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WRITING AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

WRITING AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY. Essay 1. PERSUASION/ARGUMENT. PERSUASION - REFERS TO THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT AUTHORS ENCOURAGE READERS TO ACCEPT THEIR POSITION ARGUMENT -REFERS TO THE USE OF LOGIC AND EVIDENCE TO CONVINCE READERS. CHOOSING A DEBATABLE TOPIC.

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WRITING AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

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  1. WRITING AN ARGUMENTATIVEESSAY Essay 1

  2. PERSUASION/ARGUMENT • PERSUASION- REFERS TO THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT AUTHORS ENCOURAGE READERS TO ACCEPT THEIR POSITION • ARGUMENT-REFERS TO THE USE OF LOGIC AND EVIDENCE TO CONVINCE READERS

  3. CHOOSING A DEBATABLE TOPIC • PEOPLE MUST DISAGREE ABOUT YOUR TOPIC TO MAKE IT DEBATABLE!! • A FACTUAL STATEMENT IS ONE ABOUT WHICH PEOPLE DO NOT DISAGREE, AND ARE NOT SUITED FOR AN ARGUMENT PAPER.

  4. FACTUAL STATEMENT: • MANY COUNTRIES HOLD POLITICAL PRISONERS. • DEBATABLE TOPIC: • THE UNITED STATES SHOULDNOT TRADE WITH COUNTRIES THAT HOLD POLITICAL PRISONERS.

  5. FACT: First-year students are not required to purchase a meal plan from the university. • DEBATABLE TOPIC: First-year students SHOULD be required to purchase a meal plan from the university.

  6. ARGUMENTATIVE THESIS • A THESIS THAT ASSERTS OR DENIES SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR TOPIC. • THESIS STATEMENT MUST TAKE A STRONG STAND.

  7. ANTITHESIS • A STATEMENT THAT TAKES AN ARGUABLE POSITION OPPOSITE YOURS.

  8. THESIS: TERM LIMITS WOULD IMPROVE GOVERNMENT BY BRINGING PEOPLE WITH FRESH IDEAS INTO OFFICE EVERY FEW YEARS. • ANTITHESIS: TERM LIMITS WOULD HARM GOVERNMENT BECAUSE ELECTED OFFICIALS WOULD ALWAYS BE INEXPERIENCED.

  9. PRESENT SUPPORT • EXAMPLES • STATISTICS • EXPERT OPINION

  10. AVOID VAGUE LANGUAGE • VAGUE--Censorship of the Internet would be wrong. • CLEARER--Censorship of the Internet would unfairly limit free speech.

  11. HURRAY!! NOW LET’S WRITE OUR ESSAY!!! • ANY QUESTIONS?????????????

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