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DEFENDING A STAND ON AN ISSUE BY

PRESENTING REASONABLE ARGUMENTS


SUPPORTED BY PROPERLY CITED FACTUAL

EVIDENCES

KNOW MORE ON HOW TO DEFEND OR SUPPORT


A STAND ON AN ISSUE
Steps in presenting arguments to defend
or support a stand on an issue:
1. Make Issue Criteria:

■ Is it a real issue with genuine controversy and uncertainty?


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■ • Can I identify at least two distinctive positions?
■
■ • Am I personally interested in advocating one of these positions?
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■ • Is the scope of the issue narrow enough to be manageable?
2. Collect Evidences from Properly –
Cited Sources

■ You can find many different kinds of evidentiary


sources (surveys, descriptive studies, case studies,
academic journals, popular magazines, biographical
information, quotes or summaries of work from
established authorities, statistics, interview of an
authority or ordinary citizen, laboratory research, and
textual analysis)
3. Make an Appeal to Your Audience

Logical appeals are the most common, however, depending on your topic, ethical and
emotional appeals may be used as well. Your claim or position may be supported through
three major types of appeals:

A. Logical Appeals:
- Example: More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the
past decade, and none of them suggests that coconut milk is an effective treatment for hair
loss. In this argument, the peer – reviewed studies are used as factual supports.
B. Emotional Appeals:
Example: How can you say that the government shouldn’t censor the internet?

- Think of the poor children who might be exposed to inappropriate content.


This type of argument attempts to elicit a strong emotional response,
since people will generally want to protect children, and since no one wants
to adopt a stance that will purportedly harm them.
C. Ethical Appeals:

Example: As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course


of treatment will likely generate the best results. Here, people
tend to believe the opinions of doctors in the matter of medical
treatments. The audience consider the argument because of the
credibility of the speaker.
4. Organize your Viewpoints or
Arguments

Introduction:
A. Introduce the topic
B. Provide Background on the topic to explain why it is important
C. Assert the thesis (your view of the issue)
II. Your Arguments:

Assert Points of your claims


1.) Give your educated and informed opinion
2.) Provide support/ proof using more than one
source.
III. Counter Argument:

A. Summarize the counterclaims

B. Provide supporting information for counterclaims

C. Refute the counterclaims

D. Give evidence for argument


IV. Conclusion:

A. Restate your argument

B. Provide a plan of action but do not introduce new information


PRESENTED BY GROUP-7

MEMBERS: MARK LLONARD V. RESTOR


ANN GELLY P. CAGADAS
JELLAN L. LOZADA

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