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An Argument |
An Arguement: A connected series of statements that build off of each other that debate/prove a point or create a new understanding of an idea |
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Essay |
An Essay: A short (no less than 500 words) piece of formal writing that argues an idea or using evidence or analysis |
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Title |
Title: The first creative words that appear on an essay; it introduces the entire essay. It should be brief, unique, intelligent and relevant to the topic |
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Major Claim |
Major Claim: The main argument of the work or of your work |
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Thesis |
Thesis: The major claim and the ways in which you argue it |
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Conclusion |
Conclusion: should restate the thesis (not verbatim), restate points/ideas but not specific examples, and bring new understanding/bring closure/answer "so what?" |
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Introduction |
Introduction:Includes the topic's author, title, publication date, genre, and nature of the work. Provides background details and context for readers to understand the upcoming argument. |
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Transitions (simple) |
Transitions (simple): A word or phrase that lets the audience know you about to talk about something different. For example: In conclusion, secondly, in addition, etc. |
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Body Paragraphs |
Body Paragraphs: Generally, every major point you are going to argue (listed in thesis) gets on of these. |
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1. Claim |
Claim: States your position on the issue. Introduces the ideas of the paragraph, no transition needed here because the transition should have happened in the end of the last paragraph. |
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2. Warrant .1 Context |
Context: Is technically part of the evidence but is often forgotten by students. It gives the who, what, where, why and/or how of the evidence before the evidence is stated so the reader has perspective on the evidence. |
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2. Warrant .2 Evidence |
Evidence: Proof or data which you quote and cite to support your claim; it will be the catalyst for your explanation. |
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2. Warrant .3 Explanation |
Explain: Interprets the evidence and shows why and how it supports your claim. |
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3. Impact |
Impact: takes the warrant and relates it back to the overall argument being made and states why the warrant is important. |
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4. Transition (complex) |
Transition (complex): Takes the claim of the body paragraph and transitions into the claim of the next body paragraph. |
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The work |
The work: any piece of writing to be studied |
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Topic |
Topic: The general field of study the work is addressing |
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Purpose |
Purpose: the goal that the work tries to accomplish (persuasion, convincing, revealing, etc.) |
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Role |
Role: The role the write of the work takes on (expert, casual observer, objective observer, etc) |
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Format |
Format: The type of writing that the work is being presented (essay, speech, short story, etc) |
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Audience |
Audience: The intended receivers of the work (experts in the field, the general population, people who know nothing on the subject, etc) |
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Context |
Context: What is going on at the time of the work's writing to put the work into perspective (historical event, cultural event, natural event, etc) |
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Tone |
Tone: The type of mood the writer sets through words (pessimistic, cautious, hopeful, etc) |
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Language Style |
Language style: Level of fanciness or casualness that the writer sets through word choice (intelligent, every day, fancy, etc) |
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Ethos |
Ethos: The level of credibility established by the writer used to persuade the audience. |
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Pathos |
Pathos: the level of emotion the writing used to persuade the audience |
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Logos |
Logos: The level of logic in the argument used to persuade the audience |
