Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Organization ofA.rgumentativeEssal's

A. Statementoftheotherside'sfirst

argumentandrebuttalwithyour

owncounterargument

B. Statementoftheotherside'ssecond

argumentandrebuttalwithyourown

counterargument

C. Statementoftheotherside'sthird

argumentandrebuttalwithyourown

counterargument

I. Introduction

Explanationoftheissue,including

a summaryoftheotherside's

arguments

Thesisstatement

II.Body

III.Conclusion-mayincludea summary

ofyourpointofview

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Block 2

E. Yourfirstargument

F. Yoursecondargument

G.Yourthirdargument

Block 1

A. Summaryofotherside'sarguments

B. Rebuttaltothefirstargument

C. Rebuttaltothesecondargument

D. Rebuttaltothethirdargument

I. Introduction

Explanationoftheissue

Thesisstatement

II.Body

III.Conclusion-mayincludea summary

ofyourpointofview

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Thereareseveralwaystoorganizeanargumentativeessay.Youcanusea blockpat-

ternora point-by-pointpattern.Theoutlinesinthefollowingchartshowthesetwo

possiblepatterns.

Whatis uniqueaboutanargumentativeessayis thatyoudonotjustgivereasons

tosupportyourpointofview.You mustalsodiscusstheothersid~'sreasonsand

thenrebutthem.(Rebutmeanstopointoutproblemswiththeotherside'sreasons

to provethattheyarenotgoodreasons.)Wedothisbecausewewantreadersto know

thatwehaveconsideredallsidesoftheissue.Whenweshowthatwearereason-

ableandopen-minded,readersaremorelikelytolistentoourpointofview.

Chapte," 9 I ArgumentativeEssays 143

Inanacademicclass,yourinstructormightaskquestionssuchasthese:

SomecitiesintheUnitedStatesandtheUnitedKingdomhavepassedlaws

establishingcurfewsforyoungpeople.Youngpeople(usuallyage 17 and

younger)maynotbeoutonthestreetsafter9 or 10 P.M.Doyouagreeor

disagreewithsuchcurfews?

Stemcellresearchoffersa potentialcureformanyfataldiseases.Manypeople

opposestemcellresearchbecauseit involvesusingcellsfromhumanembryos.

Doyouagreeordisagreethatstemcellresearchshouldbeprohibited?

Companiesthatdobusinessabroadsometimesfindthatlocalbusinesspractices

includeactivitiesconsideredunethicalathome-offeringgiftsofmoneyorawarding

contractstofamilymembers,forexample.Shouldcompaniesgoalongwithlocal

businesspracticesinordertobecomesuccessful,orshouldtheyrefusetodoso

andriskfailureasa result?

BUSINESSETHICS

HEALTHSCIENCES

CRIMINALJUSTICE