Argumentative Essay Flashcards

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Having or showing a tendency to argue

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Argumentative

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A short piece of writing on particular topic

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Essay

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A kind of writing that aims to make the reader agree with writer’s opinion about controversial or debatable issue

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Argumentative Essay

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-Is a powerful, eye-catching to grab your reader’s attention
-Introduce you issue
-Provides information necessary to understand your argument

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Hook

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5
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Simply name a topic and give a hint on what you’ll be talking about in your argumentative text. Briefly explain why the topic is important and who cares about it

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Background information

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6
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This part contains the main argument or main point
-it is a concise, one sentence summary of your main point

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Thesis statement(claim)

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The reason, facts, statistics, examples, or statement from experts, studies or other sources to support your claim

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Evidence

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Body must provide

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Evidence-
-Prior knowledge
-Experts opinion
-books and articles

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Each paragraph must contain one reason and supporting details
The supporting details may include examples, statistics and personal experiences
Includes counterclaim or rebutal

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Body

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10
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A claim made to rebut a previous claim

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Counterclaim

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