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