ADDITIONAL TASK FOR STUDENTS APPLYING FOR REPL
Argumentative essay
TASK:
- Write an argumentative essay based on at least two articles, both from your own field of studies.
- Your task is to formulate your own argument about a topic that relates to the two articles you choose.
- You should come up with your own title (do not use the title of the assignment!)
Purpose: to demonstrate that you can create a unique argument (thesis statement) about your chosen topic and combine information from two scientific articles to justify your arguments.
Think first:
- What is the thesis statement of both articles? (The main argument of the authors)
- How do the articles relate to each other? What similar themes/arguments/ideas do they contain?
- How do I think the articles relate to/argue for the theme that I choose. What is my interpretation (argument) about how the articles discuss the same themes? What connections can I see between the two articles?
Make sure you have:
- A clear, concise, and defined thesis statement that occurs in the first paragraph of the essay, introduction (1 paragraph)
- Logical body, with transitions from one paragraph to the next
- Clear conclusion (1 paragraph)
SPECIFICS:
- your argumentative essay should be approx. 2000
- use double spacing and font size 12.
- use Times New Roman or Arial.
- remember to write in academic style! So pay attention to grammar, spelling (run the paper through spell check), vocabulary use, sentence construction etc.
For additional help and guidelines, see:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/05/
STRONG ARGUMENT NEUTRAL COUNTERARGUMENT SUGGESTION CRITICISM
| argue | state | refute the claim | suggest | criticize |
| Claim | report | argue against | Recommend | |
| contend | explain | |||
| maintain | discuss | |||
| insist | illustrate | |||
| posit | observe |
Remind your reader that you are paraphrasing by using “reminder phrases,” such as:
- The author goes on to say that …
- The author further states that …
- (Author’s last name) also states/maintains/argues that …
- (Author’s last name) also believes that …
- (Author’s last name) concludes that
