Argumentative Writing in Senior Two: Methods and Requirements of Choosing Arguments

If you want to write an argumentative essay well, you must have an argument suitable for the topic. The materials should be as original as possible, and others have never used them or rarely used them. If you must use old materials, you should try to dig up new things. Next, I will explain the requirements for selecting parameters for you.

Several requirements for selecting parameters

First, the examples should be novel, rich, true and typical.

1. The materials should be as novel as possible. Others have never used it or rarely used it. If you must use old materials, you should try to dig up new things. Examples such as Sima Qian, Zhang Haidi and Madame Curie are very old.

Rich quotations and examples.

2. The materials should be true and cannot be fabricated. For example, the student's wrong question: Yue Fei chose loyalty to serve the country and died. He has been through many battles all his life, so that Xiongnu soldiers are afraid of him.

3. The material should be typical, and celebrities should be chosen, not the unconvincing examples of relatives and friends around neighbors and uncles.

Second, the choice of examples should be closely related to the argument.

When choosing examples, we should be clear about the nature of the materials, stick to the arguments, and don't separate them in appearance.

Exodus: In order to demonstrate that diligence can make up for deficiencies, is the following example appropriate? What's the problem?

"Wang Xizhi often wrote on his clothes and cut them, and finally became a famous calligrapher.

Analysis: If you think about it carefully, Wang Xizhi is indeed "diligent" and accomplished, but this has nothing to do with remuneration, because Wang Xizhi is not clumsy, so we might as well change an example:

Replace the above example with the following example. Do you think it gets the point? Why?

"Mei Lanfang stuttered when she was a child. In order to make up for this defect, he insisted on singing with sand every morning, and finally got rid of the stuttering problem and became a famous artist at home and abroad. "

Analysis: Mei Lanfang practices with sand in her mouth every day, which is "diligent". She has a stuttering problem and is "clumsy". After hard work, she finally got rid of her troubles and achieved success in her career, making up for her "clumsiness". This example insists on this argument.

Third, choose examples from multiple angles.

Choosing examples from different levels and angles will make the argument more comprehensive and convincing.

Common selection angles:

Different fields: politics, economy, military affairs, ideology, culture, etc.

Different natures: head and tail

Different countries: China, foreign countries.

Different eras: ancient, modern, modern and contemporary.

China's composition foundation: introduction to the basic knowledge and mode of argumentative writing

First, the three elements of argumentative writing: argument, argument and argumentation.

1. argument: it is the author's view or opinion on the problem to be discussed, and it is the soul and commander of an article. Any article has only one central argument, and generally there can be sub-arguments. Arguments should be clear, accurate and general, and never be ambiguous or unpredictable.

2. Arguments: The material basis used to prove arguments includes factual arguments and theoretical arguments.

(1) factual argument: refer to representative cases, historical facts and statistical data.

(2) Rationality argument: refers to famous sayings, proverbs, natural science truths, formula laws, etc. Its correctness has been tested by practice. Arguments can be quoted directly or indirectly.

Second, the introduction of the basic model of argumentative writing

The basic structural level of argument: syllogism structure.

Ask a question (what is it)? Analyze the problem (why)? Solve the problem (how)

1. Total score structure (or total score formula)

2. Progressive structure (also called progressive structure)

3. Parallel structure

4. Positive and negative structure (also called contrast structure)

Structural increase, exquisite composition structure is a weapon to break through 52 points.

Basic mode: proposal connection

The first paragraph: Introduction (making an argument) What is an introduction?

What is the second paragraph (analyze the argument and list the sub-arguments)

The third paragraph (positive argument):