Using the word argument in a sentence

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2. And substituted meters, adapting the rhythms to the requirements of serious,
   
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   , In an anapestic passage in The Frogs, for instance, the character Aeschylus
3. Cowards, and base things sire base» ( IV,2) to reinforce his hereditarian,
   
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   , On the question of eugenics, Schopenhauer wrote: With our knowledge of the
4. The conditional premise. Examples One way to demonstrate the invalidity of this,
   
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   ,form is with a counterexample with true premises but an obviously false
5. Committed by reasoning in the form: #If P, then Q. #Q. #Therefore, P. An,
   
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   ,of this form is invalid, i. e., the conclusion can be false even when
6. In its favor are hard to refute «. Reich:» … Turing’s informal,
   
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   ,in favor of his thesis justifies a stronger thesis: every algorithm can be
7. Libertarian philosopher Robert Notice, who argued that her meta-ethical,
   
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   ,is unsound and fails to solve the is–ought problem posed by David Hume. Some
8. Notice that the faces of the pigs have begun changing. During a poker match,an,
   
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   ,breaks out between Napoleon and Mr Pilkington when they both play the Ace of
9. Theme, that of cannibalism and the eating of babies as well as the same final,
   
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   , that» human depravity is such that men will attempt to justify their own
10. The jury on the law applicable to the case, permitting seriously improper,
    
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    ,by an attorney, admitting or excluding evidence improperly, acting outside the
11. About meromorphic functions inside and on a closed contour *Mathematical,
    
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    , a quantity that serves to relate functions and variables using a common
12. Representing themselves) of the legal reasons why they should prevail *Closing,
    
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    , in law, the concluding statement of each party’s counsel reiterating the
13. Petitions for ending slavery from 1835 to 1844,while Manifest Destiny became an,
    
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    ,for gaining new territories, where slavery could expand. The acquisition of
14. To a new trial. In the United States, a lawyer traditionally starts an oral,
    
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    ,to any appellate court with the words» May it please the court. » After an
15. Countries and regions planned for future content. In philosophy and logic,an,
    
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    ,is an attempt to persuade someone of something, or give evidence or reasons for
16. One is used. Moreover, the fact that all three are equivalent is a very strong,
    
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    ,for the correctness of anyone. » (Roster 1939:225–6) Rosser’s footnote #5
17. Pest resistance warrants the development of a new pesticide. An alternative,
    
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    ,is that the way to ‘save the environment’ and prevent famine is by using
18. In constructive set theory from the assumption of the axiom of choice. Another,
    
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    ,against the axiom of choice is that it implies the existence of
19. Hummel points out Hayek’s solution in Prices and Production to Krugman’s,
    
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    , but then argues that it is unsatisfactory. Hayek argues that the decrease in
20. Trial court. Hence, such an appellate court will not consider an appellant’s,
    
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    ,if it is based on a theory that is raised for the first time in the appeal. In
21. To other axioms of set theory. The decision must be made on other grounds. One,
    
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    ,given in favor of using the axiom of choice is that it is convenient to use it
22. Simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience,an,
    
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    ,for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust
23. Phrase that appears in a syntactic relationship with the verb in a clause *Oral,
    
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    , in US law, a spoken presentation to a judge or appellate court by a lawyer (
24. Elliptic integral form MAPLE to Mathematical, one should replace the second,
    
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    ,to its square, see; dealing with complex values, this may cause problems. *
25. Of another function, The first function is assumed, if the expression in the,
    
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    ,contains more characters ~t~ or ~tau~, than characters ~omega~, and the
26. For a free falling observer the rules of special relativity must apply. This,
    
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    ,is called the Equivalence principle. In the same article, Einstein also
27. Became confused about the gauge invariance in the theory. He formulated an,
    
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    ,that led him to conclude that a general relativistic field theory is impossible
28. Possible. The emphasis shifted away from Lincoln-the-emancipator to an,
    
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    ,that blacks had freed themselves from slavery, or at least were responsible for
29. When such a relationship would be difficult to explicate with an equation *An,
    
