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- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Harrisburg_Area_Community_College/A_Short_Guide_to_Argumentative_Writing/03%3A_Assessing_the_Strength_of_an_Argument/3.03%3A_Questioning_the_ReasonsThis is a deductive argument that starts with a general statement about a right of all Americans and applies it to a specific group (teachers) in a specific setting (the classroom). Sometimes a false ...This is a deductive argument that starts with a general statement about a right of all Americans and applies it to a specific group (teachers) in a specific setting (the classroom). Sometimes a false dilemma is implied when an argument asks a question with an obvious answer, a question phrased in such a way that it pushes us to agree with the author without examining the real range of possibilities.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Harrisburg_Area_Community_College/English_102%3A_How_Arguments_Work_(Siha)/10%3A_Writing_an_Analysis_of_an_Arguments_Strategies/10.04%3A_A_Brief_Sample_Argument_Analysis_EssayThe above excerpt is from Robin Marantz Henig’s article in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic called “Gender Revolution: How Science Is Helping Us Understand Gender.” Here she offers two in...The above excerpt is from Robin Marantz Henig’s article in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic called “Gender Revolution: How Science Is Helping Us Understand Gender.” Here she offers two interesting points of view: that of Eric Vilain, geneticist, pediatrician, and director of the UCLA Center for Gender-Based Biology, and Marlo Mack, a mom of a transgender girl and creator of the podcast “How to Be a Girl.” Vilain states that children can’t differentiate between gender expression and…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Harrisburg_Area_Community_College/English_102%3A_How_Arguments_Work_(Siha)/02%3A_Reading_to_Figure_out_the_ArgumentThumbnail: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-woman-holding-pen-3059687/
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/City_College_of_San_Francisco/How_Arguments_Work%3A_A_Guide_to_Writing_and_Analyzing_Texts_in_College_(Mills)/09%3A_How_Arguments_Establish_Trust_and_Connection/9.02%3A_AuthorityIf the writer has a public reputation as an expert above and beyond the items that could be listed on a resume, they can provide evidence of that reputation in the form of praise from other experts, n...If the writer has a public reputation as an expert above and beyond the items that could be listed on a resume, they can provide evidence of that reputation in the form of praise from other experts, number of times their work has been cited, radio or television shows where they have been interviewed, or any other sign of public recognition of expertise. This allows the CEO of a company or the director of a nonprofit or the president of a country to use the pronoun "we" to speak for their group.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/City_College_of_San_Francisco/How_Arguments_Work%3A_A_Guide_to_Writing_and_Analyzing_Texts_in_College_(Mills)/09%3A_How_Arguments_Establish_Trust_and_Connection/9.08%3A_Faulty_Appeals_to_TrustA conservative writer asked, “Does any sentient human being believe that if the Democrats had the Senate majority in the final year of a conservative president’s second term—and Justice [Ruth Bader] G...A conservative writer asked, “Does any sentient human being believe that if the Democrats had the Senate majority in the final year of a conservative president’s second term—and Justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg’s seat came open—they would approve any nominee from that president?” (David French, National Review, 2/14/16) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he was merely following the “Biden Rule,” a principle advocated by Vice President Joe Biden when he was a Senator, back in the elec…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Harrisburg_Area_Community_College/Book%3A_How_Arguments_Work%3A_A_Guide_to_Reading_Writing_and_Analyzing_Texts_in_College_(Woodring)/08%3A_How_Arguments_Appeal_to_Emotion/8.01%3A_The_Place_of_Emotion_in_ArgumentHe famously proclaimed, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Sho...He famously proclaimed, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Should listeners have guarded themselves against feeling sympathy for those four children? Academic journal articles and popular newspaper and magazine articles and nonfiction books must all appeal to readers’ curiosity about the world and its workings and surprises to encourage them to keep reading.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Harrisburg_Area_Community_College/A_Short_Guide_to_Argumentative_Writing/06%3A_Forming_Your_Own_Argument/6.05%3A_Causal_ArgumentsThe success of this push will depend on circumstances being right for it, so we will likely also need to describe the conditions that have to be in place for the precipitating cause to actually precip...The success of this push will depend on circumstances being right for it, so we will likely also need to describe the conditions that have to be in place for the precipitating cause to actually precipitate the event. The briefest answer is that the writer needs to convince us that the factor and the event are correlated and also that there is some way in which the factor could plausibly lead to the event.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Harrisburg_Area_Community_College/English_102%3A_How_Arguments_Work_(Siha)/09%3A_How_Arguments_Establish_Trust_and_Connection/9.03%3A_Distance_and_IntimacyAs a representative of the law, they represent the government and the interests of the people as a whole. Even in physics, the discovery of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principal introduced the idea tha...As a representative of the law, they represent the government and the interests of the people as a whole. Even in physics, the discovery of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principal introduced the idea that the observer affects the phenomenon observed and is not separate from it. The most direct and obvious way to create the feeling of a conversation, however, is to declare it to the reader by using the "I," the "we" or the "you" instead of an impersonal voice.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/City_College_of_San_Francisco/How_Arguments_Work%3A_A_Guide_to_Writing_and_Analyzing_Texts_in_College_(Mills)/08%3A_How_Arguments_Appeal_to_Emotion/8.04%3A_ToneIf we are not sure how to answer or we want more insight, we can consider specific aspects of the writer's attitude, such as the degree of respect, seriousness, or certainty they feel. We can ask ours...If we are not sure how to answer or we want more insight, we can consider specific aspects of the writer's attitude, such as the degree of respect, seriousness, or certainty they feel. We can ask ourselves about each of the aspects of tone listed in the table below and consider which of the accompanying tone words best describe the argument we are analyzing.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Harrisburg_Area_Community_College/English_102%3A_How_Arguments_Work_(Siha)/09%3A_How_Arguments_Establish_Trust_and_Connection/9.04%3A_Shared_Sense_of_IdentityApart from the question of whether or not referring to another group is right in a specific case, writers should also be aware of ways in which negative references can undermine trust, especially if t...Apart from the question of whether or not referring to another group is right in a specific case, writers should also be aware of ways in which negative references can undermine trust, especially if the audience ends up being broader than the writer initially envisioned. In 2016 when Hillary Clinton referred to some Donald Trump supporters as "a basket of deplorables," she was not just criticizing their ideas but trying to make them seem other, a group no one would want to belong to.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Harrisburg_Area_Community_College/English_102%3A_How_Arguments_Work_(Siha)/05%3A_Making_Your_Recommendation_in_Response_to_an_ArgumentCan we offer a way to fix the argument in question or a way to take it a step further? If we just analyzed an argument we found to be weak, we may already have an opposing argument or an alternate arg...Can we offer a way to fix the argument in question or a way to take it a step further? If we just analyzed an argument we found to be weak, we may already have an opposing argument or an alternate argument in mind. For example, we noted earlier that in the argument below, the reason was the same as the claim, a fallacy called circular reasoning. Perhaps we can provide some insight into the best way to talk about the problem, even if we do not have the answer to it.
