Parts of an Argumentative Essay

Check all parts included within a claim.

• commentary

• topic

• position on a topic

• reasoning for having a position on a topic

What is the purpose of a hook in an argumentative essay?

• To summarize the main points of the essay.

• To provide a detailed analysis of the topic.

• To present the conclusion of the argument.

• To grab the reader's attention.

What do you call the information between your topic sentence and link to thesis?

• hook and supporting details

• summary and why it matters

• main idea and topic

• evidence and explanation

What is the first part of a conclusion?

Using evidence to support your claim makes your ideas ____________.

• right

• wrong

• weaker

• stronger

What are the reasons?

• The main points that use logic or evidence to justify the claim.

• Transitional words or phrases that connect the sentences together and help them flow logically from one to the next.

In an argumentative essay, what is evidence?

• It weakens the argument

• It refers to provable facts and it supports and strengthens the claim

• It makes the claim weaker

• It is the counterclaim

It provides reasons to disprove the counterargument.

• Hook

• Conclusion

• Rebuttal

• Body Paragraph 3

It provides reasons, evidence, and explanations to support the argument presented in the thesis/claim.

• Body Paragraph 1 & 2

• Conclusion

• Rebuttal

• Body Paragraph 3

The author's last name and year of publication is indicated, e.g. (Romero 2021)

• Body Paragraph 1 & 2

• In-Text Citation

• Rebuttal

• Body Paragraph 3