Rebuttal to Argument

(extra credit—up to 200 points added to your Learning Portfolio)

Description: In a minimum of 500 words,

write a rebuttal to the argument you just
presented in your Argument Assignment
Paper. In other words, if you wrote that
Health Care Reform should not be
implemented in your paper, for this
assignment you should create a convincing
argument for why Health Care reform should
be implemented. If you wrote that abortion
was murder, now convince me that it is not
murder. If you said mandatory recycling
should be implemented, now explain why a
mandate would not work, and so on.

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is

to give you an opportunity to

a) make up for any shortcomings of

your first paper. On a practical level
this means you can bring your overall
LP average up, thus improving your
overall course grade.

b) to give you practice arguing points of view you don’t necessarily agree with. This will help you
hone your argumentative/rhetorical skills, while also forcing you to see an issue from angles you
may not have considered previously (i.e., allow you to fully address counterarguments).

While this assignment will only be 1/5 of the length of the previous one, you should follow the same
format. Use MLA (Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1” margins, etc.); any sources that will strengthen
your argument (Web, print, and images, if need be); a Works Cited; etc. Include a thesis/argument, and
make sure you transition smoothly and logically from one point to the next.

Due: Thursday, December 3, 2009 (last day of class)