Q3 reviewer

ESSAY

- Short piece of writing on a particular subject

ARGUMENTATIVE

- Showing a tendency to disagree or argue

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

- Aims to make readers agree with the writer’s opinion about controversial or debatable issue

WRITING TECHNIQUES

- Proposal – proposes solution to a certain problem

- Causal – focuses on how something had led to a problem
- Definition – controversial term or concept
- Narrative – a story that is presented in a chronological order to make some kind of point
- Evaluation – good/bad of a product but establish a good/bad criteria about it
- Rebuttal – response to another argument

WRITING TECHNIQUE

- An author use to convey their message effectively

ISSUE

- Idea about which the opinions of people are different

CLAIM

- A position, stand or point of view

- Statement by an author about an issues

ARGUMENT

- Supports the claim, needs supporting evidences

THESIS STATEMENT

- Most important part and controlling idea of your essay

- 1 to 2 sentences and the last sentence of introduction

EVIDENCE

- Used to support argument

COUNTERARGUMENT

- Idea given by the opposing side against claim

 REBUTTAL

- Response to the counterclaim

Why is it important to learn to write an argumentative essay?

- Help you develop critical thinking and research skills along with developing how to rationally
defend a position

INFORMATIVE ESSAY

- Provides information and explanation in a straightforward manner

WRITING TECHNIQUES

- Description - Explains
- Comparison and Contrast – similarities or differences
- Problem and Solution – present problem then propose a solution
- Cause-Effect – explains and analyze why it happened or how it occurred
- Sequence – series of events or process

PERSUASION

- To influence the audience

PERSUASIVE TEXT

- Main purpose to: convince, motivate and move readers towards a certain POV or opinion

STARTING POINT

- Identify your topic and choose your side

PURPOSE

- Get the reader to agree with your opinion

RHETORICAL APPEALS

- Pathos – emotion
- Logos – reason
- Ethos – authority

LITERARY APPROACHES

- Structuralist/Formalist – literary elements (literary elements, literary devices, structure,

language)
- Historical – history and cultural conditions
- Moralist – conveys a lesson or message
- Feminist – female presentation literature, POV, concerns, and values
- Readers Response – dependent upon the readers response
- Marxist – literary product to social reality (class stratification, class relations, dominant ideolog)
CRITIQUE/CRITICAL ANALYSIS

- Aims to study, discuss, evaluate and interpret literary works

PARTS OF CRITICAL ANALYSIS

- Introduction – the title of the work and the author’s name, own thesis statement and main idea
of your work
- Summary – summarize the text in your own words
- Analysis – state what you like or not about the text
- Conclusion – restate your thesis in new words, summarize your main ideas. Include a call to
action