Argumentative Writing

What is a CLAIM in an ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER that is found in the thesis statement?

• Facts to support an idea

• An explanation of the chosen evidence

• Text evidence to support an opinion

• The writer's position (for/against) to the question

What is the order of the PARAGRAPHS in an ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER?

• Body 1, Introduction, Body 2, Conclusion

• Conclusion, Body 2, Body 1, Introduction

• Body 2, Introduction, Conclusion, Body 1

• Introduction, Body 1, Body 2, Conclusion

What belongs in the INTRODUCTION of an argumentative paper?

• Hook, Topic Sentence, Thesis Statement

• Citation, Explanation, Topic sentence

• Restatement of thesis, Hook, Topic Sentence

• Recommendation, Hook, Thesis Statement

TRUE/FALSE: A student is allowed to use only ONE passage when finding text evidence for an argumentative paper when they are provided with two passages.

• True

• False

A THESIS STATEMENT in the introduction should include how many REASONS to the given question that is being discussed in your paper?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

TRUE/FALSE: The INTRODUCTION should begin with a HOOK to draw in the reader's' attention into your paper

• True

• False

TRUE/FALSE: The CONCLUSION paragraph gives the reader an ENDING to the paper.

• True

• False

The BODY paragraphs of an argumentative essay are SIMILAR to what previously learned type of writing?

• Fiction Summary

• Composition Notebook Writing

• ACE Writing

• Nonfiction Summary

How many paragraphs MINIMUM should be in an argumentative essay in 6th grade?

• Five

• One

• Two

• Four

What paragraph should your THESIS STATEMENT go in?

• Introduction

• Body 1

• Body 2