Organizing Your Argument
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This PowerPoint presentation, from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL), is part of a large collection of presentations designed to assist students with a variety of writing topics. This presentation reviews the elements of an organized essay, including the introduction, the thesis, body paragraphs, topic sentences, counterarguments, and the conclusion. The twenty-one slides presented here are designed to aid the facilitator in an interactive presentation about constructing a well-organized argument. This presentation is ideal for the introduction of argument to a composition course, the beginning of a research unit, or the assignment of a written argument. Less
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Grade: 9 to 12
Topics: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts
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