Argumentative essay review

What is the claim?

• Explains the topic, gives your opinion, and lists the main reasons.

• Details that support your argument

• Grabs the reader's attention

• Explains why the other side of the argument is rational

Your opinion (or the side you have chosen to represent) on a controversial topic is called...

• Argument

• Informational

• Explanatory

• Narrative

Facts and research that support your argument

• Commentary

• Counterclaim

• Evidence

• Refutation

Grabs the reader's attention

• Refutation

• Counterclaim

• Hook

• Topic Sentence

Gives the other side of the argument

• Refutation

• Counterclaim

• Reasoning

• Evidence

How would you introduce a piece of evidence?

• According to...

• As mentioned in....

• Based on the research...

• You wouldn't introduce evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is the purpose of an ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER?

• To inform the reader about a topic

• Entertain the reader with a story

• Argue for/against a topic

• Describe using the five senses

Before choosing a position or side, you should

• develop a thesis

• write the introduction

• consider both sides

• make an outline

Once you choose a position/side, you should

• develop your claim/thesis

• develop an introduction

• generate ideas

• outline your entire essay

What is a claim?

• The sentence that gets the reader's attention.

• The main idea of an essay.

• The counterargument.

• Your views on a topic.