Argument Essay

Do you have to cite text evidence in an argument essay?

• Yes

• No

• I'm not sure

• Only on Tuesdays

One sentence found in the first paragraph as well as in the last paragraph that makes it clear to the reader what stand you are taking.

• Warrant

• Rebuttal

• Transitions

• Claim / Thesis

This is how you grab your reader’s attention.

• Claim / Thesis

• Warrant

• Hook

• Counterclaim

Whom are you trying to persuade?

• Audience

• Argument

• Hook

• Counterclaim

What should each body paragraph in an argumentative essay include?

• A new thesis statement

• A summary of the essay

• A piece of evidence supporting the thesis

• A conclusion

A written work that’s main goal is to persuade the reader through use of facts, evidence, and contains a specific claim.

• Analogy

• Direct Address

• Argumentative Essay

• Novel

What is an argumentative essay?

• An argumentative essay is a type of fiction writing

• An argumentative essay is a type of poetry

• An argumentative essay is a type of academic writing that presents a claim or argument supported by evidence and reasoning.

• An argumentative essay is a type of cooking recipe

Which prompt would need the writer to write an ARGUMENTATIVE essay?

• . . . in which you explain the purpose of tagging animals.

• . . . in which you analyze John Philip Sousa's musical career.

• . . . in which you make and support a claim about whether the United States should continue to explore space or the oceans.

• . . . in which you analyze how the speaker in the poem and Hettie in passage one respond to change.

An Argumentative Essay sometimes has what extra element?

• The use of "I, me."

• Extra citation.

• A 4th body paragraph presenting the opposite argument for rebuttal.

• A second introduction.

Which of these is NOT a part of an argumentative essay?

• setting

• conclusion

• introduction that includes a claim

• evidence and explanation