The BASICS of APLANG with Argument

Mantra

Read like a writer and write like a reader

Essential Ideas

Everything's an argument

Embrace epiphanies

4 Course Goals

Analyze other peoples' arguments

Constructing your own arguments

Developing your cultural literacy

Facilitating informed citizenship

4 College Board Big Ideas

Rhetorical Situation

Claims & Evidence

Reasoning & Organization

Style

Definition of argument

A claim that must be supported by reasoning and evidence

4 Elements of Analysis

Thesis

Reasons

Evidence

Synthesis

3.5 Essay

Intro with thesis + 3 subclaims

Paragraph 1 with subclaim 1

Paragraph 2 with subclaim 2

Paragraph 3 with subclaim 3

Conclusion

The PATTERN

Reason

Evidence

Synthesis

4 Main Parts of Any Good Thesis

The WHAT

The HOW

The SO WHAT?

SOPHISTICATION

2 Types of Sophistication

Critical thinking

Style

4 Purposes of Argument

Assert

Prevail

Inquire

Negotiate Differences

12 Types of Evidence

Anecdotes

Analogies

Details

Examples

Experiments

Expert Opinion

Facts

Illustrations

Personal Experience

Personal Observation

Statistics

Values