Writing an argumentation part 4: argumentation structure
Read the prompt, and make outlines for an essay.
Writing an argumentation part 3: linking words part II
Now take a look at an exemplary essay. What you can say about each part of the text?
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's structure
Now take a look at an exemplary essay again and read the comments to each part.
INTRODUCTION Should be kept fairly simple and should definitely: - catch the reader's attention (one 'focus' sentence) - restate the prompt - give the thesis statement (preview the opinion you are going to develop)
Can you pick up these elements from the essay?
BODY Should develop the idea presented in the introduction. It's constructed of paragraphs each representing an argument. A paragraph should start with a topic sentence (the main idea that will be presented), and then should be supported by reasons, examples, or personal experience.
Can you pick up these elements from the essay?
CONCLUSION In this part you should restate the thesis sentence, you should summarize the points presented in the body and show the significance of each. You might provide the last compelling reason why your opinion is correct.
Can you pick up these elements from the essay?
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's outline
Now let's see how the writer could outline the essay based on the requirements:
INTRODUCTION Should be kept fairly simple and should definitely: - catch the reader's attention (one 'focus' sentence) - restate the prompt - give the thesis statement (preview the opinion you are going to develop)
BODY Should develop the idea presented in the introduction. It's constructed of paragraphs each representing an argument. A paragraph should start with a topic sentence (the main idea that will be presented), and then should be supported by reasons, examples, or personal experience.
CONCLUSION In this part you should restate the thesis sentence, you should summarize the points presented in the body and show the significance of each. You might provide the last compelling reason why your opinion is correct.
notice that already in the outline there are quite a lot of linking words: they are there to help you structure your ideas!
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's structure
Essay's parts quiz
What does it mean 'to capture the reader's attention' when we refer to writing an introduction of an essay.
b) the essay should be filled with emotional vocabulary
c) The essay should address the words directly to the reader
a) the first sentence of the essay should indicate some interesting fact
The essay is borken into three parts. The second part is called body. In this part the reader should:
c) present arguments to support thesis statement and provide examples
b) develope his/her thoughts and give examples
a) present the thesis statement and provide examples
In the conclusion one should .... the thesis sentence .... arguments in the way that one can see their ....
a) announce ... present ... significance.
c) repeat... evoke ... importance.
b) restate ... summarize ... importance.
To write an outline of the essay means to:
a) to sketch out the essay by writing down the key points of argumentation
b) to write a draft essay
c) to brainstorm and write down different ideas
While outlining the essay one should
c) already have an idea of the types of the arguments he/she is going to use
a) speak to him/herself to see if the ideas make sens
b) geather different kinds of arguments to see which are the best ones
In the outline of the essay the important thing is:
b) to already write some simple sentences
a) to write a full introduction statement that will help us structure the essay
c) use linking words or symbols expressing relations between ideas
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's structure
Essay's parts quiz
What does it mean 'to capture the reader's attention' when we refer to writing an introduction of an essay.
b) the essay should be filled with emotional vocabulary
c) The essay should address the words directly to the reader
a) the first sentence of the essay should indicate some interesting fact
The essay is borken into three parts. The second part is called body. In this part the reader should:
c) present arguments to support thesis statement and provide examples
b) develope his/her thoughts and give examples
a) present the thesis statement and provide examples
In the conclusion one should .... the thesis sentence .... arguments in the way that one can see their ....
a) announce ... present ... significance.
c) repeat... evoke ... importance.
b) restate ... summarize ... importance.
To write an outline of the essay means to:
a) to sketch out the essay by writing down the key points of argumentation
b) to write a draft essay
c) to brainstorm and write down different ideas
While outlining the essay one should
c) already have an idea of the types of the arguments he/she is going to use
a) speak to him/herself to see if the ideas make sens
b) geather different kinds of arguments to see which are the best ones
In the outline of the essay the important thing is:
b) to already write some simple sentences
a) to write a full introduction statement that will help us structure the essay
c) use linking words or symbols expressing relations between ideas
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's parts
Read three different introductions to the given prompt. Which one is the best?
When we think about the money spent on space research there are two possible perspectives. One is of the supporters of the development of our civilization. On the other hand, some people believe that this kind of investment is obsolete, and money from such research could be better spent. Nowadays I would say that the second group is right.
Space research is an integral part of modern civilization. Certainly, this kind of scientific research needs a lot of money, and as a result, it receives criticism from those who would see better use of these investments. However, once implemented, space research has a positive influence on all of the world, and in this essay, I will try to provide arguments in favour of investing in this kind of research.
Money is very important in today's society. In prehistoric times there was no need for money, as we were exchanging products through the barter process. Nowadays however money is the basic means to satisfy our basic needs. This is why some people criticize the overuse of money and its wastage on big projects like space research. Here I will provide some arguments on how this money could be better invested.
