{"id":120,"date":"2019-12-07T11:36:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T11:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/coreqenglish1\/chapter\/putting-it-together-academic-argument\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:20:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:20:41","slug":"putting-it-together-academic-argument","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/chapter\/putting-it-together-academic-argument\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Academic Argument","rendered":"Putting It Together: Academic Argument"},"content":{"raw":"Now that you have learned the keys to a successful argument, apply them in your own writing. \u00a0As you compose an argument, remember to do the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Construct a thesis that is focused, debatable, assertive, reasonable, and able to be supported with evidence;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Avoid logical fallacies, such as post hoc, straw man, false dichotomy, bandwagon, ad hominem, hasty generalization, 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