Writing the Argument Appropriate Tone and Diction tone is the style and manner or feel of your writing, tone is – often also affected by your diction or word choice Audience and Purpose while audience and purpose are the writer’s main concerns, the way a – paper’s purpose is offered to the audience lies in the paper’s thesis, the presentation, in writing, of the paper’s main idea Counter Argument an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory – developed in another argument the thesis for your argument needs to be opinionated or Creating a Debatable Claim – debatable, the thesis must be something that people could reasonably have differing opinions on Determining Key Search Terms a basic process for assessing a key word’s value – Devising Research Questions begins with defining the problem and formulating an – answerable question Evaluating the Credibility of Sources you must assess each source’s credibility, this that – the sources you reference need to be credible and authoritative (Is it a peer-reviewed scholarly journal?) Evidence - that which tends to prove or disprove something Pathos, Ethos, Logos, Kairos logos is using reason/logic to persuade, pathos is using emotion – to persuade, ethos is using character to persuade, and Kairos appeal to timeliness, it is the idea that it is best to the iron while it is hot” “strike Research - gathering and analyzing a body of information or data and extracting new meaning from it or developing unique solutions to problems or cases Revision to alter something already written or printed, in order to make corrections, improve, – or update Viability of a Topic once you have a thesis topic, make sure it is viable; that is, can you pursue – it with the resources at your disposal Writing the Argument Matching
Writing the Argument Tone and Diction – tone is the style and manner or feel of your writing, tone is often also affected by your diction or word choice Audience and Purpose – while audience and purpose are the writer’s main concerns, the way a paper’s purpose is offered to the audience lies in the paper’s thesis, the presentation, in writing, of the paper’s main idea Counter Argument – an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument Creating a Debatable Claim – the thesis for your argument needs to be opinionated or debatable, the thesis must be something that people could reasonably have differing opinions on Determining Key Search Terms – a basic process for assessing a key word’s value Devising Research Questions – begins with defining the problem and formulating an answerable question Evaluating the Credibility of Sources – you must assess each source’s credibility, this that the sources you reference need to be credible and authoritative (Is it a peer-reviewed scholarly journal?) Evidence - that which tends to prove or disprove something Pathos, Ethos, Logos, Kairos – logos is using reason/logic to persuade, pathos is using emotion to persuade, ethos is using character to persuade, and Kairos appeal to timeliness, it is the idea that it is best to “strike the iron while it is hot” Research - gathering and analyzing a body of information or data and extracting new meaning from it or developing unique solutions to problems or cases Revision – to alter something already written or printed, in order to make corrections, improve, or update Viability of a Topic – once you have a thesis topic, make sure it is viable; that is, can you pursue it with the resources at your disposal Writing the Argument Matching Appropriate
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