Reviewing the Types, Element

and Forms
of Argumentative Writing
ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING

IS A FORM OF COMPOSITION THAT AIMS

TO PERSUADE OR CONVINCE READERS
TO AGREE OR BELIEVE A WRITER’S
ARGUMENT/POSITION ABOUT AN ISSUE.
 BASIC TYPES

ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING MAY COME

IN SIMPLE FORMS LIKE EDITORIALS,
OPPOSITE EDITORIALS, LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR, AND ADVERTISEMENTS

BASIC STRUCTURE
THE MOST BASIC STRUCTURE OF
ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING WOULD BE,
THE TITLE, INTRODUCTION, BODY, AND
CONCLUSION.
 ELEMENTS OF
ARGUMENTATION

INCLUDES PROPONENT,
CLAIM/ARGUMENT, COUNTER
ARGUMENTS/COUNTER CLAIM, AND
REFUTATION

THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARGUMENTATIVE

WRITING, BUT REGARDLESS OF THE TYPES, ONE COMMON
FEATURE OF WHICH IS THE USE OF FACTS AND OPINIONS
 EXPRESSIONS OF FACTS AND OPINIONS

IN ORDER TO AID YOUR READERS IN DISTINGUISHING

FACTS FROM OPINIONS PROVIDED IN YOUR
ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING, YOU SHOULD BE MINDFUL
OF CERTAIN EXPRESSIONS USED FOR EACH.
ANOTHER ACADEMIC FORM OF ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING

REACTION PAPERS
 REVIEWING THE STEPS IN WRITING A REACTION PAPER

1. Reading and studying the material

2. Annotate the text as you read.
3. Ask questions as you read.
4. Free write.
5. Decide on your angle & Determine your thesis
6. Organize your paper.
7. Gather quotations.
8. Structure your paragraph.
OTHER MORE ACADEMIC FORMS OF ARGUMENTATIVE
WRITING

REVIEWS, CRITIQUE, AND POSITION

PAPERS
 REVIEWS
REVIEWS

BOOK FILM ARTICLE

 STEPS TO CONSIDER IN FILM REVIEWS

1. View the film more than once

2. Express your general opinions and support them
with examples
3. Decide your style of writing based on your
readership profile.
4. Avoid spoilers
5. Judge the story based on its different elements
6. Rate the actors
7. Rate the technical elements
 SUBPARTS OF A BOOK REVIEW
PROVIDES A BRIEF DETAIL OF THE PLOT, ENOUGH
SUMMARY ONLY TO MAKE THE READERS STILL WANT TO READ
THE BOOK.

SOCIAL/ GIVES THE PURPOSE (OR INFLUENCES) FOR WHICH

HIST. THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN

DISCUSSES ITS DISTINCTIVE FEATURES LIKE POINT OF

STYLE VIEW, LANGUAGE, USED, ETC.

THOUGHTS MENTIONS YOUR PERSONAL REACTION

PARTS TO CONSIDER IN PAPER/ARTICLE REVIEWS
CRITIQUE PAPERS
CRITIQUES ARE A FORM OF CONSTRUCTIVE
CRITICISM OF AN EXPERT’S WORK,
BASED ON THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND
EVALUATION OF ITS STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES.

REACTION VERSUS CRITIQUE

 CRITIQUES
CRITIQUES MAY COME IN TWO
DIFFERENT TYPES

CRITIQUE

APA ART
FORMAT CRITICISM
FORMAT OF A CRITIQUE 1
FORMAT OF A CRITIQUE 2: ART CRITICISM

IS MADE UP OF THE (1)DESCRIPTION,

(2)ANALYSIS, (3)INTERPRETATION, &
(4)EVALUATION