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Is civil disobedience
effective without
violence?
The Breakdown of “Civil Disobedience”
Definition
Civil Disobedience-
Refusal to obey laws, or Think About It:
commands of the government Is civil disobedience good for
**Usually a peaceful protest our society? Why or why not?
3 ways to protest
1. Legal process- court system/chain of
command
2. Civil disobedience- peacefully protesting
3. Civil disobedience accompanied with violence
Civil disobedience
can be violent
**How To Make Your Argument:
These steps
STEP 1 should help you
Find information of non-violent or create your
violent protesting that worked. argument
Debate Topic/Thesis
Make your
Smoking should be banned argument:
*argument: a reason
on campus
or set of reasons
given with an aim to Points (A) and (B)
persuade others that will be explored in
an idea is right or body paragraphs,
wrong will likely form the
topic sentences of
Because of the Because of the those body
health repercussions environmental paragraphs, and
repercussions. will be supported
Argument 1 by more claims
or Point (A) Argument 2 or specific to each
Point (B) point, or sub-
claims.
Arguments Flow Chart *Sub-arguments: are
Debate Topic/Thesis specific details that
Smoking should be banned further prove your
on campus argument as valid.
Argument 2 or
Argument 1 Point (B)
or Point (A)
Because of the
Because of the
environmental
health repercussions
repercussions
Sub-
Sub- The cigarette ash is
Argument 1 The cigarette butts
Argument 2 killing the grass in
are harming animals
Smoking campus green
Smoking affects on campus.
affects areas.
students with students with Sub-Argument 1
asthma. Sub-Argument 2
allergies
Main Argument & Sub-Argument Tips:
Each major claim strengthens the writer’s thesis, and each sub-claim supports
one of the writer’s major claims; additionally, the claims get increasingly
specific as they move from main points to sub-claims.
How to
Make a
Rebutta
l
First, what is all of this?
Rebuttal:
Counter claim: o Evidence used to contradict,
o The opposition’s argument. counter, or refute the counter-
claim.
Example: If you’re for bringing
cellphones to school, your opposing o Acknowledge their strongest
team will be against it. point.
o *Say: Yes, this is true but this
is why your argument is
o Think about what the other side
weak.
will argue and spin it to your
advantage. Example: Yes, bringing cellphones to
school causes distractions but it
Always attack their strongest helps students learn in different
points! ways.
2. Rebuttal:
o Now we have to give a reason why their claim is flawed. Make sure to you are able to
back up your reason with evidence.
Example:
However, studies have shown that students who used their cellphones for educational
purposes, their test scores increased.
Evidence=green Explanation=orange
Rebuttal Tips & Tricks:
Argument is only as strong as your evidence
o Make sure the evidence you use for your
rebuttal is valid and CONVINCING
Rebuttal’s should match up with their arguments.
o Rebuttal 1 does argument 1 along with the
sub-arguments
BOOM…t
Don’t have to DISPROVE just weaken it!
o The counterclaim given is true but you need to
have a counter claim to debunk the opponents
here ya
ideas.
o Example: go!
Yes, fracking creates jobs for the community
BUT…what exactly do those jobs entail?