Elements in an Argument Essay

Facts and research that support your argument

• Commentary

• Counterclaim

• Evidence

• Refutation

Grabs the reader's attention

• Refutation

• Counterclaim

• Hook

• Topic Sentence

Your main argument is also called the ​ (a)  

• claim.

• evidence

• counterclaim

Reorder the following elements of an argumentative essay

• Conclusion paragraph

• Body paragraphs

• Introductory paragraph

Reorder the following elements of an argumentative introductory paragraph

• Background info on the topic

• Thesis statement

• Hook

• Counterclaim

Reorder the following elements of an argumentative body paragraph.

• Elaboration: Connection to the claim

• Text evidence

• Elaboration: Introduce evidence

• Topic sentence

You should support your opinions with facts using ________ to make them more convincing.

• bias

• false facts

• evidence

• feelings or beliefs

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Anna is writing an opinion piece about the best sport. She should ________.

• include only false facts in this essay that she makes up

• provide facts that use evidence to support her opinion that baseball is the best sport

• never directly state her opinion about sports

• include no facts in this essay, only her opinion that baseball is the best sport

What kind of prompt is this? After completing your annotations on the two articles we read in class, which article do you agree with more? Based on the evidence and claims you found in both of these articles you will create your own claim on the subject, and then produce a single page paragraph using the elements of argument we searched for in the articles. You must use evidence from one of the articles we read and a single credible outside source. By the end of your paragraph you must include an example of ethos, logos, and a refutation.

• Argument

• Narrative

• Analysis 

• Poem

Which element in an argumentative essay provides the main point or stance?

• Hook

• Claim

• Evidence

• Counterclaim