Argumentative writing

What is a evidence? 

• a statement used to support or prove the thesis

• quotations from a source

• the analysis explaining the meaning of evidence 

• a sentence that grabs your reader's attention 

What order do essays go in? 

• Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body Paragraph, Conclusion

• Body Paragraph, Introduction, Conclusion, Body Paragraph 

• Introduction, Body Paragraph, Conclusion, Body Paragraph

• Conclusion, Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body Paragraph

Formal or Informal? 
Went to Barcelona for the weekend. Lots to tell you.

• formal 

• informal

Formal or informal? 
Ya'll ok? 

• Formal

• Informal

Formal or Informal? 
I feel quite well, thank you. 

• formal

• informal

What is a thesis statement?

• what you want to say

• the beginning of an essay

• a sentence in which you state your main argument and a brief description of how you will prove it

• a sentence that tells the topic.

The concession part of a thesis statement is

• where you recognize the opposing side’s most important counter-argument

• where you give in to the opposite side

• the main argument

__________is the opposing claim; the other side

• Counter-claim

• Rebuttal

• Conclusion

• Claim

This tells more about the reasons that support a claim, especially why it matters.

• claim

• evidence

• counterclaim

• reason

To support a claim, you should have one or more of these, which tell why.

• reason

• counterclaim

• statistic

• counterargument