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is just like a debate but in written form
position paper
the goal is to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and defensible and presents one side of an arguable opinion about an issue
position paper
are claims backed by reasons that are supported by evidence
arguments
five characteristics of argument
argumentation is a social process, argument is an art, argument involves contested issues, argument fills much of our lives
tasks reserved for philosophical inquiry
argument
four general components of argument
claim, reason, support, and warrant
statements about what is true or good or about what should be done or believed . are potentially arguable
claims
statements that support a given claim, making a claim more than a mere assertion. pass two tests
reasons
substantiates the reasons offered and helps compel audiences to accept an advanced claim. comes in the form evidence
support
comes in different sorts, and tends to vary from one academic field or argument topic to another. offers challenges and support to the reasons given
evidence
are the inferences or assumptions that connect the support to the claim. often answer the question what…
warrants
examples of non arguments
explanations, mere assertions, conditional statements, loosely connected statements
can be tricky because it often use one of the indicator words
explanations
are obviously not arguments, if a teacher tells you simply that you will not get…
mere assertions
are sentences that have theform if, the, a conditional statemnt asserts that if something is true, then something else would be true also
conditional statements
