Rules for Writers Chapter 47

In this weeks reading we read chapter 47. The first thing they talked about was coming up with a good reasonable argument. People may disagree on some questions, but that is how it is always going to go. When your making a good argument your goal is not just to win the debate, or for you to get the last word in. Your goal is to bring new ideas and add information into the debate, and to explain your own understanding of the truth about the subject that your doing your debate on. There are different ways people view arguments, in a social way and a intellectual way. You need to get your research before you start to prepare for your debate, you need to make sure that you know that the audience doesn’t already agree with you or is on your side. Because you’re the one who needs to make up their minds by what you say. In the introduction you need to state your position on the issue, you need to establish your credibility, which shows them a common ground between you and the audience so your argument is believable. You want to add persuasive sentences through out your argument. Those sentence will help a lot and will strengthen your case. They talked about different ways of stating facts, examples, statistics, and expert opinions. By doing that it will really help your debate. After all this they talk about the opposing arguments. Which to me might be the most important part of your case. You really need to make sure you attempt to review the opposing arguments and counter them because this will help out your side by maybe proving them wrong. You will need to establish your purpose, demonstrate the significance of the issue your debating over, and doing so will strengthen your case!! I remember taking a debate class and it was in the summer so it was a very short class, and we didnt get to learn that much at all. But if i used these tips when i was getting ready for my debate it probably would of helped me out alot. When they were talking about using statistics and expert examples and stuff like, it really does make a different and does strengthen your debate!