You will have 30 minutes to plan and write a critique of an argument presented in the form of a short passage.

You will be asked to consider the logical soundness of the argument. A critique of any other argument is not acceptable.

College and university faculty from various subject matter areas will read your critique and evaluate its overall quality, considering how well you do the following.

●Identify and analyze important features of the argument

●eOrganize, develop, and express your ideas

●Support your ideas with relevant reasons and/or examples

●Control the elements of standard written English

Before you begin writing, you may want to take a few minutes to evaluate the argument and to plan a response. Be sure to develop your ideas fully and organize them coherently, but leave time to reread what you have written and make any revisions that you think are necessary.

For this task, you will read a brief argument and then discuss how well reasoned you find the argument. Note that you are not being asked to agree or disagree with the position taken or the conclusion reached by the argument. In your discussion, be sure to analyze the line of reasoning in the argument. You should consider what, if any, questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and, if evidence is cited, whether it supports the conclusion. You can also discuss the sort of evidence that would strengthen or refute the argument, changes in the argument that would make it more logically sound, and whether additional information would help you to evaluate its conclusion.

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