Learning Objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Norton Field Guide to Writing Chapter 36 Guiding your Reader (pp. 386-391)
- Little Seagull Handbook Section W-3, "Writing Processes"
- Harvard College Writing Center: Counterargument
- two logical sides to the issue (your viewpoint and an opposing viewpoint),
- must be researched-based
- must be relevant to your career or degree.
- Introduction
- Describe the issue (2-3 sentences)
- Define your position (1-2 sentences)
- Thesis statement (1 sentence)
- Follow this example:
While many feel that defunding the police would endanger society, redistributing funds would increase the number of public health workers, provide more targeted support, and refocus efforts to retrain existing law enforcement personnel.
- Follow this example:
- Counterargument
- Anticipated questions or resistance (2-3 sentences)
- Response to questions or resistance (2-3 sentences)
- Audience (2-3 sentences) Consider demographics, background, relevance, knowledge of topic and beliefs.
- Goal for your audience (how should the audience think or act differently? 1-2 sentences)
- Strategy for convincing your audience including goal, purpose and challenges, Consider tactics (ethos, pathos, logos) (2-3 sentences)
- Research (preliminary) describe your approach (refer to your readings thus far)
- Keiser University Library Database(s) you are most likely to use
- Potential articles cited in 7th edition APA (at least 2, final paper will require 4)
- Be careful to avoid a faulty use of authority, or identifying a source written by author who claims to be an "expert" but is only moderately familiar with the topic.
- Potential key terms (Minimum of 5)
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