In this unit we have been learning2 about the argumentative
essay and also debates, which at the end we must make our own argumentative
essay and do debate with other groups.
In argumentative essay we have been learning about the
thesis statement, APA referencing, Reasons, Counter arguments, and format. A
thesis statement is placed at the beginning of the argumentative essay or at
the introduction paragraph. Thesis statement offers a solution for an issue.
In an argumentative
essay there must be a format, there are two formats that we know which is the
Pro-Pro-Con or the Con-Con-Pro, in which in the first format the second and the
third paragraph we fill it with our reason and we must back it up, but in the
fourth paragraph we counter other people’s argument where they think its
correct but we said that it is wrong. In the final project of argumentative essay,
which is making our own argumentative essay, I must improve in referencing in
an APA style.
The second one that we have learned in this unit is about
debating. We learned about the Pros and Cons, in which the Pros is the one that
are defending the topic, and the cons is the one that is trying to state that
the topic is actually wrong. We must use evidence and make a statement, and
sometimes we use the ARE, which stands for Assertion, Reason, and Evidence. What
I must improve in debating is eye contact, I rarely use eye contact on my audience.