{"QuickMarkTemplateSet":[{"id":3495502,"name":"6th-8th Grade Argument","owner":1046173113,"description":null}],"QuickMarkTemplate":[{"owner":1046173113,"id":8827360,"hidden":0,"removable_sets":[3495502],"can_remove":1,"symbol":"Address counterclaim","locked_sets":[],"description":"Be sure to include a counterclaim in your essay, which should address the arguments against your position. A strong argument addresses the opposite side of the issue."},{"id":8827380,"hidden":0,"owner":1046173113,"description":"Look for places to add transitions to improve the connection between your sentences. Transitions help to link ideas, compare and contrast information, suggest cause and effect, and help the overall flow of your essay.","can_remove":1,"symbol":"Add transition","locked_sets":[],"removable_sets":[3495502]},{"hidden":0,"id":8827392,"owner":1046173113,"description":"Your readers expect you to use the words from the prompt in your essay. Make sure you use some of these words when explaining your ideas.","locked_sets":[],"symbol":"Appeal to readers","can_remove":1,"removable_sets":[3495502]},{"description":"This part is difficult to connect to your claim. Explain how this example shows what you are being asked to write.","removable_sets":[3495502],"locked_sets":[],"can_remove":1,"symbol":"Connect to claim","owner":1046173113,"hidden":0,"id":8827355},{"id":8827351,"hidden":0,"owner":1046173113,"description":"This part doesn't seem to be as strongly connected to your claim. Consider revising this or other parts of your essay that stray from your claim. A strong argumentative essay stays focused on its claim.","symbol":"Develop claim","locked_sets":[],"can_remove":1,"removable_sets":[3495502]},{"removable_sets":[3495502],"symbol":"Develop idea","can_remove":1,"locked_sets":[],"description":"This point needs to be developed further. Explain how this idea contributes to your claim about the topic. An argumentative essay should complete its discussion of one specific point before moving on to the next.","owner":1046173113,"id":8827366,"hidden":0},{"owner":1046173113,"hidden":0,"id":8827374,"removable_sets":[3495502],"symbol":"Engage readers","locked_sets":[],"can_remove":1,"description":"Make sure to engage your readers with a powerful opening statement so they can follow your ideas naturally to your claim."},{"hidden":0,"id":8827371,"owner":1046173113,"description":"This evidence could be stronger. Review the source to find a better piece of evidence to make this point, and then be sure to thoroughly explain how it connects to your claim.","can_remove":1,"symbol":"Evaluate evidence","locked_sets":[],"removable_sets":[3495502]},{"owner":1046173113,"hidden":0,"id":8827359,"description":"Review this section and make sure to stay focused on your position on the topic throughout your writing. An argumentative essay should use specific evidence and vocabulary from the source(s) to support the claim.","removable_sets":[3495502],"symbol":"Focus on position","can_remove":1,"locked_sets":[]},{"id":8827363,"hidden":0,"owner":1046173113,"description":"Find an example from the source(s) that best supports this point and include it in this part of your essay. Each point in your essay needs to be supported with a concrete example.","symbol":"Include evidence","can_remove":1,"locked_sets":[],"removable_sets":[3495502]},{"owner":1046173113,"id":8827377,"hidden":0,"description":"Include a topic sentence that previews the point you will discuss. Your readers should be able to clearly connect the purpose of each paragraph back to your claim.","removable_sets":[3495502],"symbol":"Include topic sentence","locked_sets":[],"can_remove":1},{"symbol":"Integrate quote","locked_sets":[],"can_remove":1,"removable_sets":[3495502],"description":"Read this sentence aloud to make sure it flows naturally and your ideas are clear. A well-presented quote should blend into the rest of the sentence smoothly.","hidden":0,"id":8827393,"owner":1046173113},{"description":"Argumentative essays should be written using formal language. Use words from the prompt and appropriate vocabulary in order to phrase your ideas in a more formal way.","removable_sets":[3495502],"can_remove":1,"symbol":"Maintain formal language","locked_sets":[],"owner":1046173113,"id":8827389,"hidden":0},{"owner":1046173113,"id":8827354,"hidden":0,"removable_sets":[3495502],"can_remove":1,"symbol":"Provide context","locked_sets":[],"description":"Help familiarize your readers with this topic by offering a brief background of the issue. Add details related to the topic before the statement of your claim."