What is it?
When your argument is clearly stated, it is easier to develop convincing support for it.
Stating an argument
Choose the strong argument sentence
1. Regular exercise reduces the risk of chronic diseases
2. Aliens may have likely visited Earth.
1. Regular exercise reduces the risk of chronic diseases.
Organism
What is NASEM ?
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
A tentative argument is always false.
False. They’re just less convincing or supported
In academic writing, it's common to use _____ to show there may be some doubt about an argument that you are presenting.
Hedging language
Choose the strong arguments sentence
1. Water is essential for overall health and well-being.
2. A strict diet may not be the best way to lose weight.
1. Water is essential for overall health and well-being.
Eradicate mean
to remove or get rid of
How to responding to arguments ?
A. Restate author’s argument
B. Indicate whether you disagree or not
C. Provide good reasons to your opinion
A. Restate author's argument
A strong argument does not need any evidence as long as it sounds convincing.
False. A strong argument requires solid evidence and logical reasoning.
Words that are often used together
Collocation
Choose the tentative argument sentence.
1. Zoos might do more harm than good to animals.
2. Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer.
1. Zoos might do more harm than good to animals.
A quality or disease that passes from a parent to child before the child is born.
Whats the name of developing gene?
Gene drive
Using hedging language can help make an argument sound more balanced and objective.
True
The argument uses facts, data, and examples and acknowledges and refutes potential counterarguments.
Strong arguments
Choose a strong argument sentence.
1. Reading improves cognitive function and critical thinking skills.
2. Video games might improve problem-solving skills.
1. Reading improves cognitive function and critical thinking skills.
An animal or human that has just begun to develop inside its mother's body
Embryo
What is gene drive?
a. technique that scientist can use to change the genes b. technique that can create new life form
c. technique that can increase food supply
a. technique that scientist can use to change the genes
A good argument does not need evidence if it sounds persuasive.
False. A strong argument requires logical reasoning and evidence, not just persuasion
What type of argument often uses words like it may possible, seems to be, or may bring, signaling that the conclusion is not strongly supported?
Tentative arguments
Choose a tentative argument question.
1. Exercise improves both physical and mental health.
2. Continuing gene drive research is probably the correct thing to do.
2. Continuing gene drive research is probably the correct thing to do.
Animals and plants are considered as a group, in which a plant is eaten by insects, which is then eaten by another animal, and so on.
Food chain
What is gene?
A. gene is a tiny part of DNA that tells the body how to grow and work.
B. A vital organ
C. pile of DNA
A. gene is a tiny part of DNA that tells the body how to grow and work.
A counterargument is used to support the main argument.
False. A counterargument presents an opposing viewpoint to challenge the main argument.)