Putting forward an argument

Objective

•To express your opinion

•In response to other’s

Focus

•To argue against other’s opinion, you need

•Sound reasons

•Supporting evidence

•Statistics, facts

•Example

•Quote from experts

Organization

Introduction

Argument 1

Argument 2, and final thought

Introduction

•What’s with the introduction? 1.To address the person you wish to

respond to2.Restate that person’s opinion3.Say that you disagree4.State your intention

How to respond

•This is in response to ... that + clause

•This is a response to ... that + clause

• I’d like to reply/respond to ... that + clause

How to disagree

•Disagree with

•Couldn’t disagree more

•Strongly object to

•To be strongly opposed to

• Idea

•Opinion

•View, viewpoint, point of view

•Perspective

•Angle

How to state your intention

• I’d like to present the other side of the story.

• I’d like to present my perspective on this.

• I’d like to have my say about this.

Argument

•State your main argument

•Logical thinking is imperative

•Supporting evidences

•Without them, your argument is superficial and lacks credibility

•Statistics, facts, examples, quotes from experts

Be logicalYour argument>>

File sharing is a crime

Why?

It equals stealing

How come?

The intellectual property belongs to the producers

Be well-organized

Argument

•The first problem is that + Clause

•Another problem is that + C

•What you might not know is that + C

•Don’t forget that + C

•Consider this for a moment.

Be well-organized

Supporting evidences

•For this reason/Hence/Thus, + C

•Referring to/According to + N,• ... have long recognized that + C

•For example/For instance/To illustrate, + C

Final Thought

•What’s with the final thought?

•To show your standpoint firmly and clearly

•Conclude your viewpoint previously presented

•NEVER introduce a new idea

How to conclude

•All in all, •You have to admit that + C

• It’s clear that + C

•To sum up/To summarize/In summary, I believe that

•At the end of the day, C

Have fun arguing