Argumentative

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Made by: Aiko, Benito, Charlize,
Gary and Judah

Aiko
An argumentative essay is
a piece of writing that
takes a stance on an
issue.

Aiko
How to write an Argumentative Text?
1. Decide on the topic you take your stance on.
2. Research evidence through any sources to support your evidence and
conflicting arguments that may arise from stance
3. Start writing your thesis ( Question format, Roadmap, Refute Objections )
4. Then, write your introduction
5. Write your body paragraphs where one topic idea is specialized per paragraph
with evidence to backup your arguments ( Classical, Rogerian or Toulmin )
6. Wrap your writing with conclusion where no ideas are introduced but only
restating your arguments and connecting it back to the thesis.
7. Proofread your text and edit them

Charlize
Structure of an Argumentative Text
1. Introduction - Attract reader’s attention, Introduce topic of discussion, thesis
statement
2. Body - Deliver (3) arguments supported by evidence.
3. Conclusion - Restate the thesis statement, call to action

Gary
Examples of Argumentative texts
People should not cut trees at it will mean
that animals will not have homes anymore
and they will die. People should not cut
trees also as it will harm the environment. It
will harm the environment as burning trees
will produce harmful smoke. This can cause
many people to get sick because they
breathe the harmful smoke that is produced
when the trees are burnt. Cutting trees is
bad and people should stop doing it.
● Not concise
● Small range of vocabulary
● No use of statistics
The process of deforestation must be
stopped as it has significant negative
impacts in the environment. Deforestation
can cause extinction as trees are a common
habitat to many animals. Deforestation
could also mean burning forests to make
space farming. In fact smoke from forest
fires kills 340000 people worldwide each
year. (ec.europa.eu)
● Concise
● Has a wide range of vocabulary
● Uses statistics
Judah
Tips!
1. Have a strong thesis
2. Select a topic you are passionate about
3. Do as much research as possible
a. Look for facts and statistics
4. Formulate a clear outline
5. Provide counterarguments
6. Be concise

Aiko
Common Mistakes
1. Lacking facts/Using fallacies

Facts help support an argument, fallacies weaken it.

2. Relying on unreliable sources of evidence

Avoid wikipedia, social media.

3. No proofreading

Recheck your work.

Benito
Thank you
listening!

Benito