Argumentative essay
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EssayPlanningIntroParagraph.ppt
Argumentative Essay:
Plan your writing process
Bring your writing device to each class.
1. Complete Your Outline
This weekend:
- add content to your outline
- write in point form…S V M
-list three supporting details
…explanations, examples
Possibility: contact a study buddy to exchange/generate ideas
2. Check Your Outline
- Sunday in class, later again
- use the checklist we will provide
Possibilities:
-after a self-check, peer-check
3. Complete Your Rough Draft
- work throughout next week
- Google search key words of your arguments to support your claims
Aim to complete it for Sunday, Dec. 2
4. Check Your Rough Draft
-beginning Sunday Dec. 2
- use the editing checklist provided
- review the PPTx on proof-reading if you need to
Possibilities:
After 5 self-edits, peer-edit.
Strict Essay Due Date: Dec. 6th
Upload to Bb AND provide a hard-copy.
Review the late policy if you need to.
Argumentative Essay:
The intro paragraph
Hook
- AN INTERESTING FACT, STATISTIC, OR ANECDOTE THAT GETS YOUR READER INTERESTED IN THE SOCIAL ISSUE YOU WILL BE WRITING ABOUT
(YOU DON’T NEED TO HOOK THEM TO YOUR SIDE OF THE DEBATE. IT MAY EVEN BE TOO SOON TO TRY TO DO SO.)
Bridge
DON’T INTRODUCE YOUR SIDE UNTIL THE END
INTRODUCE THE SOCIAL ISSUE:
- HOW LONG IT’S BEEN A SOCIAL ISSUE
- WHY IT’S A SOCIAL ISSUE
- WHAT DO SOME PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT
- WHAT DO OTHER PEOPLE THINK…
- WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ARE DISCUSSING/THINKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE
- NOW, BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO YOUR SIDE…JUST BEFORE YOUR THESIS
Thesis
THE NEXT SLIDES WILL LOOK AT YOUR THESIS MORE CLOSELY.
GUIDING QUESTION: WHAT ARE THE KEY FEATURES OF A STRONG THESIS IN AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY?
Debatable
AN ARGUMENTATIVE THESIS MUST MAKE A CLAIM ABOUT WHICH REASONABLE PEOPLE CAN DISAGREE.
YOU CAN’T SAY “SOMETIMES…” BECAUSE NOBODY CAN ARGUE WITH THAT
Assertive
…TAKE A POSITION
ASSERT YOUR POSITION
USE
… SHOULD…
…SHOULD NOT…
Reasonable
… MAKE A CLAIM THAT IS LOGICAL AND POSSIBLE.
CLAIMS THAT ARE UNREALISTIC ARE NOT ARGUABLE OR CREDIBLE.
Evidence-based
…BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR THESIS WITH EVIDENCE/RESEARCH
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS CLAIMS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE IN THE ACADEMIC WRITING
Focused
YOUR CONTROLLING IDEAS WILL BE YOUR TWO/THREE MAIN ARGUMENTS
(IN EACH BODY PARAGRAPH, YOU WILL …
EXPLAIN YOUR ARGUMENT IN DETAIL
POSSIBLY EXPLAIN SUB-ARGUMENTS, OR SUB-POINTS
PROVIDE SUPPORT THROUGH RESEARCH
POSSIBLY PROVIDE EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR POINT
Thesis Structure
YOUR POSITION (INCLUDE THE TOPIC WORDS
+ LINKING WORD
+ YOUR MAIN ARGUMENT ONE
+ YOUR MAIN ARGUMENT TWO
+ YOUR MAIN ARGUMENT THREE (POSSIBLY)
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Example
IN FACT, …
IRONICALLY, TECHNOLOGY HAS CREATED A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE FEEL LONELY BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME MORE ISOLATED AND THEY COMPARE THEIR LIVES TO THE IDEAL SET BY SOCIAL MEDIA
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Example
IN FACT, …
IN FACT, WOMEN DO NOT NEED TO STAY AT HOME TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN SUCCESSFULLY BECAUSE WOMEN CAN BALANCE WORK AND CARE GIVING AND CHILDREN WILL BENEFIT BY EXPERIENCING MORE BALANCED ROLES BETWEEN THEIR FATHERS AND MOTHERS
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LET THE WRITING BEGIN
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