Warm-Up: Refer to your rubric for assistance What do you consider your strengths as a writer? What do you consider your weaknesses as a writer?
Argumentative Writing AML English 3
What is an Argument? They attempt to change people’s mind by convincing them of the validity of new ideas to take a particular course of action Offer evidence and reasons Examine the assumptions on which they are based Think through opposing arguments Anticipate objections Explore positions thoroughly Take opposing views into account
What is an argument? (continued) Expand our knowledge through Depth of their analysis Complex set of claims Networks of logical relations Appropriate evidence Offering trails of sources
Basics of Arguments Claim Good reason (because clause) Link Challenges (so what?) Series of claims
Supporting Good Reasons