Writing an essay

Writing an essay

What can you see?

• The writer presents a point of view and supports it.

• It is common in academic writing..

• The argument is carefully supported in order to persuade the reader.

Argumentative essay

• To present your point of view and to persuade the reader to agree with you.

• In some cases you may also want to convince the reader to take action.

Purpose

​Brief explanation of the topic.
Why it is an important issue.

Introduction

​Give arguments to support the main idea.
A counterargument might be presented.

Body

​Arguments are restated, tying the points together.

Conclusion

​Paragraphs which show support for the author’s thesis (for example: reasons, evidence, data, statistics).

Argument

An opposing point of view that you recognize it exists, but that you can state is not as strong as the original arguments.

Counterargument

Multiple Select

In an argument essay, the writer does which of the following?

• presents a point of view and supports it

• suggests further resources for continued research

Multiple Choice

One purpose of an argumentative essay is which of the following?

• to market and sell a product

• to convince the reader to take action

• to present a problem and solution