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Structuring academic arguments

LSC401 · Academic Writing and Research Skills — Week 11 of 16

CourseLSC401
Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Structuring academic arguments

  1. Claim, evidence, and warrant frameworks
  2. Formulating counterarguments and rebuttals
  3. Paragraph structure and cohesion
  4. Designing an argument outline for a specified topic
  5. Structuring an argument in writing
  6. Structuring an argument

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Explain the key components of a reliable and valid academic argument.
  • 4.3 Suggest an argument structure for a given topic.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the key components of a reliable and valid academic argument.

Study materials

Videos

  • Structuring an argument in writing · YouTube · Mark Saunders on Research Methods · 10 min · for registered students
  • Structuring an argument · YouTube · Akademiskt skrivande/Academic Writing · 5 min · for registered students
  • The Academic Writing Sandwich | How To Write A Paragraph · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 5 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 10: Position Argument: Practicing the Art of Rhetoric · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 327–364 · for registered students
  • Writing for Success, ch. 9.2: Writing body paragraphs · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 345–352 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Introduction to academic research and writing
  • Week 2: Academic writing conventions
  • Week 3: Types of academic research
  • Week 4: The academic research process
  • Week 5: Primary and secondary research methodologies
  • Week 6: Evaluating sources of information
  • Week 7: Foundations of critical thinking
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Critical thinking skills and argument evaluation
  • Week 10: Logic and principles of academic argumentation
  • Week 11: Structuring academic arguments
  • Week 12: Applying Academic Writing and Research Skills in practice: …
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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