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Argument in ap language and composition I. What is an Argument? II. What is the form of an Argument? III. How can you write about arguments/write arguments?

Argument and the AP Test On the AP test, you will be tasked with writing an argumentative essay. Typically, you will be given either a quotation or a short passage that presents a claim. You will be asked to do one of the following tasks: Defend, challenge, or qualify (the assertion) Take a position and support it with appropriate evidence Discuss the pros and cons and then take a position Discuss both sides of a controversy and then propose a resolution

Argument and the AP Test No matter what the prompt for the AP test asks you to do, you must support your assertions with specific, relevant evidence: Current Events/Politics History Personal Experience/Observations-Anecdotal Evidence Science Sports Literature (but make sure that you ‘bridge the gap’ between the fictional nature of literature and the issues raised in your essay) Pop Culture (but make sure that it’s relevant and profound) Movies (but make sure that it’s relevant and profound and, if the movie is not a documentary, you ‘bridge the gap’ between the fictional nature of the movie and the issues raised in your essay)

What is an argument? Simply put, an argument is an opinion (claim) supported by evidence. Evidence can take on different forms depending on the nature of the argument, the purpose of the argument, and the needs of the audience. Something that is argumentative is not and does not necessarily have to attempt to persuade. An argument is simply an opinion supported by evidence; persuasion involves moving people to act. Although an argument doesn’t have to persuade people, an argument can implicitly be persuasive.

Paragraph Development Topic Sentence-What is the claim of your paragraph and what do you want to say about that claim? List evidence to support.-What information, details, quotations, reasons, examples do you want to include in your paragraph to support your claim? List each item here. Provide commentary to explain what the evidence shows. In the paragraph, write sentences to explain, comment, and expand upon the evidence, showing how it connects to and supports the idea you stated in your claim sentence. Just as all of your evidence in a paragraph should work to support your claim of that paragraph, your paragraphs should also work to support the larger claim made by your thesis statement.

Counterargument IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE A COUNTERARGUMENT. ACKNOWLEDGING THE COUNTERARGUMENT NOT ONLY ALLOWS YOU TO STRENGTHEN YOUR OWN ARGUMENT BY SHOWING WHY THE COUNTERARGUMENT IS INCORRECT, IT ALSO HELPS TO ESTABLISH YOUR CREDIBILITY AS A SPEAKER! IF YOU DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE COUNTERARGUMENT, YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ARGUMENT!

Common Mistakes Not taking a clear position or wavering between positions Substituting a thesis-oriented expository essay for an argumentative essay Being reluctant to engage in verbal combat because "everyone's entitled to his or her own opinion," so there's nothing to argue about Being afraid to have their own “voice” Trying to argue about subjects such as photography by using evidence drawn from a literary reading list (for example, Othello, The Scarlet Letter) and sliding off topic into literary themes Lacking clear connections between claims and the data, and the warrants needed to support them