Have you experienced

engaging in a debate with a

friend?
How did you try to convince
him/her to agree with you?
ARGUMENTATIVE
ESSAY
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
ARGUMENTATION
An activity involves using
facts, opinions, and rhetorical
devices in order to defend a
certain motion.
MOTION
It refers to your main proposal
or argument. It uses facts.
FALLACY
It is an error in reasoning, and
this usually happens when we
have faulty assumptions in the
way we relate ideas.
 Are fallacies necessarily
wrong statements? Why or
why not?
COMMON FALLACIES
1. Sweeping Generalization
This happens when you come
up with a conclusion based on a
limited number of examples.
2. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
Two things that happened
one after the after are not
necessarily related.
3. Ad Hominem
An argument does not
become invalid by virtue of the
person stating it.
4. Ad verecundiam
An argument does not
necessarily become correct if a
popular or highly esteemed
person is the one saying it.
5. Ad populum
The majority of the
population’s believing in an
argument does not make it
correct.
6. False analogy
Two unlike concepts or things
are compared as if they were just
similar to one another.
7. False dichotomy
Two choices are presented as
if they were the only choices
available.
 Are fallacies necessarily
wrong statements? Why or
why not?
NECESSITY, PRACTICALITY, BENEFICIALITY
Is it something that we
can’t live without?
NECESSITY
Is the society
demanding it?
NECESSITY, PRACTICALITY, BENEFICIALITY
PRACTICALITY BENEFICIALITY
Would cost too General public
much or take can benefit
too much from this
trouble… solution.
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•KEEP ALL OF YOUR NOTES, THINGS (EXCEPT
FOR YOUR PEN), ETC.
•GET ONE FOURTH SHEET OF PAPER.
•WRITE YOUR NAME
•THE DATE TODAY
•PUT A NUMBER ON YOUR PAPER FROM
NOS. 1 TO 15.