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Instructions:1)ViewtheArgumentationPowerPointpresentation.2)Typeyouranswerstothe20questionsbelowin
thespacesprovided.Besuretoincludeyourname,courseinformation,anddate.3)Printthisdocumentandgiveto
yourinstructor.
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Date:________________________________________
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1. Listatleast2purposesofanargumentessay:
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2. Whyareopposingviewpointsinanargumentessayallowed?
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3. Whatarethethreestepsnecessaryforthereviewingsourcescritically?
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4. Whattypeofargumentessayisanessaythatshowstherelationshipbetweenthings?
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5. Giveatleasttwoquestionstoaskyourselfuponreceivingthepromptforyourargumentessay:
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6. Eachparagraphshouldfocusonwhat?
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7. Whattypeofargumentessayisanessaywhereyouhavetoswaythereadertoyoursideonasubject?
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8. Whatshouldeachparagraphhaveasitsfirstsentence?
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9. Whyisthefollowinganexampleofaweakthesisstatement?
Overanestimated40,000soldierswerekilledintheBattleofGettysburg.
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10. Providetwocharacteristicsofagoodthesisstatement:
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11. Brainstorming,freewriting,andclusteringareexamplesofwhichwritingstep?
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12. Isathesisstatementusuallyafactoryouropinion?
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13. Anessayinwhichyoureassessingorshowingsupportforsomethingiswhatkindofargumentessay?
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14. Whyisthefollowinganexampleofaweakthesisstatement?
Peoplewhobelievethatdinosaursandhumanslivedatthesametimearestupidandshouldnotbeallowed
tovote.
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15. Whatisthewordcountforabasicessay?
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16. Isthefollowingaweakorstrongthesisstatement?
HiphopmusiciansshouldnotbeblamedfortheviolenceintheU.S.becauseviolenceisglorifiedbyother
artistsandmediums,itisgeneralization,andthereisanother,morepositivesidetoHipHopmusic.
Howso?
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17. Howlongisthebodyofanessay,usually?
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18. Whereisthethesisstatementlocated?
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19. Whatareatleastthreethingstolookforandconsiderwhenproofreadingyouressay?
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20. Anessaythatinformsiswhattypeofargumentessay?
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