Unit14Argumentation(2)写作教程3“十二五”普通高等教育本科国家级规划教材”新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）第3版

IntroductionPeopleuselogiceverydaytofigureouttestquestions,planbudgets,anddecidewhotodate.Goodlogicismoreimportanttoargumentationthantoanyothertypesofwriting.Allthefactsandreasonsthataregivenasevidenceshouldbelogicallyconnectedwiththeconclusionandwitheachother.Anyfallacyinlogicalorwrongstepsinreasoningwouldmakethereaderoraudiencefeeldoubtfulaboutthewholeargument.Soundlogicisthusvitaltoasuccessfulargumentation.2

QA01QuestionWhatisthekeytowritingwell,accordingtoAristotle?Aristotlebelievedthatwritersshouldstrivetocommunicatetheirideasclearlyandaccessibly,whilealsoensuringthattheirideasareoriginal,insightful,andwell-supported.3HethatwillwritewellinanytonguemustfollowthiscounselofAristotle:tospeakasthecommonpeopledo,tothinkaswisemendo.RogerAscham(1515–1568)Referenceanswer

QA02QuestionWhyisconcisenesssoimportantinwriting?Concisenessisimportantinwritingbecauseithelpswriterstocommunicatetheirideasclearlyandeffectively.Whenwritersareconcise,theyareabletogettheirpointacrosswithoutusingunnecessarywordsorphrases.Thismakestheirwritingmorereadableandeasiertounderstand.4ReferenceanswerThemostvaluableofalltalentsisthatofneverusingtwowordswhenonewilldo.ThomasJefferson(1743–1826)

QA03QuestionWhydoesRobertFrostsayAllthefun’sinhowyousayathing?5ReferenceanswerAllthefun’sinhowyousayathing.RobertFrost(1874–1963)Becausethewayyouexpresssomethingcanmakeitmoreinterestingandengaging.

UnitObjectivesknowhowtoemployinductivereasoninginargumentativewriting;andknowhowtomakeuseofdeductivereasoninginargumentativewriting.Attheendoftheunityouwill6

Lead-InISampleWritingIIWritingTechniquesIIIIn-ClassActivitiesIVAfter-ClassActivitiesVContent