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Step 1 Review Lectures on Counter Arguments
Watch and read the lectures careful
Step 1 Review Lectures on Counter Arguments
Watch and read the lectures carefully. Links to an external site.
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How to Write a Counterargument
Writing Counter Argument Paragraphs
Step 2 Think through these questions. . .
Think about your thesis in Project 3: How does unequal opportunity affect students? And, is it be a deciding factor in their educational success? Why, or why not?
Then, think about the opposing viewpoint. If you argued that unequal opportunity affects students educational success, why would someone think not? If you argued that unequal opportunity does not affect student success, why would someone argue that is does?
To help you think it through, answer the following questions:
What was your argument (thesis) in Project 3?
What reasonable claims have others made that contradict your argument? List at least 2. Look at the opposing article to help you find opposing reasons. You could use these claims as your counter arguments. Remember that the counter argument is more than just stating the opposite viewpoint. A counter argument provides a logical reason and evidence to support that counter argument. Then, it is your job to refute that reason and explain how it is not logical.
How could you refute the counter argument? What points could you make and which pieces of evidence could help you support your counter argument?
Step 3 Complete the following activity
For our purposes, we will keep the counter argument to one sentence. We will add the counter argument to one of our body paragraphs. The counter argument should come in as the first sentence, before the Point. Then, the Point refutes the counter argument and proves you are right.
Things to remember:
The counter argument for our purposes will be only one sentence. We will not provide Information or Explanation about the counter argument. We will only mention it, right before the Point.
The counter argument should provide a reason, not just state the opposite thesis.
Your Point will work to prove the counter argument wrong. Your reason in that body paragraph should directly respond to the reason in the counter argument.
Make sure your paragraph follows the sample. Don’t forget to highlight.
Copy one of your paragraphs from the Writing Project 3 timed writing into a doc.
Add a one sentence counter argument before the Point (Topic Sentence). Then, add a transition word to move from the counter argument to the Point.
Highlight the counter argument in yellow and the transition word in pink.
Sample:
Some experts argue that social media helps justice campaigns because it allows people to connects and communicate better. However, social media campaigns are hurt real social justice because they create weak connections, failing to inspire true action. In the article “Small Change”by Malcolm Gladwell, a renown journalist for The New Yorker, the author makes the claim that social media does not foster strong commitments. He says, “The platforms of social media are built around weak ties. “How [do] the [social media] campaigns get so many people to sign up? By not asking too much of them” (3). Gladwell is pointing out that the reason people so easily commit to social justice campaigns online is that they are not really committing to much, meaning that the connection they make by liking or retweeting a hashtag is weak and will therefore not lead to any meaningful action. When social media users are asked to do something by a stranger, they do not develop the necessary commitment to follow through. This idea of weak relationships crosses over to lead to weak campaigns and weak pledges, and these weaknesses ultimately hurt real social justice campaigns by never fostering the commitment needed to secure real change.
**Note that the writer here thinks argues that social media is bad for justice campaigns. In the counter argument, he or she gives a reason why some people may think social media is helpful, but then in the Point, he or she quickly gives a reason to respond to the counter and prove it wrong.
**Note that the rest of the body paragraph is just a regular paragraph that proves the writer’s Point. It does NOT give information or prove on the counter.
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