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    ,of a function, also known as an independent variable Language and rhetoric
30. Even its norm int | f (x)|^2 x) depend on the character used to denote its,
    
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    , If the Greek letter is used, it is assumed to be a Fourier transform of
31. Effects such as the deflection of light by massive bodies were predicted. Hole,
    
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    ,and Century theory While developing general relativity, Einstein became
32. As Irish policy in general. Details Swift goes to great lengths to support his,
    
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    , including a list of possible preparation styles for the children, and
33. Notations. Usually, the conversion to another notation requires scaling the,
    
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    ,and/or the resulting value; sometimes, the same name of the function is used
34. In other words so long as they do so without force). According to this,
    
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    , the free market is simply the natural situation that would result from people
35. Real numbers, even though all its coefficients (1 and 0) are real. The same,
    
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    ,proves that no subfield of the real field is algebraically closed; in
36. Democratic leader Stephen A. Douglas’ Freeport Doctrine. This doctrine was an,
    
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    ,for thwarting the Died Scott decision that, along with Douglas’ defeat of the
37. Showing the financial benefits of his suggestion. He uses methods of,
    
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    ,throughout his essay which lampoon then-prominent William Petty and the social
38. An oscillator is equal to hf, to half the energy spacing between levels. This,
    
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    , which was made in 1913 in collaboration with Otto Stern, was based on the
39. The science of mathematics. These theories were built on a coherent building of,
    
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    ,from assumed or accepted beginnings. Etymology The earliest attested name is
40. Einstein abandoned the theory in November 1915 after realizing that the hole,
    
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    ,was mistaken. Cosmology In 1917,Einstein applied the General theory of
41. The message, Speer burst out,» The Führer can kiss my ass! » After a lengthy,
    
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    , Milch persuaded Speer to withdraw his offer of resignation, on the condition
42. Characters (typically in anapestic rhythm); **excited dialogue or heated,
    
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    ,(typically trochaic rhythm, the same as in early tragedy); **long speeches
43. Is in us, remains both the material and the limit of our consideration. The,
    
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    ,that Buddhism affected Schopenhauer’s philosophy more than any other Dharma
44. That copyrights are in some situations compatible with a free society. His,
    
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    ,is that when a copyright notice is on a piece of literary work this is a signal
45. With this machine he could analyze a» syllogism or any other simple logical,
    
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    ,». This machine he displayed in 1870 before the Fellows of the Royal Society.
46. Economy during recessions. Jeffery Hummel offers some solutions to Krugman’s,
    
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    , but then reasons that none are satisfactory. First Hummel points out Hayek’s
47. Most catastrophic events, and a Christian hope is granted to all. Paneloux’s,
    
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    ,is based on the theology of St. Augustine, on which he is an expert, and it is
48. Those
    
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    s are presented in written briefs and sometimes in oral,
    
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    ,to the court at a hearing. At such hearings each party is allowed a brief
49. A gap between the narrator’s meaning and the text’s, and that a moral-political,
    
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    ,is being carried out by means of parody «. While Swift’s proposal is obviously
50. Are rarely or never well-defined, and are presented in the context of a larger,
    
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    ,that invites a conclusion. For example,» You could do with a new automobile.

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Argument in a sentence

Here below you will find several sentences that illustrate how to use the word argument in a sentence.

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   The form of the argument is as follows.

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   Perrot and Penington lost the argument.

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   This seemed to dispose of all argument.

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   Gregg’s argument depicts her reign as:.

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   This angle is called the argument of z.

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   Tara and Shiv get into a heated argument.

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   Byers also presents the following argument.

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   Something like this kills a lot of argument.

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   He could not recall which argument prevailed.

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    Scalia responded to this argument in two ways.

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    Ruth retired on June 2 after an argument with Fuchs.

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    Not all historians agree with this argument, however.

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    They lost the argument and the tanks were redesigned.

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    This time the argument won with ten votes against two.

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    Oral argument in Bakke took place on October 12, 1977.

