Reflective Essay: The Toulmin Method

For the argumentative essay, there was no need for additional research. We kept the same topic, so I was able to simply utilize the same sources from the expository essay. This is why I initially believed it was going to be an easy process. While going into the essay, my first priority was learning how to use the Toulmin method. The Toulmin method was difficult since I had never used it before, therefore I was prepared to do some research on it before I began writing. Upon learning some aspects of the Toulmin method I began the outline which was given to me by my professor, Ewan. The outline helped in organizing some parts of my essay such as the body paragraphs and gathering some info for my counter argument. Overall, the essay came out to be much harder than I previously had thought it would be. When writing the essay, I began by using the strategy I had used previously for my expository essay. The process consisted of using an outline, and expanding from there. The outline I had was the one that I had been given, where we had to write body paragraphs first and just have brief points for the counter argument and rebuttal. Same for the argumentative thesis, which was what led and glued my essay together. My thesis started with the same form …show more content…
The argumentative essay was probably one of the hardest essays I had to write thus far this semester. It required a lot of focus and a detailed outline before I was even able to begin forming my first full draft. Just when I thought I had it, there was always something that made me realize I had to fix it or change it. In conclusion, this argumentative essay opened up my viewpoint on many more possibilities of how to structure my essay. I am now going away from the standard five paragraph essay, and I am ready to tackle long lengthy essays. A good detailed outline will always help and I now know how to create one thanks to this