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Argumentative Essays
Argumentative Essays
Types
1. Expressing the advantages and disadvantages of the topic under discussion 2. Expressing your opinion on a subject 3. Expressing arguments for and against a topic. 4. Discursive essays.
3. #haracteristics
!& An argumentative composition is a piece of formal writing that express different viewpoints on the under discussion& #& 'ou should start a new paragraph for each point you ma(e& )& ach paragraph should start with a (ey sentence *& $a $ey sentence is a sentence which summari+es the paragraph%& ,& 'ou should provide examples and reasons to -ustify your points of view& .& /sing 0uotations1 whether writing the exact words spo(en or paraphrasing1 is a way of ma(ing your argumentative composition more interesting& !
e&g& There is enough in the world for everyones need, but not enough for everyones greed 2ran( Buchman& 3& Before writing your composition1 you should first ma(e a plan&
end (ith a +uotation or a rhetorica! +uestion1 e&g& 'rogress is a comfortable disease(or )hat does the future hold for us$