Florida State College at Jacksonville The Dangers of the Princess Culture Discussion

I’m working on a English discussion question and need an explanation to help me learn.

This assignment reinforces critical reading and analytical skills. According to your textbook, The Structure of Argument, “A full response to any argument means more than understanding the message. It also means evaluating, deciding whether the message is successful, and then determining how it succeeds or fails in persuading us. In making these judgments about the arguments of others, we learn how to deliver our own. We try to avoid what we perceive to be flaws in another’s arguments, and we adapt the strategies that produce clear, honest, forceful arguments” (42).

Background: This assignment is extracted from “Debating the Issues” section of your text and the issues discussed are controversial, subject to different and differing opinions. The authors of your textbook observed that “These questions generate conflict among experts and laypeople alike for two principal reasons: First, even when the facts are not in dispute, they may be interpreted differently. Second, and more difficult to resolve, equally worthwhile values may be in conflict.” Therefore, as you respond, note that there are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers per se to the question(s). It is all about your ability to carefully craft a claim and effectively support it.

Assignment: Read “The Dangers of the Princess Culture” by Calah Alexander (pages 464-467). Alexander claims that telling little girls they are princesses is “heresy.” What evidence does she provide to support this claim?

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