What is the argument: “Oh boy it’s going to be a hell of a match: it’s those who say …”

Assignment #5: Making Your Own Argument
Developing Your Own Argument Worksheet
(Use this form to generate material for “Your Own Argument”
1. What is the argument: “Oh boy it’s going to be a hell of a match: it’s those who say …”
(Finish this statement using the argument that YOU’VE BEEN WORKING WITH)
2. Which of these positions is yours? Which of these positions is YOUR position?
3. For this assignment, state your own position clearly and adequately:. BE the Best Version of Yourself!
There should be no religious exemption to the Covid 19vaccination (or measles or smallpox or polio) vaccine mandate.
4. List five reasons in support of your claim. Why do you take this position?
The vaccine prevents infection AND severity of infection—in individuals and communities
The vaccine can block the evolution of a more infectious mutation of the current virus
The vaccine can help us get back to “normal life”—in our economic and social endeavors
If there is a god, the vaccine is a gift from god—natural and technological
God is in favor of our well-being in this life
Our bodies are our temples
There is no conflict between medicine and religion
5. List three counterarguments that you will have to handle.
6. For your conclusion, articulate why it is important for your reader to follow your lead and take your position in this debate.

Write an essay in order to change your readers’ minds and, thus, make them better. In order to change minds, you have to understand the values and positions that members of your audience already hold. Find ways to use what your audience already believes. Use logic to move your audience from where they are to where you want them to be. Use authorities, examples, and reasons to support your position. Establish credibility with your audience by showing wisdom, knowledge, and goodwill. Find an appropriate attitude of your own, and try to put the audience in an appropriate mood that will make them follow your logic. Anticipate and handle the best counterarguments to your position.

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