that if you are going to study certain professions in college, it is a waste of money
• Claim 1:
• Set-ups In Bowles's video, Boles suggests that in many professions attending four-year college ends up costing thousands of dollars but doesn’t get you anything.
• Evidence: Lead-in,  “ quotation” (Shakespeare 1.2.13-17). Boles states, ”Many end up overqualified and underemployed saddled with a bachelor's degree that you can't do anything with, and student loan debt that you have to pay off immediately.”
• Explanation of quotation to prove claim: explain quote, connect to claim This shows that having a college degree nowadays costs a lot of money and does not guarantee that you are going to have a better job than those who did not attend college
• Counterclaim 1: However, ... Boles overlooked many and almost all of the benefits of going to college.
• Set-up Many studies show that going to college gets you higher paying jobs which will, in turn, will get rid of your student loans faster.
• Evidence: Lead-in,  “ quotation” (       ) PayScale.com shows that the highest paying job wth an associates degree average is $57,000 while the average for the bachelor's degree is $63,000.
• Explanation of quotation to prove counterclaim: explain quote, connect to claim This shows that people who go to college longer and get a higher degree get paid most in their jobs.
• What are the strengths/ flaws of this argument? (use rebuttal progression language) A standard view is that if you get a bachelor's degree or higher, you are guaranteed a job. This position seems reasonable because it should be that way, the longer you go to college and the more qualified you are, the higher chance you have to get a good, decent paying jobs. However, since so many people are getting bachelor's degrees the title/ degree is becoming devalued, and there are not as many high paying employment opportunities as there used to be.
• Concluding sentence: restate title, author,,correctly portrays/ incorrectly portrays___(Main Idea)________ because ___________ .  “What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles correctly portrays that college is not for everybody and in some cases there are better things to do with your money.

Strong Verb List:

Tells, explains, compares, describes, gives, presents, lists, shows, defines, demonstrates, acknowledges, evaluates, classifies, adds, explores, confuses, advises, expresses, defends, asserts, features, depicts, assures, furnishes, encourages, blames, identifies, entertains, confirms, names, illustrates, confronts, offends, invites, considers, offers, judges, contrasts, predicts, misjudges, critiques, proposes, praises, demonstrates, provides, recommends, denounces, traces, simplifies, discourages, answers, solves, endorses, asks, suggests, entices, captures, supports, enumerates, classifies, teaches.

Rebuttal Progression:

1st step: Describe a "naive response" or an opposing interpretation of your position. A "naive view" is a view that you personally disagree with or a view that misses something important. But don't use the word "naive." Say something like…

One used to think that...

A common view is that...

At first glance...

Many think that....

X argues that...

Critics of ____ propose...

2nd step: Briefly explain the logic or reasoning of this "naive view." Answer the question, "Why would someone think this way? Why would they find their answer or solution logical or reasonable?" Why did I think this way? Say something like...

One cannot deny that...

This way of making sense of the position makes a degree of sense [why?]

This position seems reasonable [why?]

One can understand why someone might interpret X in this way [explain how so]

These conclusions seem compelling [why?]

3rd step: Provide a transition that indicates that you are going to contrast this "naive view." Say something like...

However...

But it's more complicated than that...

This interpretation is helpful, but it misses an important point...

This interpretation raises a fundamental question...

While this view seems plausible/reasonable at first glance, we should look closer...