Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Argumentative Essays Without Research Samples

Argumentative Essays Without Research SamplesSome writers use argumentative essays with no research samples. I'm not talking about writing a one off 'one of these days' article with no research, I'm talking about writing an essay that is research based. I can see no reason why any writer should write without some basic research in the piece or without a working sample that they can refer to in the essay.So, what about a one off blog post or article? Why do we not suggest this for argumentative essays? Well, firstly because when you first write it, you will be quite aware of how to write and what readers look for in arguments, and secondly, writers get argumentative in arguments often as readers too so there is little point in setting yourself up to lose if you don't have an argument.Why do I recommend that you produce a working sample before you start writing your argumentative essay? Because when you write the essay you will be thinking on your feet, you may think about ideas that y ou have been thinking about but have not written down or you may have changed your mind on a topic in the middle of the essay and wish to rewrite the whole thing in such a way that you meet the demands of your argument. I wrote an essay about this the other day and it was because I had reached the end of the essay, but thought about something else, changed my mind, but couldn't get the draft up to speed, started again and found the time and effort it took to finish the essay completely covered by just a few hours time. All these things are avoided in arguments if you don't have a working sample to refer to.Argumentative essays without research samples will create problems later in the writing process as writers will frequently be writing an essay at the same time as they are actually doing research. How can writers turn their mind off and do research when they are in the middle of writing the essay and their head is spinning trying to work out what they are going to say next and whe re they are going to fit the argument in. It is a very frustrating experience and can mean that the essay as a whole will lack in quality and will never get published.Writing the essay is more important than any argument. Writers will spend more time working out an argument and will not think about the grammar and clarity of the essay until the last second. If you can afford to spend more time thinking about the essay and not the argument, you will pay off by ensuring that the essay as a whole has a higher quality and is more convincing. Writing the essay requires more concentration and the ideas will emerge later in the piece rather than first.Writing an essay of less than 150 words will not prove that the essay is poor and you will fail if the essay is judged by the length of your argument, so you should always be able to explain the point that you want to make in less than the required length. When you use reference links or make use of the clicky technique you will know where to point to in the essay. The fact that the article was a bit long does not necessarily mean that the writer has taken his argument to an extreme. If the essay is weak or contains a large number of errors, it may mean that you will have a very long piece to edit.It would be helpful to be able to tell what you wrote before you began to edit the article, but you may not be able to, if you are using the phrase 'argument' loosely. Sometimes it can be confusing as to whether you are arguing or offering an opinion. It will be much better to have some sort of working sample available so that you can refer to when you are editing.

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