So What? Who Cares? Saying Why it Matters.

"Who cares?" and "So What?" are two different questions yet they are asked together constantly. "who cares?" "literally asks you to identify a person or a group who cares about your claims" while "so what?" "asks about the real-world applications and consequences of those claims- what different does it make if they were accepted."(pg. 93) In the article, "who cares?" and "so what?" was broken down into different sections to fully explain the difference between both of them. To begin with, "who cares?" has simple templates that can be used to follow when reading or annotating a reading. In Denise Grady passage from the New York Times, she fully explains her findings instead of saying "scientists used to think" which makes a statement more clear and easy to follow. It doesn't lack the excess amount of information that would be just thrown into a passage or essay to just increase the length. Through out these templates provided to us in the article, their main goal is "establishing the type of contrast between what others say and what you say that is central to this book." (pg. 96) The main goal of these templates is to help you "create a dramatic tension or clash of views in your writing." (pg. 96) Creating your writing that clashing and makes the individual feel invested and will read until there a solution is found. Along with "who cares?", "so what?" also has templates to help guide you in your process of writing an argument. "So what?" goal is to link your argument to another idea or issue that readers already know is extremely important. These templates want you to hook your reader by suggesting the "real-world applications of your claims". (pg. 99) By hooking your reader with your claims, it demonstrates your care and side of an argument but you tell your readers "why they should care."(pg. 99) Along with knowing that you both care about an argument, you should also frame it in a way that allows your readers to bring emotion to care about that topic. The main point of the argument I read and understood is the difference from "who cares?" and "so what?". Before reading this, I did not know how little of a difference they were, but after annotation and reading it multiple times, it is a little more clear.

Questions:
1. Will we be reading more articles that show the difference between them?
2. When writing an argument, how do you know if there will be either one of these questions through out your argument? Will we be practicing in class on different ways to enhance either one of them?