Argumentative Paragraphs_Home Schooling

By miftachudin arjuna - March 09, 2015

In argumentative paragraph, the writer wants the readers to accept or reject an idea, realize that action should be taken to solve a problem, or try a new way of doing something. The writer should state her / his opinion about something which s/he believes to be true. For examples :     
  1. Should smoking be judged as forbidden stuff?     
  2. Government should be centralize the power     
  3. Married with the same sex must be legalized  
Before writing the paragraph, the writer should make a list of more than one reason in support of her/his opinion (pro) and the main reason against another opinion (contra). The writer should be careful to avoid mistakes of evidence and logic.

There are 3 most common errors:     
  1. False conclusion : the conclusion is not based on evidence     
  2. Misplaced causes and effects : just because A takes place before B does not mean A causes B; just because B follows A does not mean B is an effect of A     
  3. Bad evidence: evidence used comes from an outdated, incompetent, or biased source  
Here is the example of argumentative paragraph :  
Home schooling is still a controversial education issue in Indonesian. Actually, this concept is not a newcomer idea because it has been implementing in many countries such as US and England. Most people claim that this education is exclusive because there is only a group of people who can afford to have it. In fact, homeschooling helps government to provide education until the lowest level of society which formal school cannot provide it such as slum, marginal society, ethnic minority, geographically isolated society, and people groups with certain beliefs. Based on the article no. 20 in 2003 about National Education System, home schooling is accommodated as a non-formal and or alternative education. It is a substitution, addition, completion of formal education. There is no reason to obstruct homeschooling as an alternative education in Indonesia. Depdiknas (National Education Affairs Department) asserts that there will be a standardized certificate through national examination or substitution examination including package A–elementary school, package B-secondary school, and package C-senior high school.

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