The document provides guidelines for effectively arguing against another person's opinion. It recommends that a response: 1) Restate the other person's opinion in the introduction and state your intention to disagree. 2) Make logical arguments supported by evidence like facts, statistics, examples and expert quotes. 3) Organize the response with an introduction, arguments, and a final thought to firmly conclude your viewpoint.

1. Putting forward an
argument

2. Objective
• To express your
opinion
• In response to
other’s

3. Focus
• To argue against other’s opinion,
you need
•Sound reasons
• Supporting evidence
• Statistics, facts
• Example
• Quote from experts

4. Organization
Introduction
Argument 1
Argument 2, and
final thought

5. Introduction
• What’s with the introduction?
1.To address the person you wish to
respond to
2.Restate that person’s opinion
3.Say that you disagree
4.State your intention

6. How to respond
• This is in response to ... that + clause
• This is a response to ... that + clause
• I’d like to reply/respond to ... that +
clause

7. How to disagree
• Disagree with • Idea
• Couldn’t • Opinion
disagree more
• Strongly object • View, viewpoint,
point of view
to
• To be strongly • Perspective
opposed to • Angle

8. How to state your intention
• I’d like to present the other side of
the story.
• I’d like to present my perspective on
this.
• I’d like to have my say about this.

9. Argument
• State your main argument
• Logical thinking is imperative
• Supporting evidences
• Without them, your argument is
superficial and lacks credibility
• Statistics, facts, examples, quotes
from experts

10. Be logical
Your argument>>
File sharing is a crime
Why?
It equals stealing
How come?
The intellectual property belongs to
the producers

11. Be well-organized
Argument
• The first problem is that + Clause
• Another problem is that + C
• What you might not know is that + C
• Don’t forget that + C
• Consider this for a moment.

12. Be well-organized
Supporting evidences
• For this reason/Hence/Thus, + C
• Referring to/According to + N,
• ... have long recognized that + C
• For example/For instance/To
illustrate, + C

13. Final Thought
• What’s with the final thought?
• To show your standpoint firmly and
clearly
• Conclude your viewpoint
previously presented
• NEVER introduce a new idea

14. How to conclude
• All in all,
• You have to admit that + C
• It’s clear that + C
• To sum up/To summarize/In
summary, I believe that
• At the end of the day, C

15. Have fun arguing