Social Movement Outline

Introduction:

Attention Getter:

-        Talk about California and how the conservatives come to Texas, what Vrooman said in-class

Credibility:

-        Name, Vrooman’s charts, toolboxes, I have heard about this problem in general for as long as I could remember.

Thesis:

-        The Anti-Prop 8 movement was effective as Prop 8 was overturned, but more importantly, the Anti-Prop 8 movement signified a cultural shift as it brought the problem of gay marriage to light and it also was part of the foundation of gay marriage being legalized.

Preview:

-        The Anti-Prop 8 movement uses a mix of a comic and hybridity frame, signs to establish their feelings, go against the discourse of the dominant hegemony, and also intersectionality to try and overturn Prop 8. Transition

Body:

       I.          Comic & Hybridity frame

a.     Why the movement was created

b.     What needed to be communicated

     II.          Signs used at rallies

a.     What they communicate (Tropes/Schemes)

b.     What they look like (Tropes/Schemes)

                                                    i.     Transition

                                                   ii.     Transition

    III.          Hegemony & Rhetorical Criteria

a.     Core values of the movement (P-OT)

b.     What they needed to go against/stigma

                                                    i.     Transition

   IV.          Intersectionality

a.     Lazy intersectionality is bad, reduces complexity

b.     Productive and non-productive intersectionality

                                                    i.     Transition – “Finally”

Is the argument effective?/What this means for the future from here

Conclusion:

Thesis:

-        The Anti-Prop 8 movement was effective as Prop 8 was overturned, but more importantly, the Anti-Prop 8 movement signified a cultural shift as it brought the problem of gay marriage to light and it also was part of the foundation of gay marriage being legalized.

Clencher:

References List:

Vrooman, Steve. “ Perelman’s Rhetoric of Argument.” TLU Faculty and Staff Web Pages, TLU,

Sept. 2013, faculty.tlu.edu/svrooman/perelman.htm.

Vrooman, Steve. Rhetorical Devices for Vrooman’s Rhetoric Class. Retrieved from

http://faculty.tlu.edu/svrooman/schemes2.htm

Vrooman, Steve. Some Informal Argumentative Fallacies. TLU, Feb. 2015,

faculty.tlu.edu/svrooman/fallacies1.htm.