Monday, November 19, 2018

Chapter 1- Starting an Argument

Learning the Basics...

How to Start an Argument








This textbook chapter is available online for your viewing.  Sometimes, simply learning content a few different ways can make all of the difference in the content making sense to us.  


  • Maybe my explanation of the subject will not 'click' for a student, yet when I refer him/her to an outside link from another professor who is expressing the same content in his/her own voice, it makes sense to the student.  
  • Our textbooks are the same way.  Every institution approves textbooks for teaching courses.  Maybe our textbook does not provide a clear enough picture for you on a specific assignment topic.  Therefore, when I find similar textbook content online for students to review, I like to post it on my site in case they need a different perspective on the overall topic.  
However, please keep in mind that if you have read the requirements from your instructor and something in this external textbook site does not meet the instructor's criteria for scoring your work, ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDELINES.  After all, it is your instructor who will award you points for each of your assignments, and therefore, he/she has the final say.




Online Textbook Information

Textbook Title: Argument Today
Chapter 1: “Starting an Argument”
Authors: Richard Johnson-Sheehan and Charles Paine
Publisher: Pearson Higher Education
MyWritingLab with eText for Johnson-Sheehan / Paine Argument Today
ISBN-10: 0321993020 | ISBN-13: 9780321993021

Generative and Persuasive Arguments

The authors employ a continuum that reveals how people engage in two basic types of argument.
  • Generative arguments, or "power with" arguments, are designed to build understanding and consensus among people who share some common values. Generative arguments often don't look like arguments because the participants are busy figuring out where they agree, discussing their differences, and working to solve common problems. Generative arguments allow people to sort out their beliefs, work as a team, and take action together.
  • Persuasive arguments, or "power over" arguments, use reasoning, authority, and emotion to try to convince others to believe something or to take a specific action. Persuasive arguments help people clarify their views and work together toward changing the minds of others. In many cases, persuasive arguments are used to convince others to do something they wanted to do in the first place.



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Essay 3 Cause/Effect Argument

Design and Development Handouts

· Know the Guidelines: Cause/Effect Argument Essay Writing—view the planning, outlining, and development handouts for the cause/effect essay.

· Sample thesis for a causal argument: this handout shows a sample cause/effect THESIS, the break-down of that THESIS, and how the essay would be structured to develop and argue the THESIS.

· Flow, Length, and Content of a Typical Body-paragraph: a specific break-down of what is expected in a well-developed body-paragraph of an argument paper.

· Need Ideas for Cause/Effect Essay??: this handout provides 'spring-board' articles and images to help you think through how you feel about the topic and possible cause/effect relationships. These are not scholarly sources. They are simply readings to help you understand different ideas surrounding the issue.