},{"hidden":0,"id":8827386,"owner":1046173113,"symbol":"Rephrase idea","can_remove":1,"locked_sets":[],"removable_sets":[3495502],"description":"This sentence might be difficult for your readers to understand. Read it out loud and rephrase your ideas so they are clear to your audience."},{"hidden":0,"id":8827362,"owner":1046173113,"symbol":"Restate claim","locked_sets":[],"can_remove":1,"removable_sets":[3495502],"description":"Your readers expect you to restate your claim in your conclusion. Rephrase the claim you presented in the introduction and include it in this section."},{"owner":1046173113,"hidden":0,"id":8827378,"removable_sets":[3495502],"locked_sets":[],"symbol":"Revise last sentence","can_remove":1,"description":"The last sentence of each paragraph should finalize the points that were discussed in that paragraph. Revise this sentence so it effectively concludes this paragraph."},{"removable_sets":[3495502],"can_remove":1,"symbol":"State claim","locked_sets":[],"description":"The purpose of your essay is to convince the readers to agree with you. As part of your introduction, you can clearly state your position on the topic in one brief sentence.","owner":1046173113,"id":8827350,"hidden":0},{"owner":1046173113,"id":8827370,"hidden":0,"removable_sets":[3495502],"locked_sets":[],"symbol":"Strong example","can_remove":1,"description":"This example is helpful to your essay. Look for other parts of your essay that could improve with a strong example."},{"removable_sets":[3495502],"symbol":"Strong focus","can_remove":1,"locked_sets":[],"description":"Your position on the topic is explained well here. Bring this kind of focus to areas of your essay that are not as clear.","owner":1046173113,"id":8827361,"hidden":0},{"description":"Nice use of language in this sentence. Continue choosing words that will appeal to your audience's interests or emotions, or help in your purpose of persuading them.","can_remove":1,"symbol":"Strong language","locked_sets":[],"removable_sets":[3495502],"id":8827385,"hidden":0,"owner":1046173113},{"id":8827372,"hidden":0,"owner":1046173113,"description":"Your ideas in this section are presented in a logical way. Consider other areas of your essay that would benefit from this type of structured approach.","symbol":"Strong organization","locked_sets":[],"can_remove":1,"removable_sets":[3495502]},{"description":"This is one of your best sentences. Review other sentences in your essay to ensure you've maintained a formal style and an objective tone throughout.","locked_sets":[],"symbol":"Strong sentence","can_remove":1,"removable_sets":[3495502],"hidden":0,"id":8827390,"owner":1046173113},{"owner":1046173113,"hidden":0,"id":8827384,"description":"Your transitions are helping to make your ideas in this part clear. Continue to create connections and unity throughout your whole essay by using specific transitions to link your ideas together.","removable_sets":[3495502],"locked_sets":[],"symbol":"Strong transition","can_remove":1},{"id":8827368,"hidden":0,"owner":1046173113,"description":"Expand this point with clear, meaningful evidence from the source(s) and further explanation. An effective argumentative essay uses specific examples that directly support the claim.","symbol":"Support with example","can_remove":1,"locked_sets":[],"removable_sets":[3495502]},{"locked_sets":[],"symbol":"Vary sentence structures","can_remove":1,"removable_sets":[3495502],"description":"Keep your readers engaged until the very end by continuing to vary your sentence lengths and structures.","hidden":0,"id":8827388,"owner":1046173113},{"description":"Consider choosing a different transitional phrase. For example, \"in this case,\" \"furthermore,\" \"likewise,\" and \"indeed\" are all nice ways to transition from and develop an idea.","removable_sets":[3495502],"symbol":"Vary transitions","can_remove":1,"locked_sets":[],"owner":1046173113,"id":8827381,"hidden":0}]}