Today I ran a workshop for my freshmen on argumentative writing, so this seems appropriate:
Remember folks, an argument is "a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition" not "the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes."
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Thank you Mr. Lynch you just made my morning.
Remember folks, an argument is "a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition"
No it _isn't_.
Sorry, I'm just arguing in my spare time.
Will not.....get sucked....into....geek........vortex...........
Yes you will.
Will not.....get sucked....into....geek........vortex...........
That happened to me a long time ago. Allow me to illustrate:
As soon as I saw the You Tube frame, I busted out laughing because I knew right away, without having to scroll down or play the video, that it was "The Argument Sketch."