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    This document provides a lesson on persuasion and building arguments. It discusses what persuasion is, where it takes place, and how to persuade an audience. The document also covers how to build a position, including reading widely on a topic, brainstorming ideas, creating assertions with evidence, using credible resources, anticipating counterarguments, and writing a position paper. It emphasizes that a strong argument contains an assertion, evidence, and explanation and reviews these concepts.

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    This document provides a lesson on persuasion and building arguments. It discusses what persuasion is, where it takes place, and how to persuade an audience. The document also covers how to build a position, including reading widely on a topic, brainstorming ideas, creating assertions with evidence, using credible resources, anticipating counterarguments, and writing a position paper. It emphasizes that a strong argument contains an assertion, evidence, and explanation and reviews these concepts.

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    This document provides a lesson on persuasion and building arguments. It discusses what persuasion is, where it takes place, and how to persuade an audience. The document also covers how to build a position, including reading widely on a topic, brainstorming ideas, creating assertions with evidence, using credible resources, anticipating counterarguments, and writing a position paper. It emphasizes that a strong argument contains an assertion, evidence, and explanation and reviews these concepts.

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    LESSON 1
    The Importance of
    Being Persuasive
    What is persuasion?
    Persuasion is:……
    1. bring your audience
    to believe as you do
    and/or
    Persuasion is:……
    2. influence your
    audience to take
    action.
    Where does
    persuasion take place?
    EXAMPLE:
    * You want to convince your
    teacher that more time is
    needed to complete a class
    project.
    EXAMPLE:
    * You wish to convince your
    parents that you should be
    able to attend a local
    concert.
    Each of these situations
    calls for you to persuade
    your audience. In order to
    persuade you would have
    to:
    1. Awaken a belief on
    the part of your listeners
    that what you are
    proposing is a good
    idea.
    2. Show the audience
    that you have a well-
    thought-out plan of
    action available.
    3. Be able to convince
    your audience that your
    plan of action is realistic
    and the right thing to do.
    4. Be able to “push
    the right buttons,” or
    know your audience.
    LESSON 2:
    How To Build a
    Position
    1. What is argument?
    2. Do you think
    arguments should
    contain logic?
    3. Why do people
    argue?
    4. Can arguing ever result
    in something positive?
    5. Do you think
    hearing arguments can
    be educational?
    Lesson 2:
    How To Build a
    Position
    Reading text:
    How To Build a
    Position
    Explore:
    The first thing that you must do
    when you build a position is to
    read widely about the topic
    Brainstorm:
    After gathering all the positions
    and evidences you need,
    brainstorm with a friend about
    the ideas you have found.
    Create Assertions:
    Assertions are opinions
    that people may or may
    not agree with.
    Gather the Evidence:
    After writing one’s assertions,
    one must gather the evidence
    to prove each point.
    Have Credible
    Resources:
    Give examples of
    credible resources?
    •Laws
    •Academic journals
    •books
    •Books
    •Articles from
    reputable newspapers
    •Magazines
    •Media resources
    Refine the argument
    Three elements of
    Arguments:
    Prepare for the
    Opposition
    Refine the argument
    1. Assertion
    2. Evidence
    3. explanation
    1. A position will
    always have a
    negation of that same
    position.
    2. List down some of
    their strongest points.
    Write the Position
    Paper
    Writing the position
    paper entails using all
    of your persuasive
    skills.
    Let’s review
    1. What are the
    three parts of an
    argument?
    1. assertion,
    evidence, and
    explanation
    2. What is a
    position paper?
    2. position paper
    entails using all of
    your persuasive.
    3. What is the
    difference between a
    statement of fact and a
    statement of opinion?
    3. A statement of fact is something one
    cannot dispute, as it can be proven to be
    categorically true, while a statement of
    opinion can be disputed, as it is an assertion
    that may or may not have evidence to back it
    up, such as, “The color blue was not
    recognized as a color in ancient times.
    4. How can you tell
    whether your sources
    are credible?
    4. The more credible sources come
    from governments, respected non-
    government organizations such as
    the United Nations, and academic
    journal articles.
    4. What is the danger
    when using the
    Internet as a source?
    4. There are many
    pieces of
    misinformation, and
    outright lies.
    5. Why are persuasion and
    the skill of argumentation
    important academic
    exercises in our society?
    5. Why are persuasion and
    the skill of argumentation
    important academic
    exercises in our society?
    GROUP ACTIVITY
    With your group, choose
    an editorial from a
    newspaper. Break down the
    arguments of the editorial
    by filling in the worksheet
    ASSERTION EVIDENCE EXPLANATION IS THE
    ARGUMENT
    VALID? WHY OR
    WHY NOT?
           
     
     
     

           
     
     
     

           
     
     

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