Judging the Relevance and truthfulness_Argumentative essay_Part 4

Just because it’s labeled “informational text”, it doesn’t mean that you have to agree with it or find it to be true or just.
A good argumentative essay attempts to persuade readers to understand and support your point of view about a topic by stating your reasoning and providing evidence to back it up

1. ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY Judging the Relevance and Worth of ideas, soundness of author’s reasoning, and the effectiveness of evidences

2. Do you agree? Why or Why not? “Just because it’s on the internet, doesn’t mean it’s true.”

3. Do you agree? Why or why not? Just because it’s labeled “informational text”, it doesn’t mean that you have to agree with it or find it to be true or just.

4. Ponder about this… Authors of informational text present their ideas and support them with specific reasons and evidence to convince you, but sometimes, you also question the author’s reasoning. You should not assume that everything in an informational text is true.

5. In an ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY state your opinion give reasons to support your opinion argue against the opposite opinion

6. CONVINCE THE AUDIENCE

7. VIEWPOINT and COUNTERARGUMENT

8. REFUTE

9. Good Argumentative Essay attempts to persuade readers to understand and support your point of view about a topic by stating your reasoning and providing evidence to back it up

10. Types of ARGUMENT CLAIM 5

11. Arrange the scrambled letters to form the words. C T A F Hint: whether the statement is true or false

12. Arrange the scrambled letters to form the words. FACT Hint: whether the statement is true or false

13. Arrange the scrambled letters to form the words. OIDFNTNEII Hint: the dictionary meaning of what you’re arguing, plus your own personal interpretation of it

14. Arrange the scrambled letters to form the words. DEFINITION Hint: the dictionary meaning of what you’re arguing, plus your own personal interpretation of it

15. Arrange the scrambled letters to form the words. U V A E L Hint: the importance of what you’re arguing

16. Arrange the scrambled letters to form the words. VALUE Hint: the importance of what you’re arguing

17. Arrange the scrambled letters to form the words. EUSEAADCNFFECT Hint: The reasons of the problem and what outcome it has

18. Arrange the scrambled letters to form the words. CAUSE AND EFFECT Hint: The reasons of the problem and what outcome it has

19. Arrange the scrambled letters to form the words. O L C Y I P Hint: why you should care and what you should do about it after reading

20. Arrange the scrambled letters to form the words. POLICY Hint: why you should care and what you should do about it after reading

21. STRUCTURE OF A GOOD ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

22. ASSESSMENT 2: Identify what is described in each statement. Write the letter of your answer from the given choices.

23. 1. A claim that has logic and facts Counter argument Refutation argument

24. 2. A sentence that gets the reader’s attention Thesis statement hook Background information

25. 3. An argument that is contrary to, or the opposite of the writer’s opinion Conclusion Counter argument claim

26. 4. Paragraph where the claim/thesis appears First paragraph Second paragraph Last paragraph

27. 5. Sentence that tells the main idea of the paragraph Topic sentence Supporting sentences Thesis statement

28. ASSESSMENT 3 Read the argumentative essay that follows. Answer the given questions on the text boxes.

29. TIME’S UP!