{"id":72,"date":"2017-06-19T22:54:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T22:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-writing100\/chapter\/further-your-understanding-refutation-and-rebuttal\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T22:24:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:24:59","slug":"further-your-understanding-refutation-and-rebuttal","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/chapter\/further-your-understanding-refutation-and-rebuttal\/","title":{"raw":"Further Your Understanding: Refutation and Rebuttal","rendered":"Further Your Understanding: Refutation and Rebuttal"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Recognize strategies for rebuttal and refutation of counterargument<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Evaluate strategies for rebuttal and refutation of counterargument<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nNow let\u2019s take a look at examples of rebuttal and refutation to further your understanding:\r\n\r\nFelix is writing his argument paper on why his university should not have cut funding to the school\u2019s library. His arguable thesis reads as follows: Because Northern State University has a mission statement that includes becoming a Research 1 (R1) institution, full funding should be restored to the library to ensure faculty and students have adequate resources to enhance their research agendas.\r\n\r\nFelix has done his research, and he knows that a couple of the main counterarguments are that the school needs funds to renovate the student union and to construct a new building for the Engineering Department. Thus, he can anticipate counterarguments and include them in his paper. While Felix cannot prove beyond doubt that the school should use more funding for the library instead of to address other needs, he can try to make the case.\r\n\r\nRead over Felix\u2019s passage below to see how he strengthens his case, and note the annotations to help you see parts of the formula in action:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1716\/2017\/06\/19152825\/rebuttal-annotated1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the PDF of these examples<\/a>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2542 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2097\/2017\/06\/19225443\/refutation-annotated-11.png\" alt=\"Visit the link to the PDF for a screen reader version of this image's text.\" width=\"1631\" height=\"461\" \/>\r\n\r\nNow let\u2019s take a look at another example:\r\n\r\nJanae is also writing her argument paper on why NSU should not have cut funding to the library. During her research, though, she found evidence that some people on campus feel that the library has been careless with previous funding by mismanaging a $200,000 direct donation. Janae looked closer into the library budget, however, and found that the $200,000 donation was used to establish an emergency account for future years when funding did not meet their anticipated needs. Janae included as a source an editorial from the school newspaper written by a non-library faculty member who argued that since the library squandered $200,000, it should lose funding in favor of the student union and new Engineering building.\r\n\r\nSee Janae\u2019s example in the passage below, and again, read over the annotations to see how she uses parts of the formula:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2543 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2097\/2017\/06\/19225446\/refutation-annotated-21.png\" alt=\"Visit the link to the PDF for a screen reader version of this image's text.\" width=\"1623\" height=\"496\" \/>Notice how each student has a different goal and approach, yet they both still use parts of the formula to help them accomplish their rhetorical aims.","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize strategies for rebuttal and refutation of counterargument<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate strategies for rebuttal and refutation of counterargument<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now let\u2019s take a look at examples of rebuttal and refutation to further your understanding:<\/p>\n<p>Felix is writing his argument paper on why his university should not have cut funding to the school\u2019s library. His arguable thesis reads as follows: Because Northern State University has a mission statement that includes becoming a Research 1 (R1) institution, full funding should be restored to the library to ensure faculty and students have adequate resources to enhance their research agendas.<\/p>\n<p>Felix has done his research, and he knows that a couple of the main counterarguments are that the school needs funds to renovate the student union and to construct a new building for the Engineering Department. Thus, he can anticipate counterarguments and include them in his paper. While Felix cannot prove beyond doubt that the school should use more funding for the library instead of to address other needs, he can try to make the case.<\/p>\n<p>Read over Felix\u2019s passage below to see how he strengthens his case, and note the annotations to help you see parts of the formula in action:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1716\/2017\/06\/19152825\/rebuttal-annotated1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the PDF of these examples<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2542 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2097\/2017\/06\/19225443\/refutation-annotated-11.png\" alt=\"Visit the link to the PDF for a screen reader version of this image's text.\" width=\"1631\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s take a look at another example:<\/p>\n<p>Janae is also writing her argument paper on why NSU should not have cut funding to the library. During her research, though, she found evidence that some people on campus feel that the library has been careless with previous funding by mismanaging a $200,000 direct donation. Janae looked closer into the library budget, however, and found that the $200,000 donation was used to establish an emergency account for future years when funding did not meet their anticipated needs. Janae included as a source an editorial from the school newspaper written by a non-library faculty member who argued that since the library squandered $200,000, it should lose funding in favor of the student union and new Engineering building.<\/p>\n<p>See Janae\u2019s example in the passage below, and again, read over the annotations to see how she uses parts of the formula:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2543 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2097\/2017\/06\/19225446\/refutation-annotated-21.png\" alt=\"Visit the link to the PDF for a screen reader version of this image's text.\" width=\"1623\" height=\"496\" \/>Notice how each student has a different goal and approach, yet they both still use parts of the formula to help them accomplish their rhetorical aims.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-72\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Rebuttal and Refutation. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: University of Mississippi. <strong>Project<\/strong>: PLATO Project. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":163,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Rebuttal and Refutation\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"University of Mississippi\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"PLATO Project\",\"license\":\"cc-by-sa\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"017dcb21-bda5-4c3f-a1e2-7432dac3ad5f, 41fddd1e-3ca6-4f6f-b322-9c80405766ca, 3bb70798-f71a-4bb7-8ef7-e9061870470b","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-72","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":48,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1652,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/72\/revisions\/1652"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/48"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/72\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}