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English Composition <\/strong><\/p>\n ASSIGNMENT PROMPT: ARGUMENTATION<\/strong><\/p>\n The Argumentation <\/strong>essay involves debating one side of an issue and objectively presenting the opposing side to persuade the audience to see your side favorably. It further:<\/p>\n – appeals to logic and reason; presents statistics, scientific proof, and facts.<\/p>\n – appeals to emotions, prejudices, and values; uses description (caution: employ appealing to emotions with discretion).<\/p>\n – uses inductive and\/or deductive reasoning to develop the argument within the body of the paper:<\/p>\n inductive reasoning starts with specific evidence and progresses to a general conclusion; can also allow an inference to be made.<\/p>\n deductive reasoning begins with a general truth and progresses to a specific conclusion. The simplest form of a deductive argument is thesyllogism<\/i>, a three-step argument involving a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.<\/p>\n A<\/strong>SSIGNMENT<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>S <\/strong>T<\/strong>OPICS<\/strong><\/p>\n For your essay, take a position on one of the following societal issues:<\/p>\n 1. Does Technology Make People More Anti-social?<\/p>\n 2. Are college students abusing social media networks?<\/p>\n 3. Can cellphones be effective educational tools?<\/p>\n 4. Does rap promote violence against women?<\/p>\n 5. Is There Sexism in the Gaming Industry?<\/p>\n 6. Your own topic that is pre-approved by your instructor.<\/p>\n 7. *Learning Communities Option<\/i>: This topic is to be developed by the instructor who is in a linked learning community course.<\/p>\n You may use either the Rogerian or Toulmin structure of argumentation. Should you include research, you must use MLA Style <\/i>of parenthetical documentation and citation.<\/p>\n N<\/i>OTE<\/i>S:<\/p>\n 1. The essay\u2019s Title <\/strong>relates to the topic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 2. The essay\u2019s introduction <\/strong>identifies clearly the issue and provides sufficient background information that leads to the thesis. The thesis must be precisely stated <\/strong>and is one side of the argument<\/strong>. Be careful that your thesis is not presented as a call-to-action. For example, in the statement, \u201cAmericans should be allowed to own guns,\u201d \u201cshould be allowed\u201d is a call-to-action. An appropriate argument thesis <\/i>is: The prevalence of gun ownership in America that attributes to many related fatalities can be mitigated by gun control. The counter-argument thesis<\/i>(NOT to appear in the introduction) can be: Gun control will have little measurable impact on the number of fatalities caused by guns.<\/p>\n 3. The essay\u2019s body <\/strong>avoids ALL <\/strong>the logical fallacies. It includes parenthetical documentation in Assignment III–2<\/p>\n MLA Style<\/i>, and all quotations, paraphrases, and summaries are well introduced and analyzed.<\/p>\n 4. If using the Rogerian structure, the essay\u2019s conclusion <\/strong>includes a counter-argument thesis <\/strong>that relates to the thesis; the refutation <\/strong>to the counter-argument thesis; the return to the thesis <\/strong>(if not implied in the refutation); and, a call-to-action<\/strong>. If using the Toulmin, the conclusion iterates or reiterates the inference\/s made. In either structure, the intended audience of the call-to-action is obvious. The following is a schematic of the two structures:<\/p>\n The Structure: Rogerian<\/strong><\/p>\n The structure of the Rogerian <\/strong>argument includes all of the following:<\/p>\n \uf0b7 An argument thesis<\/p>\n \uf0b7 A counter-argument thesis<\/p>\n \uf0b7 The refutation to the counter-argument<\/p>\n \uf0b7 The return-to-thesis<\/p>\n \uf0b7 At least one call-to-action<\/p>\n See the student\u2019s essay in Patterns <\/i>that shows how this student-writer used the Rogerian structure. The Rogerian structure further requires that you engage in deductive reasoning (the syllogism) and inductive reasoning (inference) in your body paragraphs. Patterns <\/i>offers clear instructions regarding these components of argumentation. See the outline on Blackboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Structure: Toulmin<\/strong><\/p>\n The structure of the Toulmin <\/strong>argument includes claims and warrants and relies primarily on inductive reasoning. Unfortunately, Patterns <\/i>does not provide a sample, so unless you are familiar with and confident in using this structure you may opt out of it. See the outline on Blackboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n NOTES<\/strong>:<\/p>\n i. This is a formal analysis essay presented in the third person; therefore, do not <\/strong>use any first- or second-person \u201cI,\u201d \u201cmy,\u201d \u201cwe,\u201d \u201cus,\u201d \u201cour,\u201d \u201cyou\u201d and \u201cyour\u201d in your analysis.<\/p>\n ii. This assignment is to adhere to academic writing in Standard English; therefore, you are not to use contractions, abbreviations and symbols, informal language, slang, and colloquialism.<\/p>\n iii. Avoid beginning sentences with: \u201cThere is,\u201d \u201cThere are,\u201d \u201cIt is,\u201d \u201cIt was,\u201d \u201cThere has,\u201d \u201cThere have,\u201d and so on. These openings delay the subject of the sentence and cause wordiness. EXAMPLE:<\/p>\n o Weak<\/i>: There were many books borrowed from the library by diligent student-researchers (12 words).<\/p>\n o Revised<\/i>: Diligent student-researchers borrowed many books from the library (9 words).<\/p>\n iv. See the \u201cArgumentation<\/strong>\u201d rubric on Bb that indicates how the paper will be graded and to make sure that you have met all of the criteria for the grade you desire.<\/p>\n v. Though research is not required, if, however, you include any in the analysis, you are required to document the source\/s parenthetically and include a page that lists the source\/s. You are required to use MLA <\/i>style of documentation and citation. See Patterns, <\/i>Ch. 18 <\/strong>for guidance.<\/p>\n Due Date 4\/17\/17<\/strong><\/p>\n Last name and page number (in Header)<\/p>\n Name<\/p>\n Instructor\u2019s name<\/p>\n Course\u2019s name<\/p>\n Due date<\/p>\n Beware the Seemingly Innocuous<\/p>\n I emerged from that argument about the God particle and promised myself that I would never argue science again. Ever! I was sitting in the theater awaiting the arrival of the speaker and very excited. I had purchased his book, The God Particle<\/i>,<\/p>\n Include this four-line information only on p. 1<\/strong>, NOT <\/strong>in the Header.<\/p>\n The College-Paper Format<\/strong><\/p>\n The College-Paper Format adheres to the following: Times Roman font-face, 12-point font-size, one-inch margins all around, double-spaced, and formatted with a Header that includes your last name and page number to appear on every page. 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