Parts of an Argument Essay

What is NOT included in an introduction?

• Hook

• Background information

• Thesis statement or the claim

• supporting evidence

What is the most important sentence in your paper?

• The hook

• The thesis statement

• The counterclaim

• The call to action

What should be included in your thesis statement?

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• Your position or your claim that you intend to prove with evidence

• Reasons that support the argument that you will make in your paper

• The evidence that you are including to support your reasons.

What is the purpose of the body paragraphs (#1-2)?

• To make the claim more evident

• To provide couterclaims to the claim given in the introduction

• To provide evidence and support for your claim

• None of these are true

Each body paragraph must contain which of the following?

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• Transition word at the beginning of the paragraph

• Clearly stated reasons to defend your claim

• Cited evidence to support your reasons

• The counterclaim and rebuttal for the other side of the argyment.

Which of the following are examples of credible (trustworhty) evidence?

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• Examples

• Statistics

• Quotes

• Facts

How do we give credit for using another author's words or ideas?

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• In-text citation (author's last name and page number).

• Just put quotation marks around the words.

• You do not have to give credit if you put the words in your own words.

• A works cited page or list of references given at the end of our paper to include everyone we listed in the body of the essay.

What is most important in the third body paragraph?

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• Thesis statement - restated

• Counterargument

• Claim

• Rebuttal

What is the COUNTERARGUMENT?

• The claim made in the paper

• The claim of the opposing side.

• The evidence needed to prove the claim.

• The evidence needed to refute the claim.

Why is the counterargument important?

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• It adds strong evidence to the claim

• It provides credibility to the essay.

• It helps to prove the author right.

• It helps to gain the reader's trust.