{"id":213,"date":"2021-03-30T16:31:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T16:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/?post_type=chapter&p=213"},"modified":"2021-09-27T18:18:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T18:18:30","slug":"introduction-to-what-is-academic-argument","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/chapter\/introduction-to-what-is-academic-argument\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to What is Academic Argument?","rendered":"Introduction to What is Academic Argument?"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_2658\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"400\"]\"Highway \"Because I said so\" is a fine reason in some arguments, but not in academic arguments.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIf you\u2019re having an argument with a friend or family member, you don\u2019t always have to follow the rules of logic. In a pinch, you can resort to \u201cBecause I said so,\u201d or \u201cMy house, my rules,\u201d or \u201cEveryone\u2019s entitled to their own opinion.\u201d This is the first clue that academic argument isn\u2019t the same as an argument about who should do the dishes or take out the trash. In fact, what academics call an \u201cargument\u201d isn\u2019t like an everyday argument at all, in the sense of a heated disagreement about something. In some ways, academic argument is the opposite of this kind of disagreement: instead of an angry exchange of words, academic argument calmly lays out the reasons why the reader should agree with the position being argued.\r\n\r\nIn this section we look at those elements that create an effective argument and start to think about how you can begin developing an argument worth writing about.","rendered":"
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“Because I said so” is a fine reason in some arguments, but not in academic arguments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

If you\u2019re having an argument with a friend or family member, you don\u2019t always have to follow the rules of logic. In a pinch, you can resort to \u201cBecause I said so,\u201d or \u201cMy house, my rules,\u201d or \u201cEveryone\u2019s entitled to their own opinion.\u201d This is the first clue that academic argument isn\u2019t the same as an argument about who should do the dishes or take out the trash. In fact, what academics call an \u201cargument\u201d isn\u2019t like an everyday argument at all, in the sense of a heated disagreement about something. In some ways, academic argument is the opposite of this kind of disagreement: instead of an angry exchange of words, academic argument calmly lays out the reasons why the reader should agree with the position being argued.<\/p>\n

In this section we look at those elements that create an effective argument and start to think about how you can begin developing an argument worth writing about.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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