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    Henry was unimpressed by this argument, for it impinged on his royal prerogative.

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    The argument that destruction and terror are part of revolution I do not dispute.

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    Much of the argument for Al-Kateb centred on the fact that he was a stateless man.

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    Dawn tells Tara she is glad that Tara and Willow have made up after their argument.

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    And he uses the hour allocated for argument to bludgeon his brethren into agreement.

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    Several researchers rejected the argument that suppressing the pair’s names was an act of censorship.

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    He’d hear an argument in the dressing room and he’d throw a bit of wood on the fire to keep it going.

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    A greater range of values existed for the argument of perihelion and longitude of the ascending node.

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    After a brief argument, Varitek pushed his glove into Rodriguez’ face, causing a bench-clearing brawl.

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    For example, one can take the argument for indispensability described above and adjust it as follows:.

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    It also adopts a hybrid tone that combines rational argument with the fervent rhetoric of sensibility.

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    Crittenden argued that the slaying was self-defense, and Clay delivered a passionate closing argument.

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    Stefani creates an argument between lyrical personas by alternating her vocal range and point of view.

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    After the argument, Freedman goes to King’s office and weeps when he sees the aftermath of her assault.

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    The government now advanced the argument that «technical data» was not protected by the First Amendment.

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    Huxley summarized his argument in his highly influential 1863 book Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature.

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    There was praise for its sincerity and artistry, and some expressed sympathy with Hall’s moral argument.

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    The SCC rejected that argument and decided, on March 4, 1987, that the promissory notes were securities.

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    McGurrin, counsel for Armando Schmerber, during oral argument at the Supreme Court of the United States.

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    Truthiness is tearing apart our country, and I don’t mean the argument over who came up with the word …

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    Bradman missed the first Test at Sydney, worn out by constant cricket and the ongoing argument with the Board of Control.

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    His argument is fundamental in the solution of the Halting problem and the proof of Gödel’s first incompleteness theorem.

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    In fact, other travel works published at the time made the argument that Napoleon was responsible for Italian unification.

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    After an argument breaks out, the witch-finders and Pike decide that the rest of the trial should be conducted in private.

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    However, the argument has not been found persuasive, and few historians harbour doubts about the authenticity of the work.

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    After hearing Smith’s argument in favour of Rhodesian independence, Salazar privately pledged Portugal’s complete support.

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    His argument was based around concerns the Western Hockey League intended to operate in the near future as a major league.

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    For example, Oppy says arguing for naturalism is an argument for atheism since naturalism and theism «cannot both be true».

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    They were going to lessen the commitment laws, you could basically get into an argument with somebody and be sent up there.

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    However, the business man argument was new, though he had hinted at it in an interview he gave at the Republican convention.

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    Intelligent design (ID) is a pseudoscientific argument for the existence of God, presented by its proponents as «an evidence-based scientific theory about life’s origins».

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    He also applied this argument to the natural cast, regarding it as incertae sedis (with uncertain relationships) among theropods rather than as Podokesaurus or Coelophysis.

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    In building up the artillery plan, Herring brought to bear the same thorough, relentless logic and attention to detail with which he had so often built up a legal argument.

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    The claim of the improbability of a life-supporting universe has also been criticized as an argument by lack of imagination for assuming no other forms of life are possible.

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    Sidharta suggests that the novel was written as an argument that the illegitimate children of njais would be able to develop as any other person, given the proper education.

Synonym: arguing, argumentation, contention, contestation, controversy, debate, disceptation, disputation, literary argument, statement, tilt. Similar words: argumentation, monument, document, instrument, documentary, argue, acumen, commencement. Meaning: [‘ɑːgjʊmənt]  n. 1. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true 2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement 3. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal 4. a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie 5. a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable. 

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1 Never go to bed on an argument. 