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's parts
Read three different introductions to the given prompt. Which one is the best?
When we think about the money spent on space research there are two possible perspectives. One is of the supporters of the development of our civilization. On the other hand, some people believe that this kind of investment is obsolete, and money from such research could be better spent. Nowadays I would say that the second group is right.
Space research is an integral part of modern civilization. Certainly, this kind of scientific research needs a lot of money, and as a result, it receives criticism from those who would see better use of these investments. However, once implemented, space research has a positive influence on all of the world, and in this essay, I will try to provide arguments in favour of investing in this kind of research.
Money is very important in today's society. In prehistoric times there was no need for money, as we were exchanging products through the barter process. Nowadays however money is the basic means to satisfy our basic needs. This is why some people criticize the overuse of money and its wastage on big projects like space research. Here I will provide some arguments on how this money could be better invested.
Introduction 1- The first sentence doesn't attract attention and it reduces the scope only to two possible perspectives which sounds false. + Te writer restates the prompt. - Instead of giving the thesis statement the writer gives already personal opinion, that can not be!
Introduction 2+ The first sentence provides an observation difficult to deny and then moves directly to the polemic. In such a way the writer immediately catches the reader's attention. + The writer restates and rephrases (writes in his/her own words) the prompt. + The writer provides the thesis statement: space research brings a lot to humanity and here come arguments to why.
Introduction 3- the first sentence is just a regular statement, and the one following it is actually off-topic. - the writer doesn't really restate the prompt, and actually changes the scope. The point was to consider space research while the writer is already labelling this type of research as wastage, and moves on to talk about general aspects of helping humanity - completely off topic. - The writer provides thesis statement: arguments on how the money could be better invested. However, this statement doesn't match the prompt as the prompt was wrongly restated!
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's parts
Now look at thedifferent outlines. Which one matches the best the prompt?
Body
speace resarch have taught us a lot
for example we have landed on the moon
on the other hand its a dangerous iniciative
Challenger accident consequence: it needs a lot of money to provide security
In the future space race and solve our problems
overpopulation, lack of resources
Conclusion
there are present advatages (learning about space and Earth) and possible future advantages (home on Mars)
That's why we should invest in space race
Body
space research can eradicate world problems
early warnings of climate changeslong-range forecasting of weather warn about potential dangers such as huricaines
it helps us in everyday life
GPS and GIS (geographic information system)
more benefits in the future
possible space exploration (minerals + resources) even space inhabitation (life on Mars)
Conclusion
Space research benefit humanity on multiple levels (forcast, geolocalisation, resources)
It's already of a big importance, so shouldn't be stopped, on contrary, it's promissing and should be developped
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's parts
Now look at thedifferent outlines. Which one matches the best the prompt?
Body
space research can eradicate world problems
early warnings of climate changeslong-range forecasting of weather warn about potential dangers such as huricaines
it helps us in everyday life
GPS and GIS (geographic information system)
more benefits in the future
possible space exploration (minerals + resources) even space inhabitation (life on Mars)
Conclusion
Space research benefit humanity on multiple levels (forcast, geolocalisation, resources)
It's already of a big importance, so shouldn't be stopped, on contrary, it's promissing and should be developped
The ouline was fully focused on arguing how space research can benefit humanity. It provided arguments on different levels: global, personal, and future possibilities. In the conclusion it has not only recapitulated the points, but also highlighted that for these specific reasons we should keep on investing in the space race.
Writing an argumentation part 3: making essay's outline
Which expressions should appear in which part of the essay?
To summarize,...
On one hand ...
For example,...
In this essay I will ...
On the other hand ...
Second, ...
First of all,
Not only ..., but also ...
However, ...
Consequently...
It has been proven that ...
Nowadays ...
Introduction
attract the reader:
restate the prompt:
your thesis statement:
Body
Argument 1
reasons/examples/ personal experience
Argument 2
reasons/examples/ personal experience
Argument 3
reasons/examples/ personal experience
Conclusion
restate the thesis statement:
Summariwe the points and give them importance:
Writing an argumentation part 3: making essay's outline
Read the prompt and make essay's outline
Introduction
Nowadays ...
attract the reader:
restate the prompt:
In this essay I will ...
your thesis statement:
Body
First of all,
Argument 1
reasons/examples/ personal experience
On one hand ...
Not only ..., but also ...
It has been proven that ...
For example,...
Consequently...
Argument 2
Second, ...
reasons/examples/ personal experience
Argument 3
On the other hand ...
reasons/examples/ personal experience
However, ...
Conclusion
To summarize
restate the thesis statement:
Summariwe the points and give them importance:
Writing an argumentation part 3: making essay's outline
Write an essay based on the outline we have prepared during our class.
YESSSSS!
keep on going!
Oh, oh!
Try again!
Congratulations!
You pass!
