The Argumentative Writing Process

What are the five parts of an argument?

• A claim, evidence, reason, counterclaims, and a conclusion

• A beginning, a middle, a second middle, a paragraph, and the end

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True or false: It doesn't really matter what order you put your claims, reasons, and evidence in.

• True

• False

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True or False: A counterclaim supports the original claim.

• True

• False

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True or False: It's fine to introduce evidence without offering reasons why it connects to the original claim.

• True

• False

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List three words that can signal a conclusion

• As a result

• Hence

• Finally

• Because I said

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True or False: It's not important to clearly introduce your claims, because people will start to understand them over the course of your argument.

• True

• False

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