ANALYZING ARGUMENTS IN MANIFESTOS

This refers to a published statement or declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer on a topic, be it an individual, group, political party or government.

• Position Paper

• Argument

• Manifesto

• Reasoning

A type of argument that proceeds from general ideas or facts to specific inferences.

• Deductive argument

• Inductive argument

• Claim

• Red herring

A type of manifesto containing set of rules for behaving within a specific context or a list of items to be achieved or tasks to be fullfilled

• World

• List and rules

• Goal

• Argument

A statement can only be considered an argument if it presents proof or evidences, however, if it does not, it is only a mere opinion.

• True

• False

When you look for information on current issues, this type of source is the best option to choose for your evidence in your argumentative text.

• books, government reports

• academic journals

• government agencies and associations

• newspapers and magazines

A kind of writing where students establish a position in a given topic and then use evidence to persuade the readers to see things from their point of view.

• Academic writing

• Argumentative writing

• Creative writing

• Professional writing

Which one is the first step on analyzing an argument in a text?

• Write down every other reason.

• Make a note of the first reason the author makes to support his/her conclusion

• Briefly note the main assertion

• Underline the most important reason

It is a method of presenting an argument which simply involves giving logical explanation ot the argument.

• Reasoning

• Evidence

• Appeal

• Claim

These are the evidences that come in various forms including specific examples, quotes, and ideas from scholars, statistics, data, testimonies, narratives and facts.

• Claim

• Appeal

• Conclusion

• Premise

The song entitled "The Argument Song", which talks about background on writing proper arguments, was written and performed by who?

• Ms. MCaw

• Ms. Martin

• Ms. McCann

• Ms. McColough