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Writing an argumentation part 4: argumentation structure
Read the prompt, and make outlines for an essay.
Writing an argumentation part 3: linking words part II
Now take a look at an exemplary essay. What you can say about each part of the text?
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's structure
Now take a look at an exemplary essay again and read the comments to each part.
INTRODUCTION Should be kept fairly simple and should definitely: - catch the reader's attention (one 'focus' sentence) - restate the prompt - give the thesis statement (preview the opinion you are going to develop)
Can you pick up these elements from the essay?
BODY Should develop the idea presented in the introduction. It's constructed of paragraphs each representing an argument. A paragraph should start with a topic sentence (the main idea that will be presented), and then should be supported by reasons, examples, or personal experience.
Can you pick up these elements from the essay?
CONCLUSION In this part you should restate the thesis sentence, you should summarize the points presented in the body and show the significance of each. You might provide the last compelling reason why your opinion is correct.
Can you pick up these elements from the essay?
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's outline
Now let's see how the writer could outline the essay based on the requirements:
INTRODUCTION Should be kept fairly simple and should definitely: - catch the reader's attention (one 'focus' sentence) - restate the prompt - give the thesis statement (preview the opinion you are going to develop)
BODY Should develop the idea presented in the introduction. It's constructed of paragraphs each representing an argument. A paragraph should start with a topic sentence (the main idea that will be presented), and then should be supported by reasons, examples, or personal experience.
CONCLUSION In this part you should restate the thesis sentence, you should summarize the points presented in the body and show the significance of each. You might provide the last compelling reason why your opinion is correct.
notice that already in the outline there are quite a lot of linking words: they are there to help you structure your ideas!
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's structure
Essay's parts quiz
What does it mean 'to capture the reader's attention' when we refer to writing an introduction of an essay.
b) the essay should be filled with emotional vocabulary
c) The essay should address the words directly to the reader
a) the first sentence of the essay should indicate some interesting fact
The essay is borken into three parts. The second part is called body. In this part the reader should:
c) present arguments to support thesis statement and provide examples
b) develope his/her thoughts and give examples
a) present the thesis statement and provide examples
In the conclusion one should .... the thesis sentence .... arguments in the way that one can see their ....
a) announce ... present ... significance.
c) repeat... evoke ... importance.
b) restate ... summarize ... importance.
To write an outline of the essay means to:
a) to sketch out the essay by writing down the key points of argumentation
b) to write a draft essay
c) to brainstorm and write down different ideas
While outlining the essay one should
c) already have an idea of the types of the arguments he/she is going to use
a) speak to him/herself to see if the ideas make sens
b) geather different kinds of arguments to see which are the best ones
In the outline of the essay the important thing is:
b) to already write some simple sentences
a) to write a full introduction statement that will help us structure the essay
c) use linking words or symbols expressing relations between ideas
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's structure
Essay's parts quiz
What does it mean 'to capture the reader's attention' when we refer to writing an introduction of an essay.
b) the essay should be filled with emotional vocabulary
c) The essay should address the words directly to the reader
a) the first sentence of the essay should indicate some interesting fact
The essay is borken into three parts. The second part is called body. In this part the reader should:
c) present arguments to support thesis statement and provide examples
b) develope his/her thoughts and give examples
a) present the thesis statement and provide examples
In the conclusion one should .... the thesis sentence .... arguments in the way that one can see their ....
a) announce ... present ... significance.
c) repeat... evoke ... importance.
b) restate ... summarize ... importance.
To write an outline of the essay means to:
a) to sketch out the essay by writing down the key points of argumentation
b) to write a draft essay
c) to brainstorm and write down different ideas
While outlining the essay one should
c) already have an idea of the types of the arguments he/she is going to use
a) speak to him/herself to see if the ideas make sens
b) geather different kinds of arguments to see which are the best ones
In the outline of the essay the important thing is:
b) to already write some simple sentences
a) to write a full introduction statement that will help us structure the essay
c) use linking words or symbols expressing relations between ideas
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's parts
Read three different introductions to the given prompt. Which one is the best?
When we think about the money spent on space research there are two possible perspectives. One is of the supporters of the development of our civilization. On the other hand, some people believe that this kind of investment is obsolete, and money from such research could be better spent. Nowadays I would say that the second group is right.
Space research is an integral part of modern civilization. Certainly, this kind of scientific research needs a lot of money, and as a result, it receives criticism from those who would see better use of these investments. However, once implemented, space research has a positive influence on all of the world, and in this essay, I will try to provide arguments in favour of investing in this kind of research.
Money is very important in today's society. In prehistoric times there was no need for money, as we were exchanging products through the barter process. Nowadays however money is the basic means to satisfy our basic needs. This is why some people criticize the overuse of money and its wastage on big projects like space research. Here I will provide some arguments on how this money could be better invested.
