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Argument
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Mark Sutton
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This episode focuses on the genre of argument. It discusses how to use Stephen Toulmin's model to make an argument.
Transcript available here.
Additional Resources:
- Types of argument from Purdue OWL:
- Rebecca Jones' "Finding the Good Argument OR Why Bother with Logic?"
- Mark Sutton's "Warrants in an Argument" (This video discusses different kinds of warrants you can use in an argument)
- Harvard College Writing Center's "Counterargument"
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center's "Argument"
- Guide to Grammar and Writing's "Developing an Argument"
- Writing@Colorado State University's "Writing Arguments: An Overview" and "Understanding the Parts of an Argument"
- Walden University's "Developing Arguments" and "Responding to Counterarguments"
- "Finding the Responses to Counterarguments" from Anna Mills' How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College (online textbook)
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