Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Writing Argumentative Essays: A Review
- Argument
- Both convictions have to be present in the text in order to
modify the reader's beliefs
- Arguments and Proposals
- Types of Writing
- Argumentative
- Proposal
- They both use LOGIC to convince the readers to
reconsider their views and beliefs
- In order to do so, we need to focus on a thesis that
provokes the reader critical thinking and to use
concrete evidence carefully analyzed
- When to use an argument to convince the reader
- That one position is superior
(Comparison - Contrast)
- That one interpretation of a
reading is valid (Analysis)
- Audience and Argumentation
- It is crucial to identify the type of audience we have (sympathetic,
neutral, or hostile) and find the best way to convince them
- For example: The readers' awearness of the problem, its importance to
its lives, and its impact
- Also, it is important to take into account if there is any reason
that will cause the reader to resist the topic explored
- Organization
- Creating an outline pre-writing
- Its helps keep the argument focused and organized and also it makes it
easy for instructors to follow the argument.
- Conceding and Refuting
- It is important to concede another viewpoint, to
make the author more open-minded and the topic
more reasonable.
- Throughout the argumentative essay this opposing viewpoint is going to
be refuted, and this will strenghen the author's thesis