Thursday, March 17, 2011

Chapter 47

When writing a argument you must construct it in a way that it is reasonable. Some easy ways to make a good argument is to focus on your audience. View them as a panel of jurors. Don't jump to conclusions that your audience already agrees with you. View your argument as data to persuade the audience. When writing your introduction you must establish your thesis statement and be sure to make clear what your position is. Show credibility by showing your audience that you are fair and know what you are talking about. Back your thesis up with persuasive arguments and support your claims by using specific evidence. When you use facts and statistics it can help you extremely well because it is known with certainty to be true. When talking about your argument you must anticipate the other side as well.
I think I will use this when writing a paper that is based on proving my point. I think I find this very useful because sometimes proving your point can be hard. Sometimes when I write papers that have an argument in them I tend to think that the audience already agrees with me. I think that now reading this I will be a better writer when writing papers that require me to use an argument.

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