English 201 Research Paper

English 201 Course

Prepared By

Diana Fakih English 201 Section “B”

Submitted to Zahia Sayad English 201 Instructor

A-Writing Rules:

* Write statements, not announcements, for example: The subject of this paper will be my parents My parents each struggled with personal demons. I want to talk about the crime wave in our country The recent crime wave in our city has several apparent causes. The baby-boom
In an argumentative essay one should state his stand with (pros)or against(cons).Undebatable issues are facts, preferences, beliefs and rites(costumes and traditions of a certain group).

Example: with or against smoking-with or against mercy killing
Form:
Title
Introduction: made up of two paragraphs(or one long paragraph). The first paragraph gives background information about the topic , and the second one goes more into details reaching the thesis statement where a clear statement presents the stand along with the claim(call of action).Words that can be used to clarify the stand and claim are should, must, have, has with against, ought to be…
Body Paragraphs: There should be from 3-5 body paragraphs where the topic sentence includes the evidence of claim (reason to be allowed/banned).To support the reason (the claim) by facts (such as statistics, concepts and scientific information),quoting experts and examples(true stories).

Counter argument (opponent’s argument):
It is to summarize the opponents point of view in 1-2 sentences and then concede it (agree on it: I do respect, maybe he is right in) and then refute it(However, never the
For example: Every human being has rights. John is a human being, therefore John has rights.
Induction is the case where the information in a certain sentence is from specific to general. For example, Kids are shooting kids. We cannot trust those in power. Natural disasters are claiming lives every year. Clearly the end of the world is near.

N- Logical and Illogical:
Logical is said to a sentence where the information in it makes sense. To make thing more clear check the following examples.
1-Firing employees who are undisciplined or carless may help team cohesion.
2-A football team with a coach and management that cooperate and share ideas may increase their chances of a successful season.
3- A student argues that the teacher should let him/her pass the examination because he/she needs it In order to graduate.
A sentence is said to be illogical when in it a conclusion is being made about something that may not be true.Also,when something is being judged and the judgment may be wrong. To make things more clear check the following examples.
1-Men are all alike: selfish creatures who spend every weekend glued to a television