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Week 2 A Fourpillarsofreasonableargument
Week 2 A Fourpillarsofreasonableargument
REASONABLE
ACADEMIC
ARGUMENTS
Guillermo Santos Alvarez
EAPP Teacher II
Song of Worship
What is a Reasonable
Argument?
Debatable
At least 2 viewpoints
Evidence
Argument
Refutation
Concluding
Statement
Thesis Statements
Establish Credibility & State
Opinion
Thesis
Must be debatable
Too Aggressive: Of course only
registered organ donors should be
eligible for organ
transplants. It’s selfish and shortsighted
to think otherwise.
a well-phrased debate
Know Your Topic Well
Supporting Evidence…
Expert opinion
Argument
Evidence
Thesis
Accurate documentation
Journal: Comparing & Contrasting
Articles
Article 1 Article 2
Thesis
Examine the
supporting
evidence.
What types of
evidence are
presented?
Does it seem
scholarly,
accurate, and
unbiased?
How so?
Refutation of Opposition
Counter Opposing
Arguments
Anticipate objections
Concede points
Counter opposing
arguments
Refuting Opposing
Viewpoints…
Shows you to be a good academic
researcher
Reefutatio
Evidenc
Thesis
Shows you to be unbiased
n
and fair-minded
Journal: Comparing & Contrasting
Articles
Article 1 Article 2
Thesis
Evidence
Do the authors
present the
counter-
argument to their
thesis? How fair
is the
representation of
the opposing
view? How
effectively do the
authors refute
other claims?
Avoid Logical Fallacy
Emotionally Loaded Ad Hominem
Terms Argument
Conclusion
Refutation
Evidence
Thesis
Journal: Comparing & Contrasting
Articles
Article 1 Article 2
Thesis
Evidence
Opposition
How effective
are the
concluding
statements of
these two
articles?
What
strategies make
them effective?
Or, if ineffective,
how could each
one be stronger?
Remember…