In Credit Unit One, we’ll begin by defining what we mean by argument in an academic context. Then, we’ll move into the ways we can talk about arguments we read and ways to engage with writers and their texts, to explore how they’ve built their arguments and why we should (or should not) believe them. In order to understand how to construct our own arguments, we’ll critically assess the arguments of others, learn new vocabulary to discuss the ways and means of persuasion in argumentative writing, and discuss and apply methods of citation.

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