Informative vs. Argumentative Writing Review (CP)

A writer’s claim/thesis can include 1st or 2nd person if the writer has personal experience related to the topic.

Write an essay in which you explain the three most important events in the United States's history.

Analyze how the Dust Bowl affected individuals’ lives by considering the physical, personal and emotional impacts.

Which of the following statements is true about the counterclaim?

Should students have to spend a certain number of hours volunteering in order to graduate high school?

In the counterclaim/rebuttal paragraph, what sentence comes FIRST?

Write an essay in which you take a position on whether or not mistakes have led to key discoveries in today’s society.

In the counterclaim paragraph, writers only need to include ONE piece of textual evidence.

An effective claim in an argumentative essay must be

Take a position on whether or not teenagers should have to wait to drive until they are 18.

An argumentative essay can be written in 1st or 2nd person.

The main difference between an argumentative and informative essay is

What is the first sentence of both types of essays?

A writer’s claim/thesis can include the writer’s main reasons that they will address in body paragraphs.

An effective thesis statement in an informative essay must be

A writer’s evidence in both essays should be

In an argumentative essay, the claim should address both sides of the argument.

Textual evidence (direct quotes) should be in both types of essays.

Write a response that supports a claim about whether the current system of putting date labels on food needs changed.