PPT-Academic Argument

English 1301 Getting started Arguments attempts to influence our thought or behavior Choose and refine a topic that is clear and arguable Provide a context for the topic Come up with good reasons . Academic articles are different from ordinary newspaper articles or magazine articles.. An academic journal publishes scholarly, peer-reviewed articles written by experts. The function of a journal is to distribute knowledge, not to make money for the publisher.. english. iii. Class 11. April 12, 2013. Today. Introduction to argumentative writing and logic. Source: . www.thepoke.co.uk. Argument. One of the keystones of university learning. - Expressing a point of view & supporting it w/evidence. Audra Williams. Absent Professor Program. High. . School. v. . Collegiate. . Writing at the collegiate level demands more. Sophistication of argument. Varied structure. Ready for “publication” (use of citation methods). english. iii. Class 13. April 19, 2013. Today. Argumentative Essays. The . Lioncourt. Rocks should be awarded to Japan.. The . Lioncourt. Rocks should be awarded to Japan.. - They are closer to mainland Japan than mainland Korea (211 km vs. 216 km). missing in thefollowing argument? Second, if there aresuppressed assumptions, what “Not . an inch to the west! Not an inch to the east! . I’ll stay here, not budging! I can and I will . If it makes you and me and the whole . world. . stand still!” . Position/Claim . . 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. argument components . in texts. Huy Nguyen. 1. . . Diane Litman. 1,2. . 1. Computer Science Department. 2. Learning Research & Development Center. University of Pittsburgh. The 2nd Workshop on Argumentation Mining. 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. b. y Professor Chris L. . Verschage. Oklahoma City Community College. Critical Reading. What is “Critical Reading”?. Critical Reading, much like writing, is a process.. We discover the ideas and views of others by looking beneath the surface of the words and by thinking about their meaning and significance.. Louise . Livesey. Academic Skills Adviser. This workshop will: . Identify the components of an ‘argument’. Suggest ‘types’ of argument that an assignment can be built around. Offer strategies to apply evidence and theory . p. ropose a thesis. m. ake a claim. t. hen ARGUE. Counter-argument. Consider what might be said against your thesis. . . before it is said. Counter. Imagine that the reader doesn’t agree with you or doesn’t believe you. Argument vs. Persuasion. Argument (discover a truth). →. conviction. To discover some version of truth, using evidence and reasons.. Leads audience towards conviction, an agreement that the claim is true or reasonable or that the course of action is desirable. 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:.