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Drug war LGBTQ Media

Death
Penalty
Divorce
 UNIT:4
LESSON:3

RESEARCH-BASED
ARGUMENTATIVE
ESSAY
 LEARNING
OUTCOMES

At the end of the session, the students are

expected to:
a. differentiate the research-based argumentative
essay from the explanation essay and the blog;
b. demonstrate the ability to transform research
into sound arguments ; and
c. write a research-based argumentative essay of
at least 500 words on any topic of your choice.
 FROM RESEARCH TO
ARGUMENT: Producing a research-
based argumentative essay.
 Explanation Blog Research-Based
Essay Argumentative
Essay

A personal journal or An essay that

An essay that diary entry that is presents a writer’s
What is it? answers the posted online. position with support
questions “why”. from research
studies.

To inform readers Any of the following: To persuade readers

What is the about why to accept the writer’s
purpose of the something happens. To entertain position.
writing projects? To instruct
To persuade

Research may be Research may be Research must be

used but is not used but is not used to support the
Does it require required. required. writer’s claim or
research? position.
The process….
 Formulating the
research question.

Finding the
answers to the
research question.

Doing research.

Preparing to
write the paper.
 1. FORMULATING THE
RESEARCH QUESTION.
When writing an argumentative essay, you are
expected to present clear stand on an issue that
has at least two different (or opposing) sides.

Example: Issue about legalizing divorce or same-

sex marriage.

One position rejects the passing of such laws

and the other accepts it.
 You may choose a topic that concern your
school, province, city, town or the current
issues about health and the likes. Decide
which side would you like to be at.

Example of an argumentative essay:

 Why should divorce be legalized in the

Philippines? (Affirmative)
 Why should divorce not be legalized in the
Philippines? (Negative)
 2. FINDING THE ANSWERS
TO THE RESEARCH
QUESTION.
After formulating the research
question, plan the next steps for
finding answers to your question.
This requires the preparation of an
annotated research bibliography,
which is a list of sources with a brief
description of the content of each
source.
 Your sources must be acceptable. Is the source
relevant? Does it provide the least fact and figures? Is it
reliable? Given these criteria for deciding on the
acceptability of sources, the following are usually NOT
considered:

 Holy book or bible

 Any work of literature like novels, short stories, poems,
etc.
 Personal blogs or journal , diary entries.
 Wikipedia
3. DOING RESEARCH

3 TYPES OF NOTES

• Paraphrase
• Summaries
• Direct quotations
 4. PREPARING TO WRITE THE
PAPER.

I. THE THESIS STATEMENT

 At this point in the pre-writing stage,
you should be ready to formulate a
thesis statement for your essay. The
thesis statement is the main point or
central argument of your paper. It
expresses your stand on the issue you
chose to do research on.
 In order to formulate a good thesis
statement, make sure that it does the
following:

 Presents a strong position that is

supported by convincing evidence;
 Suggests a frameworks for organizing the
essay.
Consider the thesis statement below.

 Despite the growing number of broken

families in the country, divorce should not be
legalized in the Philippines.
II. THE OUTLINE
 After having done research about topic, choose
one side of that you agree with. This side is your
argument or your position. Then, list all the
factual support for your argument. Do the same
for the other side, which is the opposing position.
List all the factual support you have gathered for
the position. When all these are complete, you
are ready to write an outline of your essay. If the
outline is well-done, then half the work of writing
the paper is also done.
 Your outline must be complete. It must contain all
the main points of your research-based argumentative
paper. This means that the outline should have the
following parts:

 Your thesis statement.

 Your argument and specific support for this
argument.
 The opposing argument and specific support for this
argument.
 A list of sources for all the support that will be used
in the paper.
III. THE ESSAY

 After you have completed all the pre-writing

tasks, you are ready to write your essay. In writing
the paper, observe the citation conventions
required in your class. Make sure that your
practice intellectual honesty by acknowledging all
your sources. Any fact, figure, idea or concept
that is not yours must be acknowledge in the
paper using the proper citation format.
Otherwise, you will be accused of plagiarism.
APA
Author’s surname, initial(s). Date published.
Title of the source. Location of the publisher.
Publisher.retrieved from URL
 REMEMBER!
!!
 Research is an essential component in the
production of an argumentative essay.

 Writing argumentative essay requires pre-

writing activities that help sharpen the focus of
your writing.

 Intellective honesty should be observed in

writing.
 TASK !!!

Write your Research-Based argumentative

paper with a clear introduction, body and
conclusion. For 500 words essay, the
introduction and the conclusion should not be
longer than two paragraphs.