Argumentative Writing
– Your purpose is to persuade the audience to agree with your opinion about a controversial
topic.
ESSAY
- The writing task
asks students to read two texts that present different perspectives on
the issue and construct an argument that
refers to these texts.
•What is the difference between
arguments in life and arguments in writing?
Argument:
In life- conflicts engaged in
using language.
In writing - opinions that can be
backed up with evidence.
•What type of evidence do you use when you are
trying to win an argument?
Personal experience, confirmed facts, reasons,
expert research, and statistics that directly relate to and support a debatable
claim.
•How can using evidence help to persuade
others to agree with your argument?
•Credible Sources make the claim legitimate,
irrefutable, permanent, solid.
Key vocabulary: topic, thesis statement,
claim, counterclaim
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