Argumentative Essay

Argumentative Essay

Multiple Choice

What is argumentative essay?

• A. A three paragraph essay that talks about a certain issue

• B. An essay where you give your stand in an issue and give reasons to support your opinion.

• C. An essay where you give information

• D. An essay that explains a certain issue

Introduction

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT part of an argumentative essay introduction?

• A. Hook

• B. Background information

• C. Claim

• D. Evidence

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a hook sentence?

• To tell the reader what your essay is going to be about.

• To get your reader interested in your essay.

• To share the authors opinion with the reader.

• To provide facts to the reader.

Multiple Choice

Choose the better Introduction.

Topic: Animal Testing

• Animal testing is the process that helps us discover and create many great products for us humans. We can find out ways to make vaccines, skin care products, and even medicines, but it is harmful to the environment, harmful to innocent animals, gives inaccurate results, and it is a complete waste of our money and time. In using animals for testing, we are harming many innocent animals who don't deserve to be tested with dangerous chemicals.

• Animal testing is also known as animal experimentation. I think that we should not experiment on animals as it is harmful to people and the animals themselves. Also, not all animal experimentations are accurate and this could lead to harmful and wrong results. According to PETA, more than 90% of basic scientific discoveries, most of which are from experiments on animals, fail to lead to human treatments.

Credits to Hiba Imaan for the Introduction

Animal testing is the process that helps us discover and create many great products for us humans. We can find out ways to make vaccines, skin care products, and even medicines, but it is harmful to the environment, harmful to innocent animals, gives inaccurate results, and it is a complete waste of our money and time. In using animals for testing, we are harming many innocent animals who don't deserve to be tested with dangerous chemicals.

The Body Paragraphs

Multiple Choice

Which of these phrases would be good to use to cite text evidence?

• In conclusion,

• In my opinion,

• According to the text,

• In other words,

Multiple Choice

Transition words help the essay flow from one idea to the next. An example of a transition word is

• Therefore
• And
• But
• Why

Multiple Choice

Which of these transitions would you use in your body paragraph?

• In conclusion,

• Next,

• In my opinion,

Multiple Choice

All of the following are reasons except:

• School uniforms are the better choice for three reasons.

• First, wearing school uniforms would help make students’ lives simpler.

• Second, school uniforms influence students to act responsibly in groups and as individuals.

• Finally, school uniforms would help make all students feel equal.

Multiple Choice

Which quote supports the claim that we should stop using screens for a week?

• "Screens cause students to be distracted and then they cannot learn as well."

• "Screens allow students to find information quickly and efficiently."

• "Technology has become more advanced in the past ten years."

• "Screens on cell phones have become larger in the past few years."

Multiple Choice

Choose the better Body Paragraph.

Topic: School Uniforms

Claim: Schools should require their students to wear school uniforms.

• Wearing a uniform means students don’t have to worry about peer pressure when it comes to their clothes. In America, where a majority of schools do not have a uniform, roughly 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. This might not be directly linked to what they’re wearing, but having a uniform can be a safety net for many students who might otherwise suffer from bullying.

• Requiring students to wear uniforms will be good for the students because they do not need to think of what they need to wear. Also, students will not feel intimidated or embarrassed by what they can or can only wear due to their economic status. Let's face it rich kids will wear fancy clothes while poor kids can be bullied because they won't be able to afford fine clothings.

Credits to The Guardian

Wearing a uniform means students don’t have to worry about peer pressure when it comes to their clothes. In America, where a majority of schools do not have a uniform, roughly 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. This might not be directly linked to what they’re wearing, but having a uniform can be a safety net for many students who might otherwise suffer from bullying.

The Counterargument

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be a solid counterargument for the topic of kids using social media?

• Some people believe that kids should be allowed to use social media, but those people are wrong.

• Some people claim that kids should not be allowed to use social media because they could experience bullying.

• My mom said that I'm not allowed to have social media and I don't like that.

• Social media shouldn't be allowed for teenagers.

Multiple Choice

Which of these transitions would you use in the counterargument paragraph?

• A.However

• B. Also

• C. Similarly

• D. In conclusions

Multiple Choice

Choose a better counterargument.

Topic: Bullying

Claim: Preventing people from becoming bullies rather than punishing the Bullies.

• The opposing side may say that bullying is often thought of as a natural part of society and when a person is bullied, the offender is to be punished. In my opinion, without interference it becomes a cycle, bad for the victim and the bully who feels powerful and sometimes ashamed after the fact.

• Many people argue that bullying is a natural and that the only way to prevent it is to punish the bullies. This argument is only doing something after the fact, when we should be working toward prevention.

Multiple Choice

Choose the better conclusion.

Topic: Regulating Social Media

Claim: Social media needs to be regulated

• Before I end, I would like to add another reason why we should regulate social media and that is because everyone is using social media nowadays. The bigger the population or audience social media has, the higher the risk of bullying, crimes and other negative effects of leaving social media unregulated. That is why we need to start working to ensure that our online world is safe.

• As technology expands itself into the realm of how society receives information it is found that social media outlets have too much influence over public opinion. Several responded that they receive their daily news from platforms on Facebook and social media. Private entities may invest in social media to increase the audience of their ideas while filtering out opposing positions. If you value free and fair information, we must act to regulate digital media to ensure freedom of the press.

Credits to PaperOwl

As technology expands itself into the realm of how society receives information it is found that social media outlets have too much influence over public opinion. Several responded that they receive their daily news from platforms on Facebook and social media. Private entities may invest in social media to increase the audience of their ideas while filtering out opposing positions. If you value free and fair information, we must act to regulate digital media to ensure freedom of the press.