{"id":51,"date":"2021-04-01T18:36:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T23:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2021-04-26T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T19:19:25","slug":"counterarguments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/for-students\/write-like-greta\/counterarguments\/","title":{"rendered":"5. Counterarguments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following lessons will use Greta\u2019s writing as an example to teach you <\/span><b>how to win any argument by including your critics\u2019 voices in your own writing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stolaf.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=23970349-ddce-4134-bd2f-acbc01382a54\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is a counterargument?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 580px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-51-1\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1539\/2021\/04\/Write-Like-Greta-Counterarguments-Part-1_default_Trim.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1539\/2021\/04\/Write-Like-Greta-Counterarguments-Part-1_default_Trim.mp4\">https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1539\/2021\/04\/Write-Like-Greta-Counterarguments-Part-1_default_Trim.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stolaf.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=acb0303a-a866-4a0d-a3dd-acbd0125927b\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Counterargument example 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 580px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-51-2\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1539\/2021\/04\/Counterarguments-1_default.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1539\/2021\/04\/Counterarguments-1_default.mp4\">https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1539\/2021\/04\/Counterarguments-1_default.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stolaf.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=61b324da-4f35-44a7-948c-acbc013ce635\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Counterargument example 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 580px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-51-3\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" poster=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1539\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-33.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1539\/2021\/04\/Counterarguments_-Example-2_default_10172255_Trim.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1539\/2021\/04\/Counterarguments_-Example-2_default_10172255_Trim.mp4\">https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1539\/2021\/04\/Counterarguments_-Example-2_default_10172255_Trim.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h5><b>Links to Greta\u2019s Speeches:<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Example 1: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur House is On Fire\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U72xkMz6Pxk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/U72xkMz6Pxk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/U72xkMz6Pxk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Example 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cThe World is Waking Up\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TMrtLsQbaok\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TMrtLsQbaok\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/TMrtLsQbaok<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Try it:<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After watching these videos, <\/span><b>write a second paragraph to go with your \u201cgut claim\u201d that incorporates at least one counterargument.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You\u2019ll first have to think about what people who disagree with you tend to say about your topic. Then, you\u2019ll have to consider how you can respond convincingly to their ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some people say that high school students want school to start later because they\u2019re lazy. That\u2019s just a biased attitude. Research actually shows that \u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some politicians argue that wages should have been raised a long time ago, so to catch up, we need to make a big change now. It may be true that American workers aren\u2019t being paid enough, but higher wages won\u2019t help people who lose their jobs as a result of a huge wage hike.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/for-students\/write-like-greta\/revise\/\">Revise<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following lessons will use Greta\u2019s writing as an example to teach you how to win any argument by including your critics\u2019 voices in your own writing.\u00a0 What is a counterargument? &nbsp; Counterargument example 1 &nbsp; Counterargument example 2 Links to Greta\u2019s Speeches: Example 1: \u201cOur House is On Fire\u201d https:\/\/youtu.be\/U72xkMz6Pxk Example 2: \u201cThe World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3796,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3796"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/168"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/responses-to-thunberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}