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The document provides a template for writing an argumentative essay with a 5-part structure including an introduction, presenting your position, summarizing opposing views, responding to opposing views, and a conclusion. It also provides example topics and cues for each part.

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Argumentation

The document provides a template for writing an argumentative essay with a 5-part structure including an introduction, presenting your position, summarizing opposing views, responding to opposing views, and a conclusion. It also provides example topics and cues for each part.

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Argumentation

I. Argumentative essay topics are usually presented as questions. Choose one of the questions below and
build a simple 3-step argument in 5-10 lines.

a. Should COVID vaccines be required for students to attend College?


b. Should the voting age be lowered?
c. Should driving and texting be treated like drunk-driving?
d. Should people eat vegan to help save the environment?
e. Is “cancel culture” a toxic trend?
f. Is life better now than it was 20 years ago?
g. Is it ethical to replace human workers with automation?
h. Is Capital Punishment a violation of human rights?
i. Has the Pandemic inevitably ruined our social skills?

II. Now using the 5-part model for writing arguments, write your own argument following the cues
from the template. You can stick to the same question or choose another one.

1. Introduction Your Writing


a. Hook

• An unusual detail
• A strong statement
• A quotation
• An anecdote
• A question

b. Introduce the issue

• Explain it in a way that gets the reader to


care.

c. Claim or thesis

• State your position in one sentence.

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2. Presenting your position Your Writing


a. Provide at least 2 supports

• Facts
• Statistics
• Quotes (an expert on the topic)
• Examples

3. Summarize opposing views Your Writing


a. Introduce counterarguments

• Identify the opposing argument.


• Mention an actual source, critic or group of
critics
• Question the argument
• Provide evidence to prove why it is weak
or illogical

4. Respond to opposing views Your Writing


a. Concession & Refutation

• Acknowledge some strengths of the


opposing argument.
• Agree with some part of the
counterargument
• Refute the point of view with evidence

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5. Conclusion Your Writing


a. Restate your thesis claim:

• Provide a qualified claim, which is a more


evolved version of the initial statement.

b. Summarize your main ideas:

• Present a couple of sentences which


accurately paraphrase your arguments.

c. Call to action

• Urge the reader to take a specific action


• Recommend a remedy that reflects your
viewpoint

Introduction An introduction is usually the first paragraph of your


academic essay.
Body Two or three paragraphs which develop your argument
and the counterarguments.
Conclusions The conclusion brings together all the main points of the
essay in one paragraph.

Final Tip:

Use transitional devices, linking words and


time sequencers between sentences to serve
as cues for the reader(first, second, then,
however, consequently, therefore, thus, still,
nevertheless, notwithstanding, furthermore, in
fact, in contrast, similarly, instead).

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