OUTLINE (ARGUMENTATIVE)

*Please note that this is only a sample format. There are multiple ways to organize an
argumentative paper

Name:

Student ID:

Section:

Title:

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INTRODUCTION

➢ Hook (Get the reader’s attention, startling statistic/fact, famous quote, rhetorical question)

1. Robot Hand’s Dexterity

- Have you ever heard of Dactyl? It is actually a robot that is artificially intelligent in
solving Rubik’s cube (Yadav, 2019)

(Yadav, 2019)

- AI has paved way in human’s life and has ever since been a focus for many in term of its
practicality and capability

2. movie

- How the future is predicted – a boy that is perfectly copying human

(Spielberg, Spielberg, & Spielberg, 2001)

- This brings question to many- is this something that we are supposed to anticipate?
➢ Background statement (Introduce the issue)

1. Artificial

humanly contrived often on a natural model or man-made

(Meriam Webster, 2021)

2. Intelligence

the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations

(Meriam Webster, 2021)

3. What is artificial intelligence

“the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally
requiring human intelligence

(Nilsson, 2014)

Nilsson, N. J. (2014). Principles of Artificial Intelligence. Berlin: Springer Berlin.

4. In other words, it can be perceived as performance executed by a computer

system/machine/robot or anything that is not humane which demonstrate human’s quality
such as decision making, mimicking human, movement and etc

➢ Describe the current situation in this country that relates to the issue

*Citation (statistics or statements that discuss the issue)/latest breakthrough

- scope = global/Malaysia

Malaysia has drafted initiatives to work hand in hand with the global landscape in developing
artificial intelligence as proposed in the National Big Data Analytics Framework in October
2017
 (AI Policy - Malaysia 2020)

-latest breakthrough – Sofea the most advanced robot that can demonstrate human’s intelligence

(Suisse & Johnson, 2017)

➢ Stance

Opinion/ stand point of view

AI is not the way of life

➢ Thesis statement

(stance/purpose of the essay)

This term paper will discuss in details how AI is making human less human while affecting the
family institution as well as making us too lazy and dependent on the technology / exposes
humankinds to risk
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BODY PARAGRAPH 2
➢ Cohesive device + Topic sentence 2 : State second main idea

One of the most note-worthy justifications to back up the claim that artificial intelligence is not a
useful tool lies in the fact

that it is affecting family institution.

➢ Supporting detail 1 (to support your main idea. State evidence where

necessary (put citation: statistics/statement)

- we are losing emotional attachment in our daily regime

Clark (2011)

➢ Explain supporting detail (how the supporting detail proves or support

your main idea)

- Less interaction between busy parents will only make it worse for the kids because they
are not closely monitored resulting in a lot of implications like poor academic
performance

➢ Supporting detail 2 (to support your main idea. State evidence where

necessary (put citation: statistics/statement)

Apart from that, people are becoming more drifted apart from their family members

- Foggs (2009) claims that family that depends a lot on technology develops less bonding
with family members

Foggs (2009)

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your main idea)

- those days, moms would prepare us breakfast with love but nowadays everything is
almost readily available and made ready by the use of artificial intelligence

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necessary (put citation: statistics/statement)

- This is a clear evidence that we are no longer affectionately bonding with our family
members like what we used to be without the emergence of artificial intelligence

Clark (2011)

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Thus, relying too much on AI would not be a very good idea especially when it clearly gets in a
way of family relationship since there will be no emotional attachment developed, less bonding
time to cherish as well as ……

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➢ Cohesive device + Topic sentence 2: State second main idea

One of the most note-worthy justifications to back up the claim that artificial intelligence is not a
useful tool lies in the fact

that it is affecting family institution.

➢ Supporting detail 1 (to support your main idea. State evidence where necessary (put citation:
statistics/statement)

1. we are losing emotional attachment

Clark (2011)

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your main idea)

 No real meaningful interaction with human being (family members)

 Engrossed with their gadget

 No sense of attachment is developed

 Not much cherishable memories

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statistics/statement)

2. Not only that, kids are the one affected the most
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 Less interaction between busy parents will only make it worse for the kids
because they are not closely monitored resulting in a lot of implications like poor
academic performance and attention received.

 Negligence is another issue

➢ Supporting detail 3 (to support your main idea. State evidence where necessary (put citation:
statistics/statement)

3. becoming more drifted apart from their family members

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 Foggs (2009) claims that family that depends a lot on technology develops less
bonding with family members

Foggs (2009)

 no longer affectionately bonding with our family members like what we used to
be without the emergence of artificial intelligence

 those days, moms would prepare us breakfast with love but nowadays everything
is almost readily available and made ready by the use of artificial intelligence

➢ Concluding sentence (restate your idea in topic sentence 2)

Thus, relying too much on AI would not be a very good idea especially when it clearly gets in a
way of family relationship due to the fact that we are not developing emotional attachment, kids
are the one affected the most as well as the worrisome trend in which less bonding time is
created among the family members.
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CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH

➢ Summarize ALL of your main ideas/restate your thesis

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➢ Tell your readers why is it important to consider what you have discussed earlier

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➢ Offer recommendations for future action/consideration

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➢ End with a question or powerful statement that could make your readers think

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*never ever include any new points in conclusion paragraph

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