Monday - Argumentative Essay
Argumentative Essay
The function of an argumentative essay is to show that your assertion (opinion, theory, hypothesis) about some phenomenon or phenomena is correct or more truthful than others'. The art of argumentation is not an easy skill to acquire. Many people might think that if one simply has an opinion, one can argue it successfully, and these folks are always surprised when others don't agree with them because their logic seems so correct. Argumentative writing is the act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true. It clearly explains the process of your reasoning from the known or assumed to the unknown. Without doing this you do not have an argument, you have only an assertion, an essay that is just your unsubstantiated opinion.
Notice that you do not have to completely prove your point; you only have to convince reasonable readers that your argument or position has merit; i.e., that it is somehow more accurate and complete than competing arguments.
Argumentative essays are often organized in the following manner:
They begin with a statement of your assertion, its timeliness, significance, and relevance in relation to some phenomenon.
They review critically the literature about that phenomenon.
They illustrate how your assertion is "better" (simpler or more explanatory) than others, including improved (i.e., more reliable or valid) methods that you used to accumulate the data (case) to be explained.
Finally revise and edit, and be sure to apply the critical process to your argument to be certain you have not committed any errors in reasoning or integrated any fallacies for which you would criticize some other writer.
Additionally, you will want to find out how your readers will object to your argument. Will they say that you have used imprecise concepts? Have you erred in collecting data? Your argument is only as strong as the objections to it. If you cannot refute or discount an objection, then you need to rethink and revise your position.
Tonight you are the write an argumentive essay on one of the following topics:
Constitutional Issues our rights under the Constitution
Gun Control
The Death Penalty
Social Concerns quality of life
Animal Rights
Gambling
Gay Marriages
Illegal Immigration
Education Issues our public schools
Testing to Improve Educational Standards
School Choice - charter schools & vouchers
Intercollegiate Athletics and Ethics
This is to be posted in your blog by 10:00 p.m. tonight.
1 comment:
hello Ahdeem Tinsley here
Dear testing facilities
I as a human being feel as though animal testing shopuld be banned. I think this becuase animals may not be humans but they should have the same amount of respect you get as a human every day. How would you feel about being tested on on a daily basis with products that could kill you in an instant. I know that the testings that go on are essential for everyone in the world to have an easier life. But truthfully I dont want to live an easier life at the expense of another.
I also truthfullly doubt that if people in the world actually understand and knew what you were doing in those labs, to those animals many other items would be exterminated. For example make up companies, viagra companies, basic medicine for head pains. Alll these thingsd are tested on animals and they6 stilll give them to you with certian side effects. So iin any saying its basically were still their giunea pigs. they have medicine that causes internal and external bleeding and sucide. How do you think the animals feel
Just think about that before you put something else on the shelves of supermarket,strip malls, and dollar value.
sincerly Ahdeem Tinsley
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