Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Writing a argumentative essay Argumentative-vs.-Argumentive-Whats-the…
Writing a argumentative essay
Introduction
Hook: Attention getter
Background: Context on what you're writing about
Lead in: begin leading into your argument
Thesis: the argument of the essay that is followed up by evidence
Body paragraphs
Topic Sentence: Mini thesis that explains what the paragraph is going to be about
Unpack topic sentence: take a couple sentences to expand on the topic sentence
Provide evidence: using reputable sources, provide quotations with in-text citations to back up claim
Explain evidence: pasting a quotation isn't enough for the readers to understand why the quotation is there. You need to explain its importance
Prove objective: tie back to the thesis of the paper and explain how in providing this topic it helps prove your argument.
Provide a transition: transitions help move the reader along and so they aren't lost while reading.
Types of argument to
avoid
(AKA fallacies)
Ad hominem
Circular argument
Slippery slope
Post hoc ego proctor hoc
Generalization
Conclusion paragraph
restating thesis
wrapping essay up
clincher sentence at the end
