1. WRITING AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY Essay 1

2. PERSUASION/ARGUMENT PERSUASION- REFERS TO THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT AUTHORS ENCOURAGE READERS TO ACCEPT THEIR POSITION ARGUMENT-REFERS TO THE USE OF LOGIC AND EVIDENCE TO CONVINCE READERS

3. CHOOSING A DEBATABLE TOPIC PEOPLE MUST DISAGREE ABOUT YOUR TOPIC TO MAKE IT DEBATABLE!! A FACTUAL STATEMENT IS ONE ABOUT WHICH PEOPLE DO NOT DISAGREE, AND ARE NOT SUITED FOR AN ARGUMENT PAPER.

4. FACTUAL STATEMENT: MANY COUNTRIES HOLD POLITICAL PRISONERS. DEBATABLE TOPIC: THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT TRADE WITH COUNTRIES THAT HOLD POLITICAL PRISONERS.

5. FACT: First-year students are not required to purchase a meal plan from the university. DEBATABLE TOPIC: First- year students SHOULD be required to purchase a meal plan from the university.

6. ARGUMENTATIVE THESIS A THESIS THAT ASSERTS OR DENIES SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR TOPIC. THESIS STATEMENT MUST TAKE A STRONG STAND.

7. ANTITHESIS A STATEMENT THAT TAKES AN ARGUABLE POSITION OPPOSITE YOURS.

8. THESIS: TERM LIMITS WOULD IMPROVE GOVERNMENT BY BRINGING PEOPLE WITH FRESH IDEAS INTO OFFICE EVERY FEW YEARS. ANTITHESIS: TERM LIMITS WOULD HARM GOVERNMENT BECAUSE ELECTED OFFICIALS WOULD ALWAYS BE INEXPERIENCED.

9. PRESENT SUPPORT EXAMPLES STATISTICS EXPERT OPINION

10. AVOID VAGUE LANGUAGE VAGUE-- Censorship of the Internet would be wrong. CLEARER-- Censorship of the Internet would unfairly limit free speech.

11. HURRAY!! NOW LET’S WRITE OUR ESSAY!!! ANY QUESTIONS ?????????????