PPT-Argument Strategies

InClass Activity Objectives Practice using multiple argument strategies Provide each group member with multiple ideas for how to defend hisher main points and claims Get a for having used each argument strategy successfully during the academic . Kevin Rogers. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860). German Philosopher. View of OA:. Sleight of hand trick. Charming joke. Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970). “It is much easier to be persuaded that ontological arguments are no good than it is to say exactly what is wrong with them”. Spring ‘15. Essential Question. What elements of an argument make it different from other types of writing?. Learning Targets. I can identify the argument and specific claims.. Parts of an Argument. Constructing . an Argument. Louise . Livesey. Academic Skills Adviser. This workshop . will:. Revisit . what an argument is. Suggest ‘types’ of argument that an assignment can be built around. Offer strategies to apply evidence and theory into your written work. Sake…. Writing . Counter-arguments and Rebuttals. ENDURING UNDERSTANDING. 1. In . order to . write a convincing essay . you may need to . anticipate common opposing arguments. . that dispute your thesis. CRRAR. University of Windsor . October 9, 2014. Douglas Walton. Abstract. Even though tools for identifying and . analyzing. arguments are now in wide use in the field of argumentation studies, so far there is a paucity of resources for evaluating real arguments, aside from using . Finding the Middle Ground. Qualifying. Arguments assume differences of opinion, but an argument can find a middle ground between opposing sides. . Qualifying can add complexity and sophistication because it demonstrates a complete understanding of an issue.. You are bombarded with them all the time!. The average American sees over. 3000 advertisements per day (2012).. In addition to advertising, we see argument in. e. mails, texts, conversations in the hallway, television shows, movies; it’s everywhere! . Work from 1/8/2013. Read and annotate the following prompt, then brainstorm how you would create your argument for this essay. .. PROMPT. : In his 1985 essay "Being a Man," Paul Theroux argues that "The whole idea of manhood in America is pitiful...Even the expression "Be a man!" ...[is] insulting and abusive. It means: Be stupid, be unfeeling, obedient, soldierly and stop thinking...It is a hideous and crippling lie; it not only insists on difference and connives at superiority, it is also by its very nature destructive--emotionally damaging and socially harmful." . Louise . Livesey. Academic Skills Adviser. This workshop . will:. Revist. what an argument is. Suggest ‘types’ of argument that an assignment can be built around. Offer strategies to apply evidence and theory into your written work. What is the Cosmological argument?. Cosmological: Referring to the origin and structure of the universe.. The cosmological argument tries to prove that there is a perfect and well ordered universe, and a world in which we live (cosmos), rather than nothingness, because God brought the cosmos into existence. Theists argue that the universe is perfect because it was created by God and is not the result of random chance (the big bang theory).. A claim . argues. , convinces, proves, or provocatively suggests something to a reader who may or may not initially agree with you.. A claim is the main argument of an essay and . a writer’s . position on a problem/issue. Causal arguments are inductive arguments in which the conclusion is a claim that one thing causes another.. For example:. Clogged arteries cause heart attacks. A rough surface produces friction. Exercise during heat causes sweating. AP Language & Composition. The Language of Composition. The Heroes of 2001 Stamp depicts a photograph taken at Ground Zero after the September 11. th. terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City. Analyze the photograph’s argument, and explain why it IS or IS NOT an effective choice for a stamp for the U.S Postal Service. Why Argue?. Argument is not in itself an end or a purpose of communication. It is rather a means of discourse, a way of developing what we have to say. We can identify four primary aims or purposes that argument helps us accomplish:.