{"id":136,"date":"2022-01-31T13:07:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T18:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/?post_type=chapter&p=136"},"modified":"2023-11-30T12:48:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T17:48:00","slug":"types-of-evidence","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/chapter\/types-of-evidence\/","title":{"raw":"Components of an Argument","rendered":"Components of an Argument"},"content":{"raw":"When you argue with friends about something that\u2019s uncertain or that needs to be decided, the components that make up these discussions are similar to the ones you\u2019ll use in your scholarly writing.\r\n\r\nFor instance, the question gets things started off. The claim, or [pb_glossary id=\"1385\"]thesis[\/pb_glossary], tells people what you consider a true way of describing a thing, situation, relationship, or phenomenon or what action you think should be taken. The reservations, alternatives, and objections that someone else brings up in your sources (or that you imagine your readers logically might have) allow you to demonstrate how your reasons and evidence (maybe) overcome that kind of thinking\u2014and (you hope) your claim\/thesis comes out stronger for having withstood that test.\r\n
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\r\n\r\nThis section on making an argument was developed with the help of \u201cMaking Good Arguments\u201d in The Craft of Research, by Wayne Booth, Gregory Colomb, and Joseph Williams, University of Chicago Press, 2003.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n
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Argument as a Dialog<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<\/header>\r\n
\r\n\r\nHere\u2019s a dialog of an argument, with the most important components labeled. <\/strong>\"Two<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nYou can also look at this \"Argument as Dialog\" example by downloading it as a Word document.<\/a>\r\n
Try this mini-quiz:<\/h5>\r\n[h5p id=\"21\"]\r\n

Adaptations<\/h1>\r\nThis section has been adapted from The Purpose of Academic Argument<\/a> and\u00a0Components 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.\r\n

References<\/h1>\r\nBooth W., Colomb, G. & Williams, J. (2003). The Craft of Research. University of Chicago Press<\/em>.","rendered":"

When you argue with friends about something that\u2019s uncertain or that needs to be decided, the components that make up these discussions are similar to the ones you\u2019ll use in your scholarly writing.<\/p>\n

For instance, the question gets things started off. The claim, or thesis<\/a>, tells people what you consider a true way of describing a thing, situation, relationship, or phenomenon or what action you think should be taken. The reservations, alternatives, and objections that someone else brings up in your sources (or that you imagine your readers logically might have) allow you to demonstrate how your reasons and evidence (maybe) overcome that kind of thinking\u2014and (you hope) your claim\/thesis comes out stronger for having withstood that test.<\/p>\n

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NOTE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This section on making an argument was developed with the help of \u201cMaking Good Arguments\u201d in The Craft of Research, by Wayne Booth, Gregory Colomb, and Joseph Williams, University of Chicago Press, 2003.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Argument as a Dialog<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n
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Here\u2019s a dialog of an argument, with the most important components labeled. <\/strong>\"Two<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

You can also look at this “Argument as Dialog” example by downloading it as a Word document.<\/a><\/p>\n

Try this mini-quiz:<\/h5>\n
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