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1、AnArgumentativeEssayHowto...BeforeWriting...Brainstormideasonthesubject.Identifythemaintopics.Usethesetopicsasheadingsfororganisingyournotes.Decidewhichsideyouareoni.e.whichargumentsaremostconvincing.Makesureyouchoosethesidethatyoucanfullysupport.Planandwriteanoutlineforyouressa
2、ynotingdowntheinformationyouwillincludeineachparagraph.ExampleOutlineThesisStatement:Becauseofitscost,riskandalternatives,thebuildingofnuclearreactorsshouldnotcontinue.TopicSentence1:Thefirstproblemwithnuclearreactorsistheircost.TopicSentence2:Anotherproblemistheseriousconsequen
3、cesofaccidents.Refutation:Somepeoplemightclaimthatthereisnorealalternativetonuclearpower.ConcludingStatement:Inshort,althoughnuclearpowerisanattractiveoption,ithastoomanydisadvantages.IntroductoryParagraphYourintroductionshould:IntroducethetopicwithageneralstatementStatewhyitisi
4、mportantStatethereisadifferenceofopinionaboutthistopicThesisstatementmuststatewhatYOURclaimisandcanincludethe“parts”oftheargumentyouaregoingtostate.ExampleIntroductoryParagraphTherehasbeenmuchdiscussionabouttheuseofnuclearpowereversincethefirstreactorwasbuilt.Peoplewhosupportnuc
5、learpowerthinkthatitprovidesacheapandeffectivemeansofsupplyingenergyneeds.However,inrealityitisnotcheapatallandthedangersarewell-knownaftertheaccidentsatChernobylandThreeMileIsland.Thefactisthatnuclearpowerisatried,testedandfailedtechnology.Becauseofitscost,riskandalternatives,t
6、hebuildingofnuclearreactorsshouldnotcontinue.BodyParagraphsArgumentsfor:Thereasons“parts”ofyourthesisstatementwillbeinyourbodyparagraphs.Giveclearargumentsforyourclaimwithsupport(examples,statistics,explanations,etc.)Usetransitionwordsasyoumovefromparagraphtoparagraph(Firstly,se
7、condly,furthermore,inaddition,moreover,finally).Youcanalsouseanyofthetransitionsfromtheotheressaytypesaslongastheyareappropriateforyourargument.(Youmaywanttocompare/contrastthings,givereasons/results,descriptions,definitionsetc.)RefutationParagraphThisisalsousedtosupportyourclai
8、m.Usethecounterargumentstoshowthatyourideaisthe
