Setting up an Argumentative Essay

The type of essay structure that we are talking about is...

• argumentative

• informative

• it's a story

What is the first paragraph of the essay called?

• Body paragraph 1

• Conclusion

• Introduction

• Body paragraph 2

What is the first thing we write in the Introduction? (Hint: It's how you can get a reader to read your essay.)

• Affirm your claim

• Restate the question

• Claim

• Hook

What is the second thing you write in the Introduction?

• Transition

• Restate the question

• Hook

• Affirm your claim/position

What is the third thing that we write into our introduction paragraph?

• Affirm your claim/position

• Restate the question

• Hook

• Transition

What is the second paragraph in the essay called?

• Body paragraph 1

• Conclusion

• Body paragraph 2

• Introduction

What is the first thing that we write into the first body paragraph? (Hint: This is used to move the reader along to the body paragraph.)

• Affirm your claim/position

• Text Evidence

• Transition

• Reason 1

What is the second thing in the set up for the first body paragraph?

• Restate de question

• Transition

• Reason

• Text Evidence

What is the third thing in the set up for the first body paragraph?

• Text Evidence

• Reason

• Explain

• Restate the Question

Since we are using the RACE strategy to write our essays, what two letters in the strategy belong in the body paragraphs?

• E (explain)

• R (restate the question)

• A (answer the question)

• C (cite the evidence)