<\/a><\/p>\nIn this chapter, we’ll be looking at argument. Why? Well, because most writing that you will do, whether it is a scientific article, a lab report, a blog or an Instagram post promoting a fundraiser, contains some type of argument. Heck, arguments are all around us: influencing us, trying to get us to buy, to act, to change our minds. Studying arguments and how they work is extremely important, not only for your time at university, but for most of your life beyond.<\/p>\nNearly all scholarly writing makes an argument. That\u2019s because its purpose is to create and share new knowledge so it can be debated in order to confirm, dis-confirm, or improve it. That arguing takes place mostly in journals and scholarly books and at conferences. It\u2019s called the scholarly conversation.<\/p>\nJust like your professors\u2019 journal articles or scholarly books, your scholarly writing adds your voice to the conversation and should make an argument. Realizing that your final product for your research project is to make an argument gives you a big head start\u2014you know that the sources you\u2019re going to need are those that will help you write the components<\/a> of an argument for your reader.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nQuestions for Reflection:<\/span><\/p>\n\nDo you form more effective arguments in writing or in person?<\/li>\nIn general, are arguments that appeal more to your emotions or to your logic and reason more effective in persuading you?<\/li>\nHow does the target audience of your writing shape your decisions about how to form an argument?<\/li>\nAre all arguments equal and worthy of consideration?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nAdaptations<\/h1>\nThis section has been adapted from The Purpose of an Argument<\/a> in Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research<\/a> by Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.<\/p>\nMedia Attributions<\/h2>speech bubbles<\/a> © geralt<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Group of people with speech bubbles<\/a> © studiogstock, freepik.com<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Think<\/a> © Kirby Wu<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li><\/ul><\/div>definition<\/span>The different parts or sections of an argument.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>×<\/span>Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1076,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-134","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":110,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions\/2005"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/110"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In this chapter, we’ll be looking at argument. Why? Well, because most writing that you will do, whether it is a scientific article, a lab report, a blog or an Instagram post promoting a fundraiser, contains some type of argument. Heck, arguments are all around us: influencing us, trying to get us to buy, to act, to change our minds. Studying arguments and how they work is extremely important, not only for your time at university, but for most of your life beyond.<\/p>\n
Nearly all scholarly writing makes an argument. That\u2019s because its purpose is to create and share new knowledge so it can be debated in order to confirm, dis-confirm, or improve it. That arguing takes place mostly in journals and scholarly books and at conferences. It\u2019s called the scholarly conversation.<\/p>\n
Just like your professors\u2019 journal articles or scholarly books, your scholarly writing adds your voice to the conversation and should make an argument. Realizing that your final product for your research project is to make an argument gives you a big head start\u2014you know that the sources you\u2019re going to need are those that will help you write the components<\/a> of an argument for your reader.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nQuestions for Reflection:<\/span><\/p>\n\nDo you form more effective arguments in writing or in person?<\/li>\nIn general, are arguments that appeal more to your emotions or to your logic and reason more effective in persuading you?<\/li>\nHow does the target audience of your writing shape your decisions about how to form an argument?<\/li>\nAre all arguments equal and worthy of consideration?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nAdaptations<\/h1>\nThis section has been adapted from The Purpose of an Argument<\/a> in Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research<\/a> by Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.<\/p>\nMedia Attributions<\/h2>speech bubbles<\/a> © geralt<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Group of people with speech bubbles<\/a> © studiogstock, freepik.com<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Think<\/a> © Kirby Wu<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li><\/ul><\/div>definition<\/span>The different parts or sections of an argument.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>×<\/span>Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1076,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-134","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":110,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions\/2005"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/110"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nQuestions for Reflection:<\/span><\/p>\n\nDo you form more effective arguments in writing or in person?<\/li>\nIn general, are arguments that appeal more to your emotions or to your logic and reason more effective in persuading you?<\/li>\nHow does the target audience of your writing shape your decisions about how to form an argument?<\/li>\nAre all arguments equal and worthy of consideration?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nAdaptations<\/h1>\nThis section has been adapted from The Purpose of an Argument<\/a> in Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research<\/a> by Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.