Coffee Consumption, Related Risks and Benefits

Instructions This week, you will complete your argumentative essay. Use the following the direction offered by Jackson and Newberry (2016) in Chapter 12, write an argumentative essay on the issue you chose. Be sure your essay contains the following: Step 1: Outline your argument. • Match the conclusion with the issue. • State the premises and conclusion as claims. • Choose premises that are clearly relevant to the conclusion. Step 2: Introduce your argument. • Grab the reader’s attention. • Identify the issue, and set out the context. • Clearly state your conclusion. • Summarize your premises. Step 3: Support your conclusion. • Identify each of the main premises, and state each as a claim. • Provide reasons, evidence, and/or examples that support each premise. Step 4: Consider objections. • Accurately represent the strongest point(s) against your view. • Honestly appraise how your argument accommodates the objection(s). Step 5: Summarize your argument. • Repeat your main conclusion. • Restate your main premises in the same order in which they appear, but using different language. • Suggest one important larger implication of your argument. Step 6: Cite your sources. • Choose credible sources. • Give full and detailed credit for others’ ideas to avoid plagiarism. • An introduction containing a thesis that states the issue, your position on the issue, what the paper will cover, and in what order • At least 2 paragraphs that each contain a well-supported (and documented) claim or sub-argument that will provide strong support for your fallacy-free argument • At least 1 paragraph discussing a documented, reasonable counterclaim to your position that needs to be a legitimate claim that someone has actually made as a counter-position on your issue • At least 1 paragraph offering a reasonable, documented response to that counterclaim • A conclusion that summarizes the argument and conclusion Note: As you do your research, it is permissible to change your sources. Also, because of the recency and relevance of these issues, no sources older than 5 years should be used other than as historical information. Critical thinkers do the research first and then side with the preponderance of evidence. You might want to follow that principle.