Quaternary Phase: The Argumentative Essay

So, you’ve almost made it to the end. You turned in^[1] your literacy narrative and profile essay. You’re probably still slogging through the last of your issue-analysis report,^[2] but it’s time to start looking at the last formal essay you’ll write for this class: the argumentative essay.

I get it—you might be feeling a bit overwhelmed right now with the end of the semester looming menacingly around the corner, but don’t launch an ad hominem attack just yet.^[3] We’re walking back the word count minimum on this one—1000 words instead of the 1500 words of the last two essays—so it’s not as long. The goal here is to write a short, tightly focused argument in support of a position of your choosing. What does that look like? Let’s get into it.