Argument Essays

Which of the following should not be included as supporting evidence for a paper on term limits for Congressmen?

• The average age of Congress has gone from 55 to 72 in the past decade, and new ideas from younger candidates could rejuvenate the capitol.

• Once in office, congress people can become complacent or worse, only work toward reelection instead of working for the people.

• Political action committees have taken too much control of long-standing senators.

• Adding Washington, D.C. as a state would shift the majority in Congress.

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This part of argumentative essay is where you develop your arguments in detail. Here you’ll present evidence, analysis, and reasoning to convince the reader that your thesis statement is true.

• Introduction

• Body

• Conclusion

Given the topic below, which argumentative essay prompt is the appropriate response? Discuss the effects of globalization on the economy of Nigeria.

• Just list all the effects you can think of.

• Develop a focused argument about the overall effect and why it matters, backed up by evidence from sources.

• Explain the effects of globalization through charts and graphs.

• Use various sources to highlight the effects and provide research data.

This part of the essay acts to draw the readers' attention.

This part of the essay sets the context for the debate the essay weighs in on.

• Thesis statement

• Background

• Evidence

• Counter-evidence

Assess the effectiveness of workplace anti-discrimination measures in the last decade.

• Build up your own argument about which kinds of measures have been most or least effective, and why.

• Provide a selection of data on the measures’ effectiveness.

• Use evidences to support your claims.

This part of the argumentative essay makes up the central argument-the claim(s) that the rest of the essay will work to back up with evidence and analysis.

An argumentative essay ends with a conclusion that summarizes and reflects on the arguments made in the introduction

• True

• False

The final sentence usually tries to capture the importance or originality of the argument in a strong, memorable statement.

• True

• False

• Partly true

• Somehow false

What is a claim?

• An educated guess based on evidence.

• A statement that can be argued and proven with evidence.

• Information you get from a text.

• The way you get the reader's attention.