Argumentative Writing 1

What is Argumentative Writing?

• Written to inform or explain something

• Tells a story

• Piece of writing that has you take a stance on an issuse

Thesis statement does not have to be assertive

• True

• False

Thesis should avoid value or moral belief's

• True

• False

Introductory para explains the reasons you support

• True

• False

Body para explains the reasons you support your thesis statement and address opposing points of view

• True

• False

The purpose of your essay is to convience your reader of the thesis based on the strong evidence you provide

• True

• False

Thesis statement cannot be debatable

• True

• False

The writer's position on an issue is called

• claim

• counterclaim

• rebuttel

• thesis

What is the purpose of an argument?

• TO EXPLAIN
• TO PERSUADE
• TO ENTERTAIN
• TO INFORM

The author's purpose is to convince us that the ________________ is true.

• evidence

• claim

• counterclaim

• clues