<\/p>\nMedia Attributions<\/h2>speech bubbles<\/a> © geralt<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Group of people with speech bubbles<\/a> © studiogstock, freepik.com<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Think<\/a> © Kirby Wu<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li><\/ul><\/div>definition<\/span>The different parts or sections of an argument.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>×<\/span>Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1076,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-134","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":110,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions\/2005"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/110"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a><\/p>\n\nQuestions for Reflection:<\/span><\/p>\n\nDo you form more effective arguments in writing or in person?<\/li>\nIn general, are arguments that appeal more to your emotions or to your logic and reason more effective in persuading you?<\/li>\nHow does the target audience of your writing shape your decisions about how to form an argument?<\/li>\nAre all arguments equal and worthy of consideration?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nAdaptations<\/h1>\nThis section has been adapted from The Purpose of an Argument<\/a> in Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research<\/a> by Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.<\/p>\nMedia Attributions<\/h2>speech bubbles<\/a> © geralt<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Group of people with speech bubbles<\/a> © studiogstock, freepik.com<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Think<\/a> © Kirby Wu<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li><\/ul><\/div>definition<\/span>The different parts or sections of an argument.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>×<\/span>Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1076,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-134","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":110,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions\/2005"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/110"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Questions for Reflection:<\/span><\/p>\n\nDo you form more effective arguments in writing or in person?<\/li>\nIn general, are arguments that appeal more to your emotions or to your logic and reason more effective in persuading you?<\/li>\nHow does the target audience of your writing shape your decisions about how to form an argument?<\/li>\nAre all arguments equal and worthy of consideration?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nAdaptations<\/h1>\nThis section has been adapted from The Purpose of an Argument<\/a> in Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research<\/a> by Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.<\/p>\nMedia Attributions<\/h2>speech bubbles<\/a> © geralt<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Group of people with speech bubbles<\/a> © studiogstock, freepik.com<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Think<\/a> © Kirby Wu<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li><\/ul><\/div>definition<\/span>The different parts or sections of an argument.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>×<\/span>Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1076,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-134","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":110,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions\/2005"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/110"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
This section has been adapted from The Purpose of an Argument<\/a> in Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research<\/a> by Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.<\/p>\nMedia Attributions<\/h2>speech bubbles<\/a> © geralt<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Group of people with speech bubbles<\/a> © studiogstock, freepik.com<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li>Think<\/a> © Kirby Wu<\/a> is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution)<\/a> license<\/li><\/ul><\/div>definition<\/span>The different parts or sections of an argument.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>×<\/span>Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1076,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-134","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":110,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/revisions\/2005"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/110"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/134\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The different parts or sections of an argument.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\r\n\r\nIn this chapter, we'll be looking at argument. Why? Well, because most writing that you will do, whether it is a scientific article, a lab report, a blog or an Instagram post promoting a fundraiser, contains some type of argument. Heck, arguments are all around us: influencing us, trying to get us to buy, to act, to change our minds. Studying arguments and how they work is extremely important, not only for your time at university, but for most of your life beyond.\r\n\r\nNearly all scholarly writing makes an argument. That\u2019s because its purpose is to create and share new knowledge so it can be debated in order to confirm, dis-confirm, or improve it. That arguing takes place mostly in journals and scholarly books and at conferences. It\u2019s called the scholarly conversation.\r\n\r\nJust like your professors\u2019 journal articles or scholarly books, your scholarly writing adds your voice to the conversation and should make an argument. Realizing that your final product for your research project is to make an argument gives you a big head start\u2014you know that the sources you\u2019re going to need are those that will help you write the [pb_glossary id=\"1380\"]components[\/pb_glossary] of an argument for your reader.\r\n\r\n![\"group](\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/01\/group-of-people-with-speech-bubbles-scaled.jpg\")
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