Once you have analyzed the argument properly, the next step is to organize your analysis into a template, just like we did with the Issue Essay. A template will allow you to organize your thoughts in a logical fashion, and it will aid the reader in being able to understand your writing. The graders of ...…
Let’s return to our original prompt and attempt to identify the main components. Many citizens of Lakota are experiencing rising costs of electricity. A recent study of household electric costs in Lakota found that families who heated their houses with free-standing heating fans alone spent more on electricity than did families using central heating systems ...…
Now that we have identified the assumptions in the argument, let’s ask ourselves what could the author have included to strengthen his argument? Here’s the original argument: Many citizens of Lakota are experiencing rising costs of electricity. A recent study of household electric costs in Lakota found that families who heated their houses with free-standing ...…
Here is a helpful step by step plan for composing our critique. Step 1: Analyze the argument. This means to take it apart and identify its important features. We want to identify conclusion, evidence, and assumptions, as well as strengtheners. These are the important features you will write about, and are exactly the elements that ...…
Here’s an important note regarding what to practice for the argument essay: Just like your issue essay prompts, argument essay prompts are listed online at gre.org. This is good news, because you can peruse them and get an idea of what to expect. The prompt you will see on test day is somewhere within the ...…