2 A wager is a fool’s argument. 

3 I found his argument pretty convincing.

4 He found himself drawn, willy-nilly, into the argument.

5 She rightly points to the inadequacy of the argument.

6 He enforced his argument by adding details.

7 The argument seemed to have considerable merit.

8 She loves to win an argument.

9 This chapter contains the meat of the writer’s argument.

10 You can’t settle every argument by duking it out.

11 You must acknowledge the truth of her argument.

12 Josie can hold her own in any argument.

13 She got into an argument with the teacher.

14 Their argument was too metaphysical for me to follow.

15 Students need the ability to construct a logical argument.

16 No argument can justify a war.

17 We appealed to reason to win our argument.

18 He illustrated his argument with quotations from Pasternak.

19 We agreed without much further argument.

20 Suddenly the argument developed into a real fight.

21 Her article brilliantly demolishes his argument.

22 Some historians have been dismissive of this argument.

23 The environmental argument was a deciding factor.

24 He lost the thread of his argument.

25 That was the pith of his argument.

26 The argument estranged him from his brother.

27 He presented the figures to underpin his argument.

28 His examples fitted in well with his argument.

29 She is neutral in this argument.

30 It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. 

More similar words: argumentation, monument, document, instrument, documentary, argue, acumen, commencement, amendment, entailment, entertainment, sentiment, mental, mentor, comment, moment, element, segment, mention, payment, ailment, raiment, mentally, amusement, momentum, fragment, comment on, shipment, movement, basement. 

In a single-paragraph essay or similar short-answer format, you only have the space to make one claim. You back up this claim with an argument. When creating arguments for single-paragraph essays, you need to make your argument clear and concise. You do not have nearly the room you have in other types of essays. So, to make your short answers pop, you need to 1. understand the argument and 2. make that argument as short as possible! Keep on reading for the definition of argument, types, and more.

Argument Definition

An argument is not your claim. Rather, it supports your claim.

An argument is a reason to believe a given claim.

Say that the following is your claim.

The United States should return to the gold standard.

You would then support this claim with several arguments, such as these:

Arguments, in turn, require evidence or other logical support. For instance, you might use studies and examples of history to support your arguments.

The more factual an argument is, the stronger it is. The factual nature of an argument is predicated upon its evidence or other logical support.

In a single-paragraph essay, you’ll only have 1-2 arguments in support of your claim.

Fig. 1 — You’ll be golden if your arguments are logical.

Argument in a Sentence

After reading the prior definition, you might be wondering, «Gosh, have I been using the term argument wrong my whole life?»

No, you haven’t been. «Argument» is one of those words that can mean different things depending on the level of formality. The above definition of «argument» is the most formal definition, which pertains to the study of logic. «Argument» has many definitions, though, and you can use it in many ways in sentences.

I had an argument with my dad last night.

This example uses «argument» to mean a «fight.»

My argument is that red is the best color, and I’m sticking to it.

This example uses «argument» to mean «claim.» This definition is confusing because the formal definition of «argument» makes it distinct from the claim.

Use context clues to determine whether someone is using «argument» in a more or less formal manner.

My claim is that red is the best color. My arguments are as follows: red catches the eye and is great for advertising, my favorite football team is primarily red, and fire trucks are red and awesome.

In this final example, the sentence beginning with «my argument» uses argument in the formal sense of the word.

On a side note, none of the above arguments are particularly good because the claim is an opinion, as are most of the arguments. Remember, the more factual an argument is, the better!

Argument in Writing

Now it is time to write arguments for the one-paragraph essay. To do this, choose a good argument and make that argument clear.

Choosing Your Argument

In a longer essay, you can afford to spend time and space on multiple arguments. If you only have space for one or two arguments in a single paragraph, you need to make sure you pick your absolute best arguments.

But what makes a better argument?

Choose an Emphatic Argument

In basic terms, a strong argument shows that your claim must be true. This is superior to an argument that shows your claim might be true.

For instance, let’s say that your claim is, «The state needs to enact drought relief policies.» To show this, it would be better to prove the negative impact of no policy than to prove the positive impact of a policy. Proving the negative impact shows that «change must be made,» while proving a positive impact only shows that «change should be made.»

