How To: Argue

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Arguments play an important role in our everyday lives. People argue because they believe they know best. They can even be as small as a debate with a friend over who would be a better addition to the soccer team. Notice the word debate, in the previous sentence. An argument consist of something that is DEBATABLE & two opposing sides. In order to have a strong argument you need two things: Strong evidence for your views and strong evidence against the other side. Being able to support your side is very important but the inability to discover why the other side is “wrong” weakens your argument.

Throwing your views/opinions at someone is not an effective way to argue. In fact, it’s not even technically considered an argument at that point. The best way to have an argument is to calmly discuss both sides allowing each side to state their main point (in an essay this would be considered the thesis). Listening is a key part in having a good/positive way of arguing. You should not only just state evidence for your side but also you should give them reasons to believe that you know best. This is the part of the essay that is known as refutation of opposing arguments. I typically follow this very closely when having an argument and I always make sure to allow the other person to state their opinions.


Having a healthy argument consist greatly of listening and calmly discussing it out with the other person. Having a healthy argument every once in a while is actually a good thing! So go out there and share your believes with everyone. If someone disagrees you’ll know exactly what to do!

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