is sentence 6 effective in developing the claim?
Visit her business website, follow or chat with her on Twitter, or connect with her on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Start with a Question: Many writers find it useful to pose the issue as a question—a question that will be answered through the position they take. Remember you need to skip vague questions that most readers wouldn’t debate or convert them to questions that allow different stances.
It can also be effective to read the opposition through the lens of your own argument and the evidence you’ve used to support it. If the evidence you’ve already included supports your argument, it probably doesn’t support the opposing viewpoint. Without being too obvious, it might be worth pointing this out when you address the opposition.
This is just a short list of some of the clues that a source is likely a credible one, but just because a source was published by a prestigious press or the authors all have PhDs doesn’t necessarily mean it is the best piece of evidence for you to use to support your argument.
Writing: Students will develop and strengthen writing by engaging in a recursive process that includes prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.
Writing: Students will apply knowledge of vocabularies to communicate by using descriptive, academic, and domain-appropriate abstract and concrete words in their writing.
“Social Media as Community” by Keith Hampton
and additional general writing tips
Click here to read a sample that illustrates the claim about fact or definition.
This claim is a perfect example of how 2 different claims can overlap each other. Claims about solutions or policies usually work hand in hand with claims about fact or definition. For example, because the healthcare system does not adequately assist Americans (argue that this is a fact), they should be reformed (argue for the solution/policy). Also, any policy relating to under-aged minors is always controversial because it is difficult to define when an adolescent is capable of making a deliberate decision, just as an adult would.
References:
http://blog.prepscholar.com/how-to-write-an-argumentative-essay
http://help.turnitin.com/revision-assistant/prompts-resources/standards/genre/argumentative-9-12.htm
http://www.gcssd.org/Page/440
http://www.mesacc.edu/~paoih30491/ArgumentClaims.html
http://edu-answer.com/english/question10322161