Agumentative Writing
Argumentative writing isn’t solely persuasion, and unlike other types of writing it does not just center on conflict or winning. Argumentative writing centers around creating a claim and supporting that claim with evidence. The writer makes and observation or assertion, and backs it up with appropriate evidence to strengthen that assertion or observation better known as the claim. Argumentative writing is often look at as persuasive writing. While the two share similarities, they both stand out individually.
Both persuasive and argumentative writing include asserting a claim and trying to convince the reader to accept that claim as true or false, but persuasive writing can require more support. Argumentative writing focuses on subjects that can be verified by evidence such as facts and examples. Persuasive writing can appeal to emotion and senses to strengthen or make its case. Argumentative writing requires that the author have a clear understanding of their topic so that they can select strong evidence to strengthen their position and argue for it efficiently and effectively.
Georgia Standards of Excellence
ELAGSE7W1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
ELAGSE7W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
ELAGSE7W5: With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade7).
ELAGSE7L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
b. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas
Both persuasive and argumentative writing include asserting a claim and trying to convince the reader to accept that claim as true or false, but persuasive writing can require more support. Argumentative writing focuses on subjects that can be verified by evidence such as facts and examples. Persuasive writing can appeal to emotion and senses to strengthen or make its case. Argumentative writing requires that the author have a clear understanding of their topic so that they can select strong evidence to strengthen their position and argue for it efficiently and effectively.
Georgia Standards of Excellence
ELAGSE7W1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
ELAGSE7W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
ELAGSE7W5: With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade7).
ELAGSE7L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
b. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas