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How to write a persuasive/argumentative essay

by Jordan Kavoosi

May 13, 2009 Writing 4025 Views

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The biggest question asked by many writers is 'how to write an essay?' Essay writing is an activity which requires appropriate knowledge and understanding about any given topic. The content of an essay is very important and it should not only be well written but should also be interesting. It should be creatively written and appropriately organized.

Essays are not only written on various topics but are also presented in different styles. There are a variety of essay writing types, like descriptive essay, comparison essay, narrative essay, etc. Therefore along with the topic, it is also necessary for a person to understand the type of essay he/she needs to write. Among various types of essay, many individuals always fall short of ideas when it comes to writing a persuasive or argumentative essay.

A persuasive/argumentative essay represents an argument or a situation about a given subject for the reason of persuasion. It is generally supported with specialized opinions, statistics, and apt supportive arguments regarding a debate or a statement. Whenever a person sits to write an argumentative essay, it is very important for him/her to discuss and present a bilateral issue. In doing this, the writer should take a stand and make the argument. The argument which is discussed needs to be understandable, accurate and appropriately focused.

How to write a persuasive/argumentative essay is a common question asked by the novel writer who has significant persuading skills. The significant aspect of persuasive essay is that it should convince the readers to understand an opinion and should also persuade them to take some actions. Also the writers need to have a plan to work on so that they can write an effective essay.

While planning, the writers should make it a point that the readers feel highly strong about the focal point of the argument. It is common the readers have some kind of rigid ideas about a particular topic and the effective writer is the one who has knowledge about how to wean the readers away from their rigid notions. A great understanding about the reader's beliefs and prejudices would help the writers to persuade the readers to believe and accept the writer's opinion which are dissimilar from their own.

The understanding about the reader's emotions comes from the accurate studies. This means that the writers have to amply research the topic, learn existing opinion, know about the common beliefs on the topic, and evaluate whether all the oppositions regarding the topic are convincing. The writers should have justifiable persuasive ideas in the essay so that there are no opposing views about the written piece of work. The writer's data should strongly support their arguments otherwise they won't be able to effectively put across their opinion.

The writers should ensure not to choose reflective topics for their persuasive/argumentative essay writing which are difficult to convince at the time of an argument. A persuasive/argumentative essay includes introductory paragraph which claims the thesis statement. Then the body paragraph consists of disadvantages of the arguments and denial with supporting facts, reasons and illustrations. Finally the conclusion needs to once again restate the view point.

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