Argumentative Writing

Argumentative Writing

By Mahtab Khalid

Open Ended

Read the following extract; pick out the issue discussed in this essay:

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

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Read the following extract; pick out the author's opinion this essay:

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

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Read the following extract; pick out the author's first reason to support his claim:

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

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Read the following extract; pick out the author's second reason to support his claim:

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

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Read the following extract; pick out the author's third reason to support his claim:

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

Open Ended

Read the following extract; pick out the opposing viewpoint discussed in this essay

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

Open Ended

Read the following extract and on a scale from 1 to 10 rate the author whether he was convincing or not?

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

Open Ended

Read the following extract add two more claims to support the author's viewpoint:

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

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Read the following extract; pick out the linking words from the essay:

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

Open Ended

Read the following extract; pick out the topic sentence for paragraph 1 and type it again:

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

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Read the following extract; pick out the topic sentence for paragraph 2 and type it again

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

Open Ended

Read the following extract; pick out the topic sentence for paragraph 1 and type it again:

Fast food chains have cottoned on to the fact that people now like to know what’s in their food, and that they like to think they are being healthy. So many chains have decided that they will publish their nutritional information – however scary – and also add more healthy sounding options to the menu.

Pizza Hut has recently re-branded itself as a healthy eating fast food restaurant by changing the name of some of its restaurants to ‘Pasta Hut’ and offering a selection of more healthy pasta dishes to customers who associate pizza with gluttony! Whether the pasta will contain as much salt as some of the pizza meals, which have been found to contain double the adult recommended daily salt allowance, remains to be seen.

Burger chains are branching out into salads and sandwiches – although beware the fast food chain salad dressing as it’s quite often the case that the salads are fine until you put a high fat dressing on them that ruins the whole effect. The same applies to the sandwiches, it’s usually the extras that all add up. Many of them are marketed as ‘healthy’ menu choices though, so be sure to ask for more information if you’re not sure.

Multiple Choice

How many paragraphs should be there in an essay?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

In an argumentative essay what is the first paragraph

• Conclusion

• Introduction

• Body 1

• Body 2

Multiple Choice

In an argumentative essay what is the second paragraph

• Introduction

• Body 1

• Body 2

• Conclusion

Multiple Choice

In an argumentative essay what is the third paragraph

• Body 2

• Introduction

• Body 1

• Conclusion

Multiple Choice

In an argumentative essay what is the last paragraph

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Body 1

• Body 2

Multiple Choice

What are the techniques for argumentative essay

• Simile Metaphor Personification Imagery

• EXAGGERATION, HYPERBOLE, UNDERSTATEMENT, SARCASM, PARADOX

• AFOREST

• Topics, Sub-topics, Facts/Eviences

Open Ended

Give an example of a claim:

Topic: Should PE a period everyday?

Open Ended

Give a counterclaim:

Topic Should PE a period everyday?

Open Ended

Read the text from the given image and write the author's claim:

Open Ended

Read the text from the given image and write the author's claim:

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What is a counterclaim? How do you refute it?

Open Ended

Should video games be a profession?

Make one claim and one counterclaim for the given topic:

Open Ended

Read the text from the given image and write the counter-claim:

Open Ended

Read the text from the given image and write the counter-claim given in the passage:

Open Ended

Read the text from the given image and write the author's claim and counterclaim:

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of evidence?

• A person/text/website/ diagram/etc. where the evidence is from

• Supporting proof

  A decision reached by evidence

  Source

• Closely related/connected to the topic

  The cause for belief, action, fact, or event

• A statement/fact that could be argued and proven with evidence

  Can be believed/trusted to be accurate