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All good presentations have a clear purpose, and an argumentative presentation will have a clear argumentative purpose. Many college students are required to build presentations to present information to an audience, and your writing class...
Fortunately, there are plenty of free sites out there that offer free web space and easy-to-use programs. In fact, you can have your very own web page with just a little pointing and clicking....
If you’re building your first photo essay, get ready for an exciting challenge. A photo essay is essentially a story—or in this case, an argument—that is made through mainly images instead of text. When you build an...
An argumentative video essay uses video to present an argument and can be very powerful. If you think about it, the documentaries you watch are actually really long, argumentative video essays. Of course, the...
If you’re in a class that requires a writing portfolio, you’ll likely be required to submit a reflective cover letter that introduces your work to your audience. In some cases, that audience is your...
Now that you have learned about additional options for structuring and organizing arguments, it’s time to visit our student to see what decisions she has made about the structure of her argument. In this...
It’s your turn now to develop an outline for your essay. Which argumentative purpose works best for your assignment, topic, and writing situation? You may want to get feedback from your professor and classmates...
Chances are, if you have chosen an issue to write about for your argumentative essay, you have chosen a topic that means something to you. With this in mind, you may have had personal experience related...
When you use source material outside of your own experience, you’re using either primary or secondary sources. Primary sources are sources that were created or written during the time period in which they reference and...
When you’re searching for secondary source material to support your claims, you want to keep some basic ideas in mind: Your source material should be relevant to your content. Your source material should be credible,...