English 101 Ms Grooms The purpose of taking a stand To state your stand To win your readers respect for an opinion In taking a stand You state your opinion stand You give reasons with evidence to support your position ID: 414855
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Taking a Stand
English 101
Ms. GroomsSlide2
The purpose of taking a stand
To state your stand
To win your reader’s respect for an opinionSlide3
In taking a stand
You state your opinion / stand
You give reasons with evidence to support your position
You enlist your readers’ trust
You consider and respect what your readers probably think and
feel.Slide4
Your purpose is not to solve a social or moral problem.
Instead, it is to make clear exactly where you stand on an issue and to persuade your readers to respect your position, perhaps even accept it.Slide5
The challenge is
To gather enough relevant evidence to support your position
.
You won’t persuade readers by ranting emotionally about an issue or insulting those whose opinion differ from yours.
Few readers respect an evasive
writer who avoids taking a stand.Slide6
RESPECT
Your readers who will in turn respect your opinion, even if they don’t agree with it.
Anticipate readers’ objections or
counterarguments
Demonstrate knowledge of alternate
views
Present evidence that addresses others’ concerns as it strengthens your argument.Slide7
When you state your claim,
you state your overall position.
State supporting claims as topic sentences
Introduce supporting evidence
Help your reader follow your reasoningSlide8
Three general types
of claims:
Claims of Substantiation: What happened?
Claims of Evaluation: What is right?
Claims of Policy: What should be done?
(BG 170-71)Slide9
Claims of Substantiation
These claims require examining and interpreting information in order to resolve disputes about facts, circumstances, causes or effects, definitions, or the extent of a problem
.Slide10
Claim of Substantiation
Example
:
Certain types of cigarette ads, such as the once- popular Joe Camel ads, significantly encouraged smoking among teenagers.Slide11
Claims of Evaluation
These claims consider right or wrong, appropriateness or inappropriateness, and worth involved in an issue
.Slide12
Claim of Evaluation
Example
Research using fetal tissue is unethical in a civilized society
.Slide13
Claims of Policy
These claims challenge or defend approaches for achieving generally accepted goals.Slide14
Claim of Policy
Example
The federal government should support the distribution of clean needles to reduce the rate of HIV infection among intravenous drug users.