If you are writing an argumentative essay, it is important to make sure you follow all of the necessary steps. This is true for writing any type of essay, and is very important to ensure that you get a good score on the writing portion of the ACT. In an argumentative essay, you have to give accurate information but you also have to present an argument showing the supporting ideas as well as the opposing ideas. Obviously, you have to pick which side of the argument you are on before you can do this. But the absolute first step is to pick your topic and your stance on the subject. In the writing section of the ACT, a topic has already been selected for you.
Before you actually start writing your essay, it helps to make a pro and con list (either just in your head or on a piece of paper) so that you can outline what you are going to say in the essay. After you do this, you need to come up with an introductory paragraph, stating your opinions and giving a thesis statement. You need to make sure that you are clear which side of the argument you are on, and try to persuade the reader to believe in what you are writing. The main point of an argumentative essay is to persuade people to change their beliefs to what you think about the subject.
After writing your introductory you move on to your body paragraph or paragraphs. This is where you state all of your points and try and persuade the reader to see things from your point of view and agree with you. While you definitely need to make sure to state all of your opinions for your side of the argument, it is also extremely important to give the counter argument as well. In the ACT, you will not get a very good score if you do not give a counter argument.
After doing this, you write your conclusion paragraph and make sure to tie your thesis statement back into ending. And then you've got yourself a wonderful argumentative essay. Unless you're a bad writer, in which case you have no hope.
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