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Toulmin Model Argument Essay Outline Instructions

 

How to build an essay outline following a Toulmin analysis:

  1. After you identify the components of your argument using a Toulmin model of analysis, you can organize your argument to fit any essay structure.
  2. For your Unit 3 Toulmin model argument essay, organize your essay following the Classical Argument structure that you learned in Unit 1.
  3. To get the most out of the research and writing you completed in Unit 1 and 2, remember the following:
  4. Your original thesis needs to be rewritten to reflect your increased knowledge and it needs to include a qualifier.
  5. Your sub claims may be the same as they were in your Classical Argument, but they need to include qualifiers and you need to increase the amount of evidence you have to support/prove them.
  6. Warrants and Backing are new concepts for this essay, but their addition is crucial to a strong argument. Review the lesson materials closely and ask your instructor or a tutor to help you if needed.
  7. You know much more about the opposing arguments because of the research and writing you did for the Side A section of your Rogerian argument. Leverage that work to write a strong rebuttal section in this essay. Include more than one counterclaim and use evidence from your research to weaken or disprove the counter-arguments.

 

**Note: Some portions of your Classical Argument and Rogerian essays may translate well for use in this essay. However, you MUST get your instructor’s permission if you want to re-use parts of those prior essays.**

 

The following page includes a skeleton outline you can copy/paste and fill out to complete your outline assignment.

 

 

 

Toulmin Model Argument Essay Outline

 

  1. Introduction
  2. Main Claim (thesis) with a qualifier:
  3. Narration – a neutral overview of your topic

III. Partition – an introduction to your issue and your position on it

  1. Reasons/Grounds (sub claims + evidence to prove them)

Sub claim 1 with a qualifier:

Evidence:

Evidence:

Evidence:

Sub claim 2 with a qualifier:

Evidence:

Evidence:

Evidence:

 

Sub claim 3 with a qualifier:

Evidence:

Evidence:

Evidence:

III. Warrants: (at least two shared values or common values that make your sub claims acceptable to your audience)

Warrant 1:

Backing for warrant 1 (evidence that proves the warrant):

Warrant 2:

Backing for warrant 2 (evidence that proves the warrant):

  1. Rebuttal and Response:

Counter claim 1:

Evidence to disprove/weaken:

Counter claim 2:

Evidence to disprove/weaken:

  1. Conclusion: