Contoh Soal Writing Highlight , Composing Argumentative and Persuasive Texts

Contoh Soal Writing Highlight , Composing Argumentative and Persuasive Texts - In this lesson, you will learn about argumentative and persuasive texts. In the end of the lesson, you are expected to be able to compose these two kinds of texts.

An argumentative essay

Argumentative means the act of disapproving something. It is an act of questioning a stance and giving your own arguments toward it. In an argumentative essay, you are fully investigating an issue or topic, as the expected outcome of this is to sway the opinions of other people toward the issue being discussed.

A writer of an argumentative essay is allowed to express opinions on a topic and provide strong reasons and evidence to support the claim. Those reasons and evidence may come from personal experiences, literature, and research findings to strengthen the claim since a strong argumentative essay presents relevant evidence to support the arguments and convince the readers of a particular standpoint. In an argumentative essay, several different arguments and some strategies of persuasion are used, and those act as the basis of an argumentative essay.

Composing an argumentative essay

Attractive title Make a catchy and creative title to ‘hook’ and interest your readers into reading more of your essay.
Strong thesis statement Come up with a strong thesis statement as it will present the brief idea that summarizes your stance on the issue being discussed.
Relevant Introduction Create relevant background information which indicates relevant introduction as a way to familiarize the readers with the issue being discussed.
Body Write the body of your essay by carefully presenting the supporting information for your arguments, and recognizing evidence which supports the opposition then use it to emphasize on your claim.
Robust conclusion Present the conclusion as the part to boost your arguments and to influence the readers for turning the favor to your claim.

For instance, you want to make an argumentative essay on the issue of the health disadvantages of wearing high heels for women. Got some ideas? We’ll come back to this later.

A persuasive essay

To persuade means to make someone do or believe something by giving them good reasons to do or to believe it. In the writing, a persuasive essay is a form of factual writing that encourages thorough word choice, progressing logical arguments, and solid conclusion.

This essay is likely to be heavily based on opinions by providing an opportunity to research facts related to the opinions. **It is composed to convince the readers to change their thoughts or actions, often by appealing to their emotions. In order to make a persuasive essay, a writer should choose a stance, understand the targeted readers, do some investigations, and then present the most convincing evidence.

Composing a persuasion essay

There are some parts of a persuasive essay that a writer can follow to compose one. There are as follows:

Introductory Paragraph In the introductory paragraph, catch the readers’ interest by using a ‘hook’—some captivating and steady opening, and then present an overview of the arguments followed by a thesis statement that reveals the stance taken.
Body Paragraphs In the body paragraphs, a writer focuses on one piece of evidence, and within each paragraph, a writer provides sufficient supporting details.
Opposing View Paragraph In order to persuade the readers into the writer’s favor, a writer of a persuasive essay should describe the opposing view of the issue and then refute the ideas.
Concluding Paragraph In the concluding paragraph, a writer of a persuasive essay restates and reinforces the thesis and the supporting evidence to make sure that the essay appears to be more persuasive and convincing.