Download Argumentative Essay Outline with Additional Examples and more Essays (university) Technical Writing in PDF only on Docsity! Argumentative Essay Outline (Claim) Directions: Use this outline as a “road map” to write your essay. If you need more examples or sentence starters, use page 2 to help you! 1) Introduction/Claim (One paragraph) • Start with a hook or attention getting sentence. • Briefly summarize the texts • State your claim. Make sure you are restating the prompt. 2) Body Paragraph: Evidence/Support/Warrant • Include a topic sentence that restates your claim and your reason. o Example: Video games are harmful because____________. • Include text evidence that supports your reason. o Example: The author shows that video games are harmful because in paragraph 2 it states____________ • Include an explanation (warrant) that shows how your text evidence proved your claim. o Example: The author uses this evidence to show how/that_____________. 3) Body Paragraph: Evidence/Support/Warrant • · Include a topic sentence that restates your claim and your reason. o Example: Video games are harmful because____________. • Include text evidence that supports your reason. o Example: The author shows that video games are harmful because in paragraph 2 it states____________ • Include an explanation (warrant) that shows how your text evidence proved your claim. o Example: The author uses this evidence to show how/that_____________ 4) Counterclaim Paragraph: • Explain what others who don’t agree with your claim might say. o Example: Some people might disagree. They may believe_____ because____. 5) Conclusion (One paragraph) • Restate your claim and summarize your reasoning. o Example: In conclusion, the text shows that videogames are harmful by pointing out that_______ adapted from Tahnda Hawkins/South HS Additional Examples and Sentence Starters I.INTRO-PARAGRAPH A. HOOK CHOOSE ONE B EXPLAIN the ISSUE • Explain the issue. • Introduce the issue that your essay will be about before you state your thesis. • Why is it an issue? • Why is it a problem or controversy? C. CLAIM or THESIS Parts • Subject: What is the subject you are arguing about. • What’s the argument?: What are you arguing about that subject? Be specific! • 3 points: 3 points of support for your argument Types of Hook Sentences: • Grab the reader’s attention with a thought • Rhetorical Question– a question with an answer. • Anecdote– a short story. • Quotation– a line from a source. Explain sentence starter: • The issue of _________ is a complex one. It’s about…. • The controversy is: _____________ Claim Sentence Starters ● I observed _____________ when ___________. ● I compared _____________ and ___________. ● I noticed _______, when _______. II.Body paragraph(s) S.E.E. (2-3) III. Paragraphs Depending on the number of Selections! A. S….STATEMENT • TTQAA • TOPIC SENTENCES (INTRODUCES EVIDENCE = SUPPORTS CLAIM) B. E….EVIDENCE (Data) • PICK AND USE AN EVIDENCE SENTENCE STARTER. • WRITE A QUOTE from the text is relevant & supports your CLAIM. PUT QUOTES AROUND YOUR QUOTE • YOU MUST HAVE QUOTATION MARKS “...” • TITLE OF THE BOOK BEHIND THE QUOTE • THE PAGE # OR PARAGRAPH C. E….EXPLAIN • HOW DOES THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THE CLAIM? • WARRANT/REASON Topic Sentence Starters Turn the question or Prompt around (Restate) and answer it. • A reason why (your main claim) is true because (state your argument). • (state your argument) demonstrates that (main claim) is true. Evidence Sentence Starters • According to the text… • The author wrote… • In the ___, paragraph the author stated.... • On page ____, the author stated… • As the author mentioned on page__…. Explain/Warrant/Reason Sentence Starters • This evidence illustrates …,because... • This conveys • As a rule • This suggests IV. Counter-Claim Paragraph : Argument Essays must have a Counter-Claim!!! A.COUNTER-CLAIM • PICK AND USE A COUNTER-CLAIM SENTENCE STARTER. B. Explain • Why the Counter-claim argument is weak. Counter-claim Sentence Starters • People who disagree may claim that “State the opposing side’s opposite claim”... • Critics may claim that “state the opposing side’s claim”... Explain Counter-claim Sentence Starters • This argument is weak because… • On the contrary….. V. Conclusion A. Restatement of the Claim (Different words) B. A summary of the evidence provided C. Leave the reader with something to think about, a question, or something to do.