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Writing a Persuasive Essay #142

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littleflute commented 5 years ago

1. Writing a Persuasive Essay

Writing for the GED Language Arts Exam

2. Tonight you will ...

3. Learn About the GED Persuasive Essay

4. Go to http://www.youtube.com

5. Learn More ...

6. Think About What You Learned ...

7. Open Microsoft Word

8. Print or Save & Send Your Document

littleflute commented 5 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBcVJ-2PhUQ GED(r) 2014 Extended Response: Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwzYoThUpg Opinion Essay or Persuasive Essay Smrt English

littleflute commented 5 years ago

The GED 2014 test has a new feature called the extended response which essentially has replaced the five paragraph essay from the 2002 series.

In this video I will explain how to write an extended response for the GED 2014 test.

As it says here, extended responses will be scored on evidence-based writing using a multi trait rubric.

Students will read and analyze one or more source documents and support their written responses with evidence from these documents.

So students must first make a claim and then support their claim with evidence, the keyword being evidence.

Students will be required to type an extended response on the computer for two of the four GED tests reasoning through language arts or r-la and social Studies.

On the r-la test students will have 45 minutes to type a response and on the social studies test they will have 25 minutes.

scoring for both tests is based on three traits or characteristics.

Trait number one: creation of arguments and use of evidence Do you make a claim and use evidence from the passages to support it? Here you can use text citations or quotes from the passages to support your claim. You can also use your own background knowledge and personal experiences as support.

Trait number two: development of ideas and organizational structure Do you present your claim and ideas in a logical way? Is there a general progression or flow of ideas?

And trait number three: clarity and command of standard English conventions Do grammatical errors make it difficult for the reader to understand what you wrote? If so then you will receive a lower score for this trait you can earn zero, one or two points depending on the trait and these points are then totaled and weighted to give you an extended response score.

The structure of the extended response is the same as that of the five paragraph essay.

It should have an introduction which will be your first paragraph.

In the introduction you will state your claim in the form of a thesis statement.

The thesis statement is typically the first sentence of your introduction or the last sentence.

I usually prefer the thesis to be the last sentence.

The introduction is followed by the body which is usually one to three paragraphs long.

For the 25-minute prompts you may choose to combine all of your evidence in one body paragraph or for a 45 minute prompt you may choose to make each piece of evidence a separate paragraph.

The main purpose of the body is to support your claim with evidence from the passages.

Depending on the prompt you may also have a paragraph which acknowledges the counterclaim or the position that you didn't take.

You will see in my example in part two of the video that I have chosen to divide the body into two paragraphs.

One for supporting evidence and one for the counterclaim.

Finally your extended response will have a conclusion which will be the last paragraph.

It usually restate your claim and refers back to the strongest evidence you have presented to support your claim.

The process for writing the extended response has six steps.

First, you will read the question and unpack the prompt or determine what the prompt is asking you to do.

For example: do you have to Anna different points of view and decide which is best supported do you have to compare or contrast views from different passages.

Second, you will read the passages and collect details from the passages to determine which position is best supported.

There will usually be two passages to read and I will show you how to collect and organize your details using a graphic organizer.

Once you have collected your details and decided what your claim is you will rewrite the question from the extended response prompt and turn it into your thesis statement, then you will organize the details you have listed in your graphic organizer and decide in which order to present them.

Once you have your details organized you can draft or start typing your response.

For the final step which is an important one you will reread your response and edit or revise it.

Here is an example of what an extended response prompt will look like.

On the test it will have the passages you will need to read on the left.

In this case there are two pages of material to read and the extended response prompt or question on the right.

Below the prompt you will see a box which is where you will type your response.

The box actually gets bigger as you type so you're able to type as much as you want.

Also notice the editing tools.

These tools are the same as the ones you will find in any word processor such as Microsoft Word.

As you can see you will be able to perform the cut, copy, paste, undo and redo functions.

This is the end of how to write an extended response for the GED 2010 part 1.

