Academic Essay

ACADEMIC WRITING Writing an Essay of Argumentation “Now this is the way I see it...” Discussion: First, choose a topic for which you are able to write the following: (a) a proposition or main point that you will argue for, (b) argument(s) supporting your proposition, (c) argument(s) opposing your proposition. Second, look for information (evidence) with which to build arguments for and against your proposition. And third, use the information to write an …

…the upcoming months. Our nation cannot afford to fall as one of the top three world powers. Our nation cannot afford the extreme cost of such an event. And finally, our nation cannot afford to lose thousands of men and women to war, where even they can not see the reason. The trauma and holocaust of a war with Iraq would make the problems of society, such as disease, poverty, and crime, pale in comparison.