Parts of an Argumentative Essay

What three parts does an introduction have? List them AND define them

• Claim

• Evidence

• Rebuttal

• Thesis Statement

Tells the reader what your essay is about?

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Claim

• Thesis Statement

What is an argument?

• A claim that has logic and facts.

• _{A claim that has feelings in it.} 

•  A claim that tells a story.

What is a hook, or lead?

• The sentence that is the main idea of an essay. 

• The sentence that ends the paper. 

• A sentence that gets the reader's attention_.