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Claim - main argument

Counter claim - opposite pov

evidence - supporting details

reasoning - logical explanation linked to evidence

refutation - weaken counterclaim

informative essay - description/illustration, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, sequence/process

argumentative structures - proposal argument(suggestion), causal argument(cause and effects, definition argument(defines or clarifies terms), narrative argument (personal experience/story)

persuasive - pathos(emotions), logos(reason/logic), ethos(authority, credibility)

critique literature - to understand meaning, deepen interpretation, view values, see truths.

literary approaches:

• Structuralist/formalist - plot, theme, symbols

• Moralist - lessons, values, ethical implications

• Marxist - class struggles, economics, power, inequality

• Feminist - gender roles, empowerment, representation

• Historical - conext of time, events, author’s era

• Reader-Response - readers own interpretation