How to write a reasoning

Reasoning is a type of text in which causal relationships are revealed, phenomena are explained, and theories are proved. However, it will not be chaotic to express a stream of thoughts or insist on your point of view. To get the reasoning, you need to know the basic principles of building its external and internal structure.

You will need

The ability to think logically

Instruction manual

one

Select a topic for discussion. You should not take the topics "stamped", those that have already been discussed many times and problems that have been successfully resolved long ago. It is also worth avoiding those from the category "what happened before - a chicken or an egg", since there is a high probability of going into demagogy. The exception is those cases when the reasoner has a really new look at this topic.

2

Write an introduction to the text. In two or three sentences indicate the presence of a specific problem or gaps and inaccuracies in existing judgments - as a justification for the need to write a reasoning. You can use quotes or well-known examples in this part, but do not abuse this feature so that there is not too much “water” in the text. Limit yourself to a long but concise statement.

3

State the main thesis of your reasoning. This is the thought that you go to prove or explain. Here, too, choose rather concise formulations, you will still be able to decipher them throughout the text. This can be either one thesis, or several - depending on the complexity of the topic.

4

Give arguments to prove your judgment. The most important thing at this stage is to determine the sufficiency of the argument, that is, it really must convince, to be authoritative. Both the scarcity of evidence and its piling up are not good for the text. It is important to remember that each of your conclusions must have proof in the text. Depending on the topic, one can find arguments in one's own experience, in the words of influential personalities or in works of art. It is important to observe the adequacy of evidence to the thesis: that, for example, the thesis "in the Universe there are rational beings, except for people" is not accompanied by the argument "my grandmother told me about this."

5

Draw a conclusion from your reasoning. This is a set of thoughts that you came to, analyzing the problem, comprehending all the evidence and counterarguments. You do not need to retell everything that you wrote about in the text above - highlight only the most basic and most important. Use wording a little more detailed than in the introduction.

6

Remember that reasoning is essentially a verbal act of understanding something. And the text should be built so logically that the reader, moving with your thought, will understand the pattern of your conclusion.