<p>ok so my ap lang teacher decided to give us a timed writing using argumentative style, yet she had not taught us how to do this. I have cliff's review, but I was just wondering if any of you guys could help me and give me like an outline of how it should be written. How many paragraphs should there be, what should the introduction have in it, and what should my paragraphs have in them?</p>
<p>any help whatsoever will be greatly appreciated! :)</p>
<p>Well, pick a side. Neutral isn't technically a good thing. Then, pick specific examples to argue. Make sure it makes sense. Even though you do have a side, at the end, you do want to QUANTIFY!! my teacher stressed tht. You want to say "Even though __<strong><em>(enter phrase that goes against your argument), I'm right (rephrase of course) because _</em></strong>___."</p>
<p>I was in this class last year. swim2daend is right, you should choose a side, but always QUALIFY your argument. Consider both sides, and in the end you should delineate which one you feel is stronger (no I blah blah though). I assume you have already done rhetorical anaylsis, but some of the things are different. Argument is a lot of pathos (emotion), logos (logic), and ethos (ethics). Less rhetorical analysis and more of that.</p>
<p>so, should the "qualify" be the 2nd to last paragraph? or my conclusion?</p>
<p>Qualifying is best in the intro, because you get it out of the way... so you're free to talk about everything in support of your argument for the rest of the essay.</p>
<p>I hope you get a fun persuasive essay this year on the exam. Last year's was great!</p>
<p>so my intro should have the qualifier, and then what? lol</p>
<p>You can qualify which means that you agree and disagree at the same time.</p>
<p>"It shows a higher level of thinking". My Teacher hahah</p>
<p>haha. i would normally qualify in the conclusion, but it doesn't matter as much as where you put it. What matters is tht u put it.</p>
<p>I would worry about the MC first. It's easier to get a 5 if you can do well on the multiple choice and right decent essays, than if you write amazing essays and do decently on the multiple choice.</p>
<p>During AP Lang last year, I would always get a 4 as a score on in class practice exams... because I would only get about 50% right on the MC even though I wrote great essays.</p>
<p>But after hours and hours of practicing MC, I managed to get a 5 on the real exam.</p>
<p>ok thanks everyone!</p>