Argument What this handout is about... This handout will define what an argument is and why you need one in most of your academic essays. Arguments are everywhere... You may be surprised to hear that the word "argument" does not have to be written anywhere in your assignment for it to be an important part of your task. In fact‚ making an argument--expressing a point of view on a subject and supporting it with evidence--is often the aim of academic writing. Your instructors may assume
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Tell me as much as you can about this passage as an argument (especially the parts). p1. Sun will bring skin cancer. p2. Rain will bring puddles that we can jump. p3: Pain is bad‚ joy is good. If a thing causes more good things than bad things‚ then it is better. p4: If A is better than B‚ then we should like A. p5. Puddles are better than skin cancer because it creates more joy than pain. Conclusion: I like rain better. 2. Find an argument from an external source (make sure to tell me where
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wju.edu/arc/ How Do I Write a Position/Argument Essay? Having a strong thesis has been important all along in your writing. Having a coherent form to individual sentences‚ paragraphs‚ and the essay as a whole has been important all along in your writing. Yet here is where everything comes together‚ where the various compositional forms (cause/effect‚ classification/division‚ comparison/contrast‚ example/illustration etc.) may serve your argument. The good news is that‚ unless you’ve been
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logically support your argument. Here are the rules: 1) Be entirely explicit about your arguments. Don’t expect me to draw conclusions for myself‚ I won’t. 2) Make sure that your arguments have validity‚ that is‚ they are based on evidence/examples/truths that are observable in real world. 3) Be clear and concise. Don’t try to use complex words or long sentences. Think of this as writing for children. Your ideas can be complex‚ but you should be able to write your argument simply. For
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The argument from evil In this paper I am going to use the very popular argument from evil‚ which was made popular and originated from the Greek philosopher Epicurus‚ to argue that existence of god is highly improbable. I’ll put this argument in the simplest of terms. For my first premise I am stating that if an omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ and omnibenevolent god exists than evil does not exist. For my second premise I am stating that evil exists in this world. When you put these two together
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Critical Review Native Americans should be respected. In his work titled “Making arguments‚” Ward Churchill makes an argument about racism and discrimination against Native Americans. The writer in the first part of the essay rants about how sports teams in America mock and discriminate Natives. In his ranting we can find a couple of fallacies. Churchill‚ in my opinion‚ does not make his argument good enough to persuade the reader to agree with his views. In the beginning of the essay‚ Ward
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Arguments in support of my thesis 1)Making abortion illegal doesn’t stop abortion‚ it just makes it less safe. The number of women getting abortions doesn’t change‚ the thing that changes is that women die from having unsafe abortions. 78‚000 women die every year from having unsafe abortions. 2) Religious ideaology is no foundation for any laws. We do not have laws prohibiting the eating of pork nor do we have laws against pre-martial sex. Laws should be based off of logical reasoning from the
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ANSWER PAPER Distinguish between good and bad arguments. Give the elements of ethical arguments. On what grounds do you distinguish between fact and mere opinion? An argument is a group of statements where one of which is supposed to be supported by the rest. The premise is the supporting statement and the conclusion is the statement being supported. Ethical arguments must have premise(s) and a conclusion and may appear in any order. Often arguments have indicator words that signal a premise or
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my peers that they are very uncomfortable with the Peter Singers ideas on donating all money beyond what they need to charity. Although they did think that it was a good idea‚ they didn’t necessarily believe that it was a moral decision. Of the arguments that I heard against Singer‚ and I did hear many‚ I don’t think that they are created equal. I’ll mention three in detail and some justifications that I heard that aren’t as relevant. First‚ Zach takes a view of freedom‚ that’s to say that he believes
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Assignment: Mapping an Argument January 11‚ 2013 CRT/205 The article‚ “Social Networking Sites Can Be Forums for Cyberbullying‚” (Foxman‚ et.al‚ 2009)‚ deals with the issue of cyberbullying online as becoming a real threat‚ and parents and educators of middle and high school children must work together to combat antisocial and harmful harassment to make these crimes punishable by law. In its’ premise‚ or reason‚ the article indicates that cyberbullying is more prevalent in middle
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