Recall from the previous lecture that the two key component of an argument are the premises and the conclusion. Typically, the thesis statement of a given piece of writing states the conclusion. In ...

While the argumentative technique can be applied to some grant applications with a little creativity, its structure most closely resembles that of a scientific paper, less the methods, in that each ...

Description This is intended as an end-of-course review activity for practice with the argumentative essay format included on the AP United States Government and Politics exam since the 2018 redesign.

In this paper we present an analysis of persuasive definition based on argumentation schemes. Using the medieval notion of differentia and the traditional approach to topics, we explain the ...

He suggests that teachers go back to Aristotle’s original structure for writing persuasive essays, because it allows students to incorporate “compare/contrast, cause/effect, definition, or ...