Please go through pages 41-46 in order to do the bio-medical essay. Make sure to submit a perfect work as the professor request in page 41. Do not pick up
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Film Essay Due With Assignment Set 1 (#’s 1-18 and any extra credit Asmts ),
SECTION 2.
BIO MEDICAL ARGUMENT / CLASSICAL ARGUMENT FORM
Review of Academic Argument
THE GOAL OF AN ACADEMIC ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY IS TO “PERSUADE”
This persuasion is in the form of academic argument—which is structured argument, based on logic, evidence, analyses,
and consideration of major viewpoints—even opposing views (O.V’s)—so the OV’s can be refuted (argued against
successfully)
This form of argumentation is much different than you might see in the “real world”—where argumentation,
unfortunately, may often involve threats, lies, misrepresentations, distortions, and logical disconnections….
ACADEMIC ARGUMENT and CLASSICAL ARGUMENTATION is based on logic, clarity, fairness, and
evidence. If you believe a position is true/most correct, you should be able to find the evidence and present the analysis
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to support that—as well as explain why your position is more valid than others--which may involve a number of different
types of viewpoints (ethical, factual, emotional), etc.
>>>>If a person wants to persuade someone else about something, and only argues his/her side of the issue, the listener is
always wondering What about other opnions? Or Why do some people disagree with this position? The classical
argument overcomes these issues by literally presenting both the argument AND the opposing views (which are later
refuted/argued against), in order to persuade the reader that the writer’s argumentative position is, overall, better (more
persuasive) than the OV’s…
Note that the argumentative position is not necessarily simplistic. For example, you don’t don’t need to convince the
reader that your position is correct all the time, but that overall it is the best position—if the goal of proving “overall best”
(as opposed to “always right”) is be established in the thesis.
The THESIS of the argument clearly states your argumentative position. The thesis does not merely introduce the
issue, or claim that people are confused what position to have, or merely mention that the topic is complicated. THE
THESIS PRECISELY STATES WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO PROVE TO THE READER.
The structure of a classical argument is very formal. It is a format which is most respected, and in many ways similar to
courtroom processes. Following the thesis, there are THREE logical positions in the essay: your arguments,
consideration of opposing views, and refutation (arguing against the opposing views). Then there is the conclusion,
which sums up your position, and adds a final commentary, prediction, or closing statement
Following is a general guide to the classical argument structure. Your essay MUST follow this guide. Note that it
involves the three positions mention above, but that that opposing views and refutations come together—typically in a
single paragraph containing one opposing view and its correlating refutaions.
Often, the effectiveness of the argumentation is often based on the effectiveness of research sources used.
This is true in many court cases as well—the winning party is often the one which has the best expert
witnesses and data presentation.
An argument is also known as an “appeal”—you are appealing to the reader to agree with you.
Often, a given argument may have simultaneous types of appeals. You are not restricted to a certain type. Choose the
arguments that you feel overall are best. Appeals may be to logic, ethics, or emotion. In the biomedical essay, most of
your arguments should be based in scientific logica/data. (In a philosophy class, some arguments might be based
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