REFUTATION BLOCK OUTLINE

Refutation Block Assignment Description

100 Points

Refutation Block Description: Once you have completed your argumentative essay, you must create a refutation block that identifies and develops counterarguments that respond to each of your major claims in that essay. Your block should develop point-by-point responses to each of the arguments you made in your original essay. Your refutation should be written as an argument block, meaning it should be outlined into main points. For each counter-argument, be sure: to identify the claim it is making, to provide evidence that supports the claim, and to elaborate a warrant that connects your evidence to your claim. Your refutation block should be 1 single-spaced page.

Procedures:

· Review your original research to identify counterarguments that challenge or refute your claims in you argument essay.

· Organize and analyze counterarguments that respond to each of the claims that you make in your original essay.

· Next, compose your refutation block. It should be written in two columns. The left-hand column should identify the major claims in your argumentative essay, any supporting evidence that was used, and warrants that describe the function of the evidence in relation to the claim. The right-hand column should identify the major counter claims that you have identified, and evidence supporting your counter-argument with well developed warrants.

· Proofread and revise and your refutation block.

· You should use at least five sources as support in your refutation block (these may include some of the sources that you used in your argumentative essay).

Refutation Block Assignment Description

General Characteristics ___/25

Does the refutation block meet basic assignment NO SOMEWHAT YES

guidelines (length, format, etc.)?

Does the block develop reasonable counter-arguments NO SOMEWHAT YES

that respond to arguments in the argumentative essay?

Does the assignment include necessary citations, NO SOMEWHAT YES

e.g., argument source, etc.?

Quality of Refutation ___/75

Does the block identify problems with the argument NO SOMEWHAT YES

developed in the essay?

Does the block develop strong claims in opposition NO SOMEWHAT YES

to the arguments found in the argumentative essay?

Does the block cite evidence in support of the NO SOMEWHAT YES

counterarguments it asserts?

Is the block written in the proper format as NO SOMEWHAT YES

described in the text and in lecture?

Total: ___/100

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