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Challenge summary

Summary:	Supporting your arguments
	1 - 2 hours
	Linked to assessment

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Stimulus resources

1. Lessons learned from the blog activity.
2. Lessons learned from your activities on Ethos and Logos.
3. Knowledge acquired through your readings on Logical Fallacies and How to Avoid Them.
4. Rogerian reading and video from the Rogerian Argumentation microblog post.

Purpose

How do you support your arguments? How will a well supported argument make your essay better? The purpose of this learning challenge is:

• To get you thinking about how to support your arguments.
• To use different rhetorical techniques.
• To help you identify and avoid logical fallacies.