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Informative vs Argumentative vs Analysis

Informative/Explanatory O What does the essay do? (Purpose) O Informs, explains, defines, or describes a subject O How? O It uses facts to explain a subject/question/issue to audience O Thesis statement? O YES! (state both/multiple sides of issue) O Quotes? O YES! Including citations. O Personal Opinion? O NO – a response to prompt based on textual evidence

Argumentative O What does the essay do? (Purpose) O Uses facts to convince the audience of one side of an O O O issue, persuading the reader to choose a side How? O Contains one opinion of yours but many facts used to persuade the audience Thesis statement? O Yes! Also called a claim: Tells your stance on issue Quotes? O Yes! Including citations. Counterclaim/refutation? O Yes! A must! Personal opinion? O Yes! Your claim is your opinion, but avoid using “I”.

Analysis O What does the essay do? (Purpose) O Carefully examines/evaluates a work of O O literature How? O Explaining how elements of language convey a writer’s theme Thesis statement? O Yes! Including a thematic statement (opinion + universal theme) Quotes? O Yes! Including line numbers and academic citations, if necessary Personal opinion? O Yes! Your interpretation without using “I”.

What Do All Three Have in Common? O Hook O Thesis Statement O Use of quotes (evidence) from articles or passage with citation O Commentary (reason for using quotes) O Topic sentence and sentence of closure for body paragraphs O A conclusion with paraphrased thesis O Multiple Paragraphs

What NOT to Do O Use First Person (I think, I believe, I say, etc…) O Use Second Person (You think, You should… etc) O Use body paragraphs to summarize each passage, e. g. , “The first passage is about…” O Begin body paragraphs with quotes O Use 5 cent vocabulary: a lot, good, very