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How to make your writing Convincing

教養教育院June 10, 2015 Instructor: Dr. Paul Lai

Making X Convincing

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What is “convincing”?

According to Oxford Dictionary of English, “convincing” is defined as the follows:

capable of causing someone to believe that something is true

Thus, to make a thesis statement convincing is to have the capability of causing someone to believe that the statement is true.

Having the proper support that can prove that

X is true 教養教育院

Conclusion

True

True

I N F E R E N T I A L R E L AT I O N

Premise

e.g. If Peter is in Tokyo, then Peter is in Japan.

How do we judge whether a premise is proper or not?

Ex-1. Conclusion: Peter is in Nagoya.

(a): Peter is in the central part of the country.

(b): Peter is meeting some people who live in Nagoya.

(c): Peter is in Asia.

(d): Peter is in the restaurant called “Nagoya Chicken Wings”.

Building an appropriate premise

Try to provide ONE Convincing reason for the following statement:

Peter is a professional teacher.

Use the falsification method to test the premise.

Building an appropriate premise foryour thesis statement on Education

Group Exercise