Hello!
How are you? The shot above is one of the board notes for AWE II from Friday's (11/10) class - this one was on examples of research questions.
Here is another set of board notes on summary writing:
Here is another set of board notes on summary writing:
Language for two-sided argumentation
Here, I will show some language that could help you in both your summary writing and your assignment writing.
While there are many words and phrases you can use in setting up two-sided arguments, two common strategies (戦略) that are useful are words and phrases for turning points, and putting a new or different light, or casting doubt on one side in order to present a new, different, or even better side, in an argument.
Turning points – these are words and phrases that signal that you are introducing an idea that is different from the idea before it. It could be at least different to an idea, but possibly also better than it.
However, …
But…
Nonetheless, …
On the other hand, …
Putting a new or different light/casting doubt – these are ways that you can show that:
One argument may be good, but there is another that shows a new, or at least different, side to it. I call this putting new or different light on a subject – this is like turning a light switch on a lamp and shining it on something (“putting new light”) to see it more clearly, then moving it around to see it differently – so, “putting a different light” on it.
But while one argument might be good, there could be another argument that is better. This is casting doubt on something that might be true, but where there might be something else that is better.
There are many words and phrases that can be used to put cast doubt on one side of a topic or issue, in order to show a different side. Here are a few types of phrasal structures you can use.
Examples for putting a new or different light on a subject:
While this is true, it is also the case that/it is nevertheless clear that…
However true this is, it is nonetheless true (as well) that…
Even where (A) has its merits, (B) also has strengths in…
Examples for casting doubt on a subject:
There is a point in thinking this/believing that, but…
To a certain extent this is right/correct, but…
When we see (B) more closely, however, we can see where (A) may fall short/may lack…
Here, I will show some language that could help you in both your summary writing and your assignment writing.
While there are many words and phrases you can use in setting up two-sided arguments, two common strategies (戦略) that are useful are words and phrases for turning points, and putting a new or different light, or casting doubt on one side in order to present a new, different, or even better side, in an argument.
Turning points – these are words and phrases that signal that you are introducing an idea that is different from the idea before it. It could be at least different to an idea, but possibly also better than it.
However, …
But…
Nonetheless, …
On the other hand, …
Putting a new or different light/casting doubt – these are ways that you can show that:
One argument may be good, but there is another that shows a new, or at least different, side to it. I call this putting new or different light on a subject – this is like turning a light switch on a lamp and shining it on something (“putting new light”) to see it more clearly, then moving it around to see it differently – so, “putting a different light” on it.
But while one argument might be good, there could be another argument that is better. This is casting doubt on something that might be true, but where there might be something else that is better.
There are many words and phrases that can be used to put cast doubt on one side of a topic or issue, in order to show a different side. Here are a few types of phrasal structures you can use.
Examples for putting a new or different light on a subject:
While this is true, it is also the case that/it is nevertheless clear that…
However true this is, it is nonetheless true (as well) that…
Even where (A) has its merits, (B) also has strengths in…
Examples for casting doubt on a subject:
There is a point in thinking this/believing that, but…
To a certain extent this is right/correct, but…
When we see (B) more closely, however, we can see where (A) may fall short/may lack…
I hope these can help you in your writing.
Good luck! See you next time!
Images: Personal photographs of board notes. All rights reserved.
No comments:
Post a Comment