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's parts
Read three different introductions to the given prompt. Which one is the best?
When we think about the money spent on space research there are two possible perspectives. One is of the supporters of the development of our civilization. On the other hand, some people believe that this kind of investment is obsolete, and money from such research could be better spent. Nowadays I would say that the second group is right.
Space research is an integral part of modern civilization. Certainly, this kind of scientific research needs a lot of money, and as a result, it receives criticism from those who would see better use of these investments. However, once implemented, space research has a positive influence on all of the world, and in this essay, I will try to provide arguments in favour of investing in this kind of research.
Money is very important in today's society. In prehistoric times there was no need for money, as we were exchanging products through the barter process. Nowadays however money is the basic means to satisfy our basic needs. This is why some people criticize the overuse of money and its wastage on big projects like space research. Here I will provide some arguments on how this money could be better invested.
Introduction 1- The first sentence doesn't attract attention and it reduces the scope only to two possible perspectives which sounds false. + Te writer restates the prompt. - Instead of giving the thesis statement the writer gives already personal opinion, that can not be!
Introduction 2+ The first sentence provides an observation difficult to deny and then moves directly to the polemic. In such a way the writer immediately catches the reader's attention. + The writer restates and rephrases (writes in his/her own words) the prompt. + The writer provides the thesis statement: space research brings a lot to humanity and here come arguments to why.
Introduction 3- the first sentence is just a regular statement, and the one following it is actually off-topic. - the writer doesn't really restate the prompt, and actually changes the scope. The point was to consider space research while the writer is already labelling this type of research as wastage, and moves on to talk about general aspects of helping humanity - completely off topic. - The writer provides thesis statement: arguments on how the money could be better invested. However, this statement doesn't match the prompt as the prompt was wrongly restated!
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's parts
Now look at thedifferent outlines. Which one matches the best the prompt?
Body
speace resarch have taught us a lot
for example we have landed on the moon
on the other hand its a dangerous iniciative
Challenger accident consequence: it needs a lot of money to provide security
In the future space race and solve our problems
overpopulation, lack of resources
Conclusion
there are present advatages (learning about space and Earth) and possible future advantages (home on Mars)
That's why we should invest in space race
Body
space research can eradicate world problems
early warnings of climate changeslong-range forecasting of weather warn about potential dangers such as huricaines
it helps us in everyday life
GPS and GIS (geographic information system)
more benefits in the future
possible space exploration (minerals + resources) even space inhabitation (life on Mars)
Conclusion
Space research benefit humanity on multiple levels (forcast, geolocalisation, resources)
It's already of a big importance, so shouldn't be stopped, on contrary, it's promissing and should be developped
Writing an argumentation part 3: essay's parts
Now look at thedifferent outlines. Which one matches the best the prompt?
Body
space research can eradicate world problems
early warnings of climate changeslong-range forecasting of weather warn about potential dangers such as huricaines
it helps us in everyday life
GPS and GIS (geographic information system)
more benefits in the future
possible space exploration (minerals + resources) even space inhabitation (life on Mars)
Conclusion
Space research benefit humanity on multiple levels (forcast, geolocalisation, resources)
It's already of a big importance, so shouldn't be stopped, on contrary, it's promissing and should be developped
The ouline was fully focused on arguing how space research can benefit humanity. It provided arguments on different levels: global, personal, and future possibilities. In the conclusion it has not only recapitulated the points, but also highlighted that for these specific reasons we should keep on investing in the space race.
Writing an argumentation part 3: making essay's outline
Which expressions should appear in which part of the essay?
To summarize,...
On one hand ...
For example,...
In this essay I will ...
On the other hand ...
Second, ...
First of all,
Not only ..., but also ...
However, ...
Consequently...
It has been proven that ...
Nowadays ...
Introduction
attract the reader:
restate the prompt:
your thesis statement:
Body
Argument 1
reasons/examples/ personal experience
Argument 2
reasons/examples/ personal experience
Argument 3
reasons/examples/ personal experience
Conclusion
restate the thesis statement:
Summariwe the points and give them importance:
Writing an argumentation part 3: making essay's outline
Read the prompt and make essay's outline
Introduction
Nowadays ...
attract the reader:
restate the prompt:
In this essay I will ...
your thesis statement:
Body
First of all,
Argument 1
reasons/examples/ personal experience
On one hand ...
Not only ..., but also ...
It has been proven that ...
For example,...
Consequently...
Argument 2
Second, ...
reasons/examples/ personal experience
Argument 3
On the other hand ...
reasons/examples/ personal experience
However, ...
Conclusion
To summarize
restate the thesis statement:
Summariwe the points and give them importance:
Writing an argumentation part 3: making essay's outline
Write an essay based on the outline we have prepared during our class.
YESSSSS!
keep on going!
Oh, oh!
Try again!
Congratulations!
You pass!