They Say I Say

The point of this assignment is to give the writer some insight on how to structure his or her argument. Make a point to take a side and don’t waiver as many people are prone to do. Make sure you make a summary of your point early on so the reader of your work knows what is it you are trying to get across to the audience. Don’t assume that every one of the readers is going to know what your argument is about. I have read a lot of articles that I have wondered what the point of author is.
If you agree, disagree or hold the stance of both sides just make sure that your data is in line with what it is you are siding with. Don’t get caught making claims and contradicting yourself later in the paper; it just discredits the soundness of the paper. Also be careful not to belittle or criticize the points that others have said. Merely state your own rebuttals and move on, it should always be ok for others to have different opinions and more likely than not there will be differences in opinions.
Another key point of the article is to explain yourself in your words, not the words of others. Spend some time on paper telling your story on your stance with why you believe the way you do. As mentioned in the article, if you simply cite your feelings with all of the rest then what is it you are arguing about. Is it just to argue, because you haven’t really taken a stance you have just taken someone else’s stance.
Again, this is just another piece of the puzzle that helps us with the assignment that we are faced with. This will no doubt stop me with where I am at in putting my writing information together and reorganize it more to the suggested structure. And using as many of the examples as I can fit in to my work. This article will be useful for me as I look at my premises and decide how to use them in setting up my conclusions in a way that doesn’t confuse the reader. Should be interesting getting there.