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1、ContemporaryCollegeEnglishIntermediateWriting,BookTwoUnitThree:PopIconsandHeroesMaintasksTolearn1)howtosupportyouclaiminanargumentativeessay2)theuseoflanguage(conciseness)I.Revision:Argumentation1.Essentialelementsofargumentation1)Theissue2)Theclaim3)Thesupporttypesofsu
2、pport–reasons,evidence,emotionalappeal)4)RefutationTheclaiminanargumentativeessay1)Itisthepointofviewtheauthortriestoproveabouttheissue,thatis,theauthor’sviewontheissue(thethesisstatement)2)Aclaimisbasicallycomposedoftwoparts:thefirstpartistheissueunderthediscussionandt
3、hesecondpartisthecommentorthejudgmentontheissue.3)Itisnotobjective/impartial,butsubjectivelyassertedbytheauthor,basedonhis/herspecificknowledgestructure,valuesystem,etc.4)Aclaiminargumentationismeanttobepresentedfor“publicacceptance”-anyclaimthatclasheswiththebasicinter
4、estsandprinciplesofthetargetedpublicismostlikelytoberejected(basedonthepublicgood)5)Itrequiressupportiveevidencetoshowtotheaudience/readersthatitiswell-foundedandtrustworthy.Typesofclaims[seep.26-]Claimsinargumentationareusuallyclassifiedintothreetypes,eachwithadifferen
5、tquestiontoaddress:aclaimoffactaclaimofvalueaclaimofpolicy1).AclaimoffactA)Itreferstothetypeofclaimanauthormakesaboutacertainfact;inotherwords,itisastatementaboutthestatusorconditionsofafact.B)Asaclaimoffactconcernsthefactualstatusofanissue,tojustifyitrequiresonetodemon
6、stratehowtrueitisinrealityAclaimoffactcanonlybesupportedbyfactualevidencea)directfactualevidence(statistics,hardproof,etc.)b)indirectfactualevidence(authority,inferencesbasedonknownfacts)C)Aclaimoffactshouldnotbeconfusedwiththefactitself.a)aclaimoffactisamentalinterpret
7、ationofacertainreality;areportoradescriptionaboutafact,usuallybasedontheauthor’sbelief,outlook,wayofperception,knowledgestructure,etc.b)theauthoractuallygivesthefactastrongsubjectivecoloring.2)Aclaimofvalue-ItisdifferentfromaclaimoffactA)Notastatementaboutthetruthfulnes
8、soffactsB)Notintendtoassertwhethersomethinghasexisted,exists,orwillexist,butusedtomakejudgmentsC)Toexpressone’
