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Argumentative Essay: What's Your Opinion?
Argumentative Essay: What's Your Opinion?
What is an Argumentative
Essay?
Also called a persuasive essay
Express an opinion and support it
with facts, statistics, authorities
Try to persuade the reader to change
their beliefs or behaviour
Includes both pro statements
(supporting ideas) and counter
arguments with a refutation
Feelings/Emotions:
It makes people feel
Irrelevant examples:
Riding a bike through the park is pretty.
Faulty logic
The Counterargument
After you have supported the opinion
with positive examples, you go
against your thesis statement and
present an opposite or
counterargument.
The important point is to refute the
counterargument (prove that it is
wrong)
Introducing a
counterargument
Opponents of this idea claim/maintain that
Those who disagree with these ideas may
say
Some people disagree with this idea
However, Nevertheless,
On the other hand,
Although
Refutation
It is dangerous to ride a bike in the city
There are ways to make it safe: helmets,
mirrors, whistles, road awareness
You get sweaty while riding a bike and then
have to work all day
- Many work places have showers, you can
take a change of clothes
It takes longer to get to work and to get home
-It might take longer but youre being efficient
with your time (doing two things at once)
Introduction
Supporting argument 1
Supporting argument 2
Counter argument and refutation
Conclusion