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Page 1: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

Counter-arugment

Page 2: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech,

you make an argumentYour thesis statement and support

When you counter-argue, you consider a possible argument against your thesis or some aspect of your reasoning. It presents you as the kind of person who

weighs alternatives before arguing for one

Page 3: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

How to Include It?

Counter-argument in a speech has two stages: You turn against your argument to challenge itThen you turn back to re-affirm it.

The Turn Against ↓

The Turn Back

Page 4: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

Brainstorm for possible opposing positions

Ask these three questions when you are trying to write counterargument:

Who might disagree with my position? Why? What reasons do people have for

disagreeing with me? (weaknesses in argument, opposing viewpoints…)

What would support an opposing argument?

John Mauk and John Metz, authors of The Composition of Everyday Life

Page 5: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

1) The Turn Against … Introduce this turn against with a phrase

like: One might object here that... It might seem thatIt's true thatAdmittedly,Of course,

Then you state the case against yourself as briefly but as clearly as you can, pointing to evidence where possible.

Page 6: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

2) The Turn Back

Your return to your own argument must involve careful reasoning. In reasoning about the proposed counter-argument, you may Show why it is mistakenAcknowledge its validity or plausibility, but

suggest why it is less important

Words you could use …but, yet, however, nevertheless or still

Page 7: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

3 Steps to Provide strong counter argument the Opponents

1. Introduce your opponent’s argument.

2. Decide whether it is strong, weak, true or false

3. Provide counter arguments and counter evidence

Page 8: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

Phrases for giving a counter argument

When your opponent’s argument is

true but yours is better:

While it is true that . . ., but … There is some truth to the argument . . .

However, … It is true that . . . However, …

Page 9: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

Phrases for giving a counter argument

When your opponent’s argument might be true but you are not sure:

It may be true that . . ., but… Even if . . ., … Even if it’s true that . . ., …

Page 10: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

Phrases for giving a counter argument

When your opponent’s argument is false:

It is not true that . . . They claim that . . ., but in fact . . .

Page 11: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

How to Include It?

Counter-argument in a speech has two stages: You turn against your argument to challenge itThen you turn back to re-affirm it.

The Turn Against ↓

The Turn Back

Page 12: Counter-arugment. Counter-Argument When you write an academic speech, you make an argument Your thesis statement and support When you counter-argue,

It is true that counter arguments enrich the

argumentative writing;

however, adding a weak counter argument or

overdoing it causes worse results.

Argument Against Argument

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