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Strengthen your reasoning abilities. Construct persuasive arguments Your goal is to get readers to believe, change or act. What is an argument?. A reason (or chain of reasons) used to support a claim Arrange in logical sequence Support with evidence. Building an argument: Step 1. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Strengthen your reasoning abilitiesConstruct persuasive argumentsYour goal is to get readers to believe, change or act
What is an argument?A reason (or chain of reasons) used to support a claim
Arrange in logical sequence
Support with evidence
Building an argument: Step 1Prepare your argument:Identify your purpose (Take a position? Call to action? Offer solution?)
Building an argument: Step 1Prepare your argument:Use reasoning, linking ideas in logical sequence
Gather solid evidence
Building an argument: Step 2State your claim
Assert that something is true, has value, or should be done
Building an argument: Step 3Support your claim
Support each point with solid evidence
Building an argument: Step 4Engage the oppositionMake concessions
Develop rebuttals
Use appropriate appeals
Making a claimArguments center on a claim, a key point you wish to explain, defend.It’s clearly arguableIt’s defendableIt’s understandable
Making a claimDistinguish claims from facts and opinions
Making a claimDistinguish claims from facts and opinionsClaim: The film version of The Fellowship of the Rings captures the spirit of Tolkien’s novel.
Develop a supportable claimAvoid claims that are obvious, trivial, or unsupportable
Use qualifiersBalance confidence
with common sense
Develop a supportable claimGather evidence
AnecdotesStatisticsTestsGraphicsAnalogiesExpert testimonyExamples
Engage the oppositionMake concessionsBy acknowledging opposition’s valid points, you build credibility
Engage the oppositionDevelop rebuttals
Look for small, tactful argument aimed at weakness in opposing argument
Engage the oppositionBe logicalAim to motivate, not manipulateIf readers find your evidence complex, simple, or strange, you’ve lost them