Argument Vs. Persuasion
Used to get the reader's attention.
What is a hook?
Made up of 3-4 paragraphs.
What is the body of an essay?
Proves your reasons with facts, or data.
What is evidence?
Tells the topic and your opinion on the issue.
What is a thesis?
Topic sentence, citations, elaboration, concluding sentence
What are the parts of a body paragraph?
Takes a position for or against.
claim
What is An unusual detail, a question, a strong statement, a quotation.
What are examples of hooks?
Restate your thesis, summarize 3 main reasons, circle back to hook (mic drop).
What is a concluding paragraph?
explains your evidence and how it relates to the thesis
elaboration
What is this an example of
"The prominent charter school model isn't working for four main reasons."
What is an example of a thesis statement?
In short, to summarize, in brief, as a result, in conclusion.
What are these and where would they be found in an essay
What are examples of transition words/phrases used in the concluding paragraph?
Sentence that defends the thesis
What is a concluding sentence?
Considers other perspectives on the issue.
What is argument writing?
Tells hook, thesis, and information about the topic.
What is are parts of an introduction paragraph?
First, second, nevertheless, however, for example, as you can see, in conclusion.
What are transition words?
The sentence that states your reason in each body paragraph
What are topic sentence
I, me, she, he, us, them, they
What is pronouns