The first example is far more emphatic.

Given your limited time and space, you should always go for the most emphatic argument.

Choose an Argument with Evidence

Second, you want to choose an argument that has strong evidence to support it. For instance, in the above example, the emphatic argument, «If we don’t enact policy, 60% of the state’s crops will become unsustainable» requires evidence to support the statistic of 60%.

An emphatic argument is worthless if its evidence is not true or not well-researched.

If you connect your argument to solid evidence, you will have a good shot at creating a great short answer or single-paragraph essay.

Fig. 2 — Good arguments sprout from strong evidence.

Clarity of Your Argument

So you’ve picked your best argument. Now you need to make that argument as clear as possible. This is important because you only have so much space. You need to pack that space with meaning!

To create clarity in your response, work on your coherence and conciseness.

Clarity in Coherence

Coherence is key to your short answer.

Something is coherent if it is easy and natural to follow.

You simply don’t have the space to use a whole paragraph to help someone understand half your point. Coherency means people will more easily follow your line of reasoning.

One way to achieve coherence is by using transitions.

A transition is any device that bridges two ideas.

Here’s an example.

Without change, 60% of the state’s crops will become unsustainable. For that reason, the state needs to step in and enact drought relief policies.

In the above example, «for that reason» is a transition. It helps guide the reader along.

There are many levels of coherence, including coherence between sentences and coherence within sentences.

Clarity in Conciseness

The shorter your sentences are, the more likely it is people will understand them. For that reason, especially in a short answer format, limit yourself to simpler sentences.

Here are three other ways to create clarity in your argument.

1. Try to combine sentences and ideas! Look for similar ideas and sentences and see what you can blend together or get rid of entirely.
2. Don’t repeat yourself. Repetition isn’t needed in a short answer or single-paragraph essay.
3. Avoid the semi-colon and dashes. You want to create sentences that no one can confuse.

Before you get writing a single-paragraph essay, try to diagram using these tips! This way, you won’t have to erase anything as you go along.

Argument Example

The following is an example of a long-winded argument. Using what you’ve learned about picking a strong argument and making it clear, try to turn this into a strong argument!

It’s unacceptable that people’s jobs are at stake. Jobs are important, even critical to our continued success as a country and supplier to the world. If job growth doesn’t turn around, dozens of business could go under; this is a massive problem. If too many businesses go under, the market will sink to a new low and we’ll lose our spot at the top—and losing our spot at the top means a weaker economy into the future. It could even result in rampant inflation.

Types of Argument

There are many arguments, but the two main types are deductive and inductive. Whether an argument is deductive or inductive depends on the kind of evidence it uses. Here is information about each and how to tailor the arguments to the one-paragraph essay.

Deductive Argument

The deductive argument is the strongest form of argument. It uses deduction, also called deductive reasoning.

Deduction narrows general facts into specific conclusions.

Here is a deductive argument.

Inductive Argument

Inductive arguments are not as strong as deductive arguments because they rely on sample size.

Induction uses specific examples to draw a more general conclusion.

Here is an inductive argument.

Induction tries to use the power of instances to prove a point. The more something occurs, the more it indicates that result.

Think of the randomness of a coin flip. The more times you flip a coin, the better you can prove that a coin flip is random (50-50). If you flip a coin too few times, your results might be inaccurate. For instance, say you flip a coin 3 times, and it lands on tails 3 times. This result wouldn’t help indicate a coin’s randomness. 10,000 trials would be much better! So, beware weak inductive arguments. Don’t cite a few examples of something; instead, cite large studies and many examples. But do so succinctly!

How to Write Brief Inductive Arguments

To make your inductive argument brief for a single-paragraph essay, analyze how strong it is.

If your inductive argument is strong, it shouldn’t take you long to explain it. If your inductive argument is weak, you will need more time to explain your reasoning.

If your inductive argument requires more than three sentences to explain, it is probably too weak to be included in your single-paragraph essay. Try to come up with a deductive line of reasoning that is stronger and shorter!