To learn more about the writing process for the extended response continue on to part 2.

littleflute commented 5 years ago

One of the most common types of essey you'll have to write in your academic career is the opinion essay also known as the argumentative essay or the persuasive essay where you have to take a controversial idea or a topic that many people have differing opinions on.

You'll have to present your opinion and you'll have to defend it and support it.

Now the purpose of the opinion essay is to persuade the reader into agreeing with you or at least recognizing that your opinion in an argument is valid.

So a couple tips before you write your opinion essay:

Number one, take a clear position. It's important that the reader clearly understands your opinion you cannot sit on the fence in an opinion essay. Pick one side or the other.

Also you have to be clear, not just in your opinion but in your reasons and your details. Remember that it's it's not the way it's not the readers job to connect your ideas. That's your job as the writer.

And third, you should consider your audience meaning you think about. If you're trying to persuade someone who is it that you are trying to persuade Who would disagree with you and why. If you consider the other side of the argument your own defense will be much stronger. Now once you've decided or consider those things it's time to write your essay. Now an opinion essay follows the basic structure it has three parts. The introduction, the body, and the conclusion.

Now like all essays the introductory paragraph would start with a hook meaning a sentence that's engaging to get the reader's attention and to introduce the topic in an interesting way you have the background information which would give a little bit of information about the topic in order that the reader can understand.

Why it's controversial or why it's important and then of course the most important sentence in your essay is the thesis statement which is the last sentence of your introductory paragraph.

Now in an opinion essay your thesis statement will be your opinion in this case my example thesis statement is professional athletes who are caught taking performance-enhancing drugs should be banned from the sport for life.

Now this is a good thesis statement because it's clear and I have taken a definite position. And now it's time for me to support my opinion. Now in the body it can be one paragraph or three or however many you need in order to fully support your opinion and meet the requirements of your class.

Now the body paragraph should support your opinion with both reasons and details to have a strong argument you probably want at least three good reasons.

If you can't think of three reasons to support your opinion you you may have a weak argument. Now once you've given a reason for example a strict lifetime ban could protect other athletes from the temptation to use drugs you may want to add some detail to fully explain what you mean. Now if athletes are aware of the punishment of a severe punishment they will be less likely to be tempted by these performance-enhancing drugs like steroids.

Now once you have presented your argument with reasons and details it's time for you to introduce something called the counter argument.

Now the counter argument means the opposing view or the view of a person who would disagree with your opinion.

Now you may ask why you would include the counter argument in your essay. But remember that you want the reader to recognize that you have you have seen both sides of the argument you've considered both sides and you've made a decision so it's important to include both sides.

For example in this case I've said some might argue that this punishment is too severe if you take away the person's ability to play the sport you take away their lifelong dream.

Now this is the counter-argument.

And once you've presented that it's time for you to answer it and explain why your opinion is stronger.

Now there are two ways to respond to the counter-argument you can refute or concede.

Refute means that you are saying the counter-argument is wrong that you disagree. To concede means you're saying yes but so you're recognizing that the counter-argument is is a good point but that your opinion is stronger.

Now in this case my refutation is however it is the athletes taking these drugs who are the ones robbing other athletes of opportunity and dreams.

Now once you've established the counter-argument and the response you can move on to your concluding paragraph in the conclusion. Like all basic essays you want to restate the thesis paraphrase it you summarize your main points and then you want to end your concluding paragraph with a strong statement.

Remember that just like the hook you're grabbing the reader's attention in the conclusion you want to leave the reader with a lasting impression and if you follow this guideline you're much more likely of writing a successful opinion essay.

So if you want to practice the opinion essays follow the link at the end of this video.

littleflute commented 5 years ago

After watching these 2 videos, I learn some ideas about how to write a persuasive essays.

If I want to write a good persuasive essey, I have to present my opinion and I'll have to defend it and support it.

To write a essay, I need to follow some instructions.

First, take a clear position.

Second, I have to be very clear, not just in my opinion but in my reasons and my details.

Third, I need to consider the other side of the argument

I also learned that an opinion essay follows the basic struction. It has 3 parts: the introduction, the body, and the conclusion.