Guide to Argument Essays: Why Your Argument is Weak, and What to Do About It

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Guide to Argument Essays: Why Your Argument is Weak, and What to Do About It

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Guide to Argument Essays: Why Your Argument is Weak, and What to Do About It

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The argument essay is the most common type of essay you’ll need to write in high school and college. Learn what makes your argument weak (and boring) and what you can do to fix that in this presentation.

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Information for this presentation is based on “Making a Case: Defining a Position Argument” and “Writing Process: Creating a Position Argument” in Writing Guide with Handbook by Michelle Bachelor Robinson, Maria Jerskey, and Toby Fulwiler, published by OpenStax in 2021. Access them for free at https://openstax.org/books/writing-guide/pages/10-1-making-a-case-defining-a-position-argument and https://openstax.org/books/writing-guide/pages/10-5-writing-process-creating-a-position-argument

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