Argumentative Essay Writing Guide
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What is a thesis?
It is a position regarding the topic you are going to write about and the most important point of the essay.
The thesis must meet these three characteristics:
It must be a proposition (affirmative or negative sentence, never a question) it must have the following
organization: subject + verb + complement.
2. Debe ser debatible. La idea debe generar controversia, definible y lo más clara y especifica posible.
3. It should not be prejudiced, this means that one should not make a hasty judgment without having knowledge.
objective in this regard.
BASIC TYPES OF ARGUMENTS:
CAUSE-BASED: Most arguments are variants of this. Cause arguments.
or consequence justify their conclusion by providing a cause for it. Its formulation is as follows: The event
A (is caused by, is a consequence of, provokes, determines, occurs because of, is due to, happens because, etc.) the event
B. The strength of the argument will therefore depend on the value we give to the proposed causes or consequences.
For example: "Dixan megaperls washes whiter because it uses an innovative formula based on little balls that
act directly on the dirt
THE ANALOGY-BASED (COMPARISON): to support an idea, other cases are referred to.
similar or analogous. For example: "Should we condemn this man based on circumstantial evidence?"
Let us remember the case of X, sentenced to death with the same evidence. Later, his innocence was proven.
organization is fundamental for the proper functioning of a society. Let's verify it in the fascinating
organization of an ant colony.
AUTHORITY-BASED: to support an idea, one resorts to the opinion of influential personalities.
in the matter at hand (scientists, philosophers, politicians...). For example: We can believe these facts. The
They announced it on the three o'clock news." "Smoking is harmful to health. We can verify this through
the studies conducted by the health department of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of
Massachusetts. 'Don Quixote is the greatest novel ever written.' This is what writers like Borges thought.
Stars, Galdós, Flaubert or Tolstoy, not to go any further.
ARGUMENT BY EXAMPLES: They are tools that provide examples in support of a generalization.
Generally, a premise to be supported. One or more specific examples are provided to support a generalization.
Several true examples must be presented, because one alone does not serve as a basis for a conclusion. Example: 'After
From the arrival of the conquerors in America, all the rights of the indigenous people were violated.
North America, the English killed most of the natives. Similarly, the Spanish in Central America.
They subjected the local communities to forced labor. Moreover, in that time of conquest, due to
Spanish Crown orders compelled every indigenous person to renounce their religious and cultural customs.
But before moving on to the next phase, we must develop the argumentative matrix of the micro-essay of logical sequence.
(ANNEX 1)
[Link]: For this stage, it is advisable to write the text in a way that does not allow much space for
the introductory paragraphs and focus attention on the arguments. Each paragraph of the development can have
an argument, although sometimes a single argument can be developed in several paragraphs. It is very important that
the quotes that support the thesis should not remain as isolated ideas, but should connect with each other in the text.
3. REVIEW: For this final stage, it is recommended to read the finished text aloud to find errors.
of writing or punctuation. It is also good that before submitting it, friends or family can read your
essay and make comments that may help improve it.
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ANNEX 1
ARGUMENTATIVE MATRIX OF THE MICRO-ESSAY OF LOGICAL SEQUENCE
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