Write an Evaluation of an Argument 40 ptss write an evaluation of either of two historic passages.
• Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!” speech (1775)
• Frederick Douglass’s address, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” (1852)
1. What is the speaker’s viewpoint? What is his claim?
2. What reasons does the speaker provide to support his viewpoint or claim?
3. How valid are the speaker’s reasons for his claim? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
4. What evidence does the speaker provide to support his reasons?
5. Is the speaker’s evidence relevant and sufficient? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
6. Does the speaker use fallacious reasoning or logical fallacies? Use evidence from the text to support your answers.
7. What counterclaims or alternate claims does the speaker address, and how does he respond to them?
8. How effective is the speaker’s response to counterclaims or alternate claims? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
9. Write a one-paragraph evaluation of the speaker’s argument.

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Explanation:

1.What is the speaker’s viewpoint? What is his claim?

The speaker believes it’s wrong to celebrate Fourth of July while slavery still exists in America.

2.What reasons does the speaker provide to support his viewpoint or claim?

The speaker provides evidences about The Fourth of July are hypocritical because it is a celebration of freedom, yet there is still the evil of slavery. The speaker also goes into detail about positive statement of American values, such as liberty, citizenship, and freedom.

(Score for Question 3: ___ of 4 points)

3.How valid are the speaker’s reasons for his claim? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

The speaker provides evidences about The Fourth of July are hypocritical because it is a celebration of freedom, yet there is still the evil of slavery. The speaker also goes into detail about positive statement of American values, such as liberty, citizenship, and freedom.

(Score for Question 4: ___ of 2 points)

4.What evidence does the speaker provide to support his reasons?

He wants to use any means to convince people to end slavery. Including using the example of Joseph and his brothers, as well as the Israelites being slaves in Egypt  

5.Is the speaker’s evidence relevant and sufficient? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

The speaker’s evidence is sufficient because he goes into detail about “The 4th of July is a day that reveals to the American slave the injustice and cruelty of his or her lack of freedom”.

(Score for Question 6: ___ of 4 points)

6.Does the speaker use fallacious reasoning or logical fallacies? Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

Type your answer here.

(Score for Question 7: ___ of 4 points)

7.What counterclaims or alternate claims does the speaker address, and how does he respond to them?

The speaker counterclaim that is it is hypocritical that a nation built on slavery can celebrate a day of freedom.  

(Score for Question 8: ___ of 4 points)

8.How effective is the speaker’s response to counterclaims or alternate claims? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

The speaker’s response to his counterclaim “the 4th of July is a day that reveals to the American slave the injustice and cruelty of his or her lack of freedom”. The speaker talks about God creating this world for equality neither for whites nor blacks taking control.

(Score for Question 9: ___ of 4 points)

9.Write a one-paragraph evaluation of the speaker’s argument.

Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was probably born in 1818 when slavery still exists. At the age of 16, he was hired out to Mr. Covey, a "slave breaker", to destroy his spirit and force him to accept slavery. Begin to write and learn English at a young age, he also begins to learn more about his own kind and start to fight for freedom. “In 1841, gave his first speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society” which he become a brilliant speaker. America started to celebrate Fourth of July which the speaker did not like the fact that there were celebrating the free and slaves still exist.