1. READING: ARGUMENTATION
Shawna Shulman
COMM 200, Humber College
Based on Textbook, Chapter 3 pp. 112

2.  newspaper editorial or
essay
 newspaper article or
research study
PERSUASIVE INFORMATIVE

3. MAPPING ARGUMENTS
1. Issue: Whether or not…
2. Author’s Point of View:
3. Supporting Arguments:
1. SA 1:
2. SA 2:
3. SA 3:
4. SA 4:

4. EVALUATING ARGUMENTS
 Fact vs. Opinion
 Type of Support

5. FACTS VS. OPINIONS
 What is the difference between a fact and an
opinion?
 Facts…
 are provable, verifiable, quantifiable, etc.
 are not always true
 Opinions…
 are subjective
 are someone’s interpretation of facts
 are often signaled by descriptive adjectives (horrible,
wonderful, pretty, etc.) and phrases like I think, we
should, etc.
Let’s do Page 67 to test ourselves!

6. MAPPING AN ARGUMENT
 Read ‘Are Millenials the screwed
generation?’
 What…
… is the issue?
… is the author’s point of view?
… are the supporting points?
How trustworthy do you find these
supporting points?