How to Write an Argumentative Essay by Shmoop

An argument essay persuades your reader to make a change.

This change would be mental change – a different way of thinking

Give Evidence to support your change.

The argument essay is the most important kind of academic paper because most
essays have an element of argumentation, even if it isn’t immediately obvious.

Big Fat Review

1.) The goal of the argument essay is to persuade your reader of your point of
view.
2.) The basic structure of an argument essay is: Introduction, Thesis, Supporting
Points, and Conclusion.
3.) The key to a good argument is not yelling, but having evidence and support that
your reader will find interesting and convincing.
4.) The argument essay is the most important kind of essay because it pops up in
most kind of writing.

https://owl.excelsior.edu/argument-and-critical-thinking/argument-analysis/
argument-analysis-thinking-about-content/

When you’re analyzing an argument for content, you’re looking at things like
claims, evidence to support those claims, and if that evidence makes sense.
Rhetorical analysis is about “digging in” and exploring the strategies and writing
style of a particular piece. Rhetorical analysis can be tricky because, chances are,
you haven’t done a lot of rhetorical analysis in the past.

When you analyze a work rhetorically, you are going to explore the following
concepts in a piece:
- Audience
- Purpose
- Style or Voice
- Ethos
- Pathos
- Logos

How to Write a Good Argumentative Essay: Logical Structure

A Minimal Five-Part Structure

- Introduction
- Main Body
- Main Argument (Conclusion: the main thesis of the essay)  Objection
(Conclusion: that the main argument just given is BAD)  Reply (Conclusion:
that the objection just given is BAD)
- Concluding Section
Summing Up:
- Argumentative essays have a minimal five-part structure:
- introduction, main body (with three parts), and conclusion

- The main body has a minimal three-part structure:

- main argument, objections, replies

- Organization of the parts of the main body can vary

- paragraph structure follows the logic
i.e. the order of presentation of the elements of the argument