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The Art of Effective Argumentation

• Posted by Brian Coffey July 30, 2020 Filed in Arts & Culture 617 views
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  Argumentation is a skill that every student must have either through the help of writing argumentative essays or tackling various real-life problems. We don’t realize but we are in a constant state of argumentation with ourselves and with others, every decision seems to have various sides to surface as your decision, or as a decision taken by more than one person. Choices have a reason behind them, some of these are conscious choices, and some subliminal. A free essay writer must take on the problem and explain it to the readers.

   

  Many lacking reasoning skills often give up too early and consult an essay writing service to write their essays for you. They should realize that reasoning is a skill that can be learned and perfected. Though you will find some people more naturally attuned to logical reasoning and thinking, every person can demonstrate the same level of reasoning. A good way to start is by following various argumentation techniques and variants, such as the classical Aristotelian Method, that is still relevant and will always be. 

   

  

   

  One such method is Monroe’s Motivated Sequence and here we will take a look at how it can be used in our essay argumentation.

  Get the attention of the reader

  The first step of the sequence is to get the readers’ attention. You must be well aquatinted with these ideas by your practice essay hooks over several essays.

   

  The problem should be presented to the reader as a matter that needs their attention and one that can’t be ignored. This problem is then supported by evidence that backs your claim; the evidence can be a statistic, an observation, a question, or a scenario, that produces the effect of shock and alarm in the readers. 

  Establish the need for a solution or a resolution

  In this part rather than stepping right into the solution,  will emphasize the need for one by telling and showing the reader the consequences and the imminent conclusion that will come out of, ignoring the problem at hand. 

   

  Bring in your readers to the conversation and tell them how the problem at hand can affect them, directly or indirectly. This will drive the importance of tackling the subject at hand and will prep them to receive the solution. 

   

  You should try to provide the reader with statistics and scenarios to back your claims.

  Provide your solution or synthesis

  Now that you have created the need for the solution in the readers, it is time for you to satisfy the need by providing your solution or the synthesis that will tackle the problem,

   

  The solution should be clearly explained and elaborated to the reader, supported by examples and predicted scenarios. You should shape the solution such that you tackle each aspect of the problem either in parts or all together. This shall be supported by various examples in the past, statistics from scholarly sources, and expert opinions. Lastly, you should end the section by tackling the counters to your solution, effectively showing the reader how and why they fail to undermine the solution.  

   

  Help readers picture the outcome and the call for action

  The last section will demonstrate to the readers the outcomes of heeding to as well as ignoring your advice. The two scenarios will be presented to the reader with little to no exaggeration, but with the minimum and the maximum possible effects presented. Both the negative and positive outcomes will be contrasted to the reader. 

   

  Lastly, this will be followed by a call for action from your readers, starting from the urgent tasks to the longterm objectives.