DACA program

  DACA program Carefully select a current topic on which to argue. Your topic may be local (ASU/Phoenix area, Arizona), national, or international; it may relate to your major, or it may even be a local or regional problem at home that you want us to all become aware of. How much background you need to provide depends on how familiar your readers are likely to be with your topic. There is no right or wrong position, but there are well-supported (and poorly-supported) positions. All good arguments also address obvious counterarguments and concessions. You should always be one step ahead of someone who disagrees with you. Use facts, expert testimony (you get credibility by using credible sources), statistics. Consult pp. 274-275 for types of support to use, and watch out for logical fallacies. Also avoid ‘alternative facts” which are not really facts at all. Lastly, avoid all topics that we respond to on a visceral level; if our stance is based on our religion or our core values, you’re not likely to change our minds.