Explain common misconceptions about the meaning of argument.

Learning Goal: I\’m working on a other writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.Skeleton Notes Writing Arguments: Chapter 1Argument: An IntroductionLearning Objectives: In this chapter, you will learn to1.1 Explain common misconceptions about the meaning of argument. 1.2 Describe defining features of argument. 1.3 Understand the relationship between the process of truth-seeking and persuasion. 1. Explain the two common myths about arguments:a. Argument is not_____________________________. Explain. b. Argument is not_____________________________. Explain. 2. Arguments can be explicit or implicit. What does this mean?**Practice identifying and analyzing implicit or explicit arguments using the Individual Task on page 7. Be ready to discuss in class. Defining Features of Arguments:3. Argument requires ___________________________________. What does this mean? Explain or give an example. One of the earliest meanings of to argue is ___________. As arguers clarify their own positions on an issue, they also begin to clarify their audience’s position. Such clarification helps arguers see how they might accommodate their audience’s views, perhaps by adjusting their own position or by developing reasons that appeal to their audience’s values (Ramage et al. 9). 4. Argument is both a _____________ and a ____________. It can be viewed as a ___________ in which two or more parties seek the best solution to a question or a problem. It can be viewed as a ____________ with each product being each person’s contribution to the conversation at a given moment. In a more formal setting, a speech, formal essay, orPowerpoint could be the _______________.5. Argument combines both ___________________and __________________. 6. Writers find themselves continually moving back and forth between questions about subject matter like What is___________________________? And questions about audience like What do ___________________________________? What reasons______________________________________? Writers weave back and forth, alternately absorbed in the subject of their argument and in the audience for that argument. 7. Review the Continuum of arguments from truth-seeking to persuasion at the bottom of page 11. Maybe draw your own version here:Argument and the Problem of Truth in the 21stCentury8. What two ancient issues still exist today that between truth-seeking and persuasion?Is the______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________? And just what_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________?9. Describe the Sophists,Socrates, and Aristotle.Sophists-Socrates(Plato)-Aristotle-10. Today, the term sophistry is associated with ___________________________________________________________. 11. One of the goals of the truth-seeking approach to argument is to help us combat “desirability bias” which can be defined as __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ or “sacred values” which are defined as __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.To restore the value of argument as truth-seeking, we must accept the world as _______________, recognizing that others may not value what we value. 12. Summarize the last paragraph on page 14 in your own words. To admit a view of the truth that is tentative, cautious, and conflicted, you must embrace argument as a process, and…________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.Review the Role-Playing Arguments on pages 14-16. Be prepared for class activities involving these examples.
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