Persuasive Essay Options:具有说服力的作文选项:
Argue either for or against the Occupy Wall Street Movement (in terms of economic inequality) or argue for or against the saving endangered languages. 关于是否反对占领华尔街的运动(经济不平等)或是否保存濒危语言的争论。
REQUIREMENTS:要求:
Length:长度:
3-5 pages in length, double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font (remember than submitting 3 pages of well written arguments is better than submitting 5 pages of poorly written arguments).长度为3-5页,双倍行距12点,为新罗马字体(记住不是提交3页写得很好的论据是比提交5页写得不好的论据要好的多)。
Thesis:主体
Create an original thesis by disagreeing with the arguments of an opposing viewpoint 创建一个在dissertation原论点基础上同意与反对观点的论据(Chapter 14’s essay – The Whole World is Watching and No One Cares offers a general model of such an essay. However, for this essay, use it only as a guide for hard evidence, NOT soft evidence).
If you are for the Occupy movement’s protest of economic inequality, then you have to disagree with David Brooks 如果你是为了占领,而开启的抗议经济不平等运动,那么你就不能同意大卫·布鲁克斯的观点。
(The Great Restoration). If you are against the Occupy movement’s protest, you have to disagree with Paul Krugman (Panic of the Plutocrats).
If you are against saving endangered languages you will have to disagree with David Crystal (Death Sentence – why endangered languages need to be saved). If you are for saving endangered languages you have to disagree with Kenan Malik (Let them die).
如果你是为拯救濒危语言,你必须同意与凯南马利克(让他们死)的观点。
Support: 支持论点
Hard evidence: 确凿的证据:
You should disagree with your opposing opinion piece by finding problems with the arguments it offers.你不同意与你对立的舆论,但是发现问题需要它提供的参数。 The Disagree section of the Agree and Disagree chapter reviews a few common approaches to disagreeing with an author by finding problems or flaws in their arguments:
http://ukthesis.org/dissertation_sample/
-The author’s arguments are based on questionable assumptions
-The author ignores research that contradicts the author’s viewpoint
-The author’s own arguments are contradictory
-The author overlooks other important factors or issues
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You should review your opposing opinion piece and consider what problems there are with the author’s arguments. 您应该检查您的对立舆论,如果认为有什么问题,可以参考作者的论据。The Agree and Disagree chapter offers different templates for identifying the different problems, but you are not required to use them.
A few things to keep in mind when making your arguments:在论证你的论点,有几件事情要记住。
-For those points you disagree with strongly, you should quote your opinion pieces and explain the point you are disagreeing with. I am not requiring you to make a specific number of quotes like the last paper. This is up to your own judgment.
-You can further support your disagreements with the opposing opinion piece by agreeing with the points of opinion pieces on Icon by the authors who support your viewpoint.
-You can use outside sources to support your arguments but use them wisely. I want to leave this as an option in case somebody wants to make a criticism about an author ignoring contradictory research.
Soft Evidence:隐形的证据:
One moral argument is required. (Your argument must appeal to a value of some kind). 一个准确的参数是必需的。 (你的结论必须符合某种值)。This moral argument can be made in general terms (it’s not necessary to cite outside sources) and it will likely involve considering your issue in terms of the value of fairness.
(Emotional language and appeals are NOT required by your paper. Such soft evidence is usually not relevant to academic writing).