Argumentative Essay Writing Guide

This document provides a comprehensive guide on writing argumentative essays. It begins by outlining the general challenges of essay writing and then focuses specifically on argumentative essays, defining them and explaining their structure. The guide includes an example of an argumentative essay discussing the switch from real to electronic textbooks, highlighting the importance of environmental concerns and cost savings. It also offers tips for writing effective argumentative essays, such as selecting a topic of passion, avoiding emotional arguments, and presenting the opposing side first. The document emphasizes the need for factual evidence and respectful discourse in argumentative writing.

Essay Writing
It is not an easy task to write essay as it requires a lot of effort, time, knowlegde, etc. There are
some rules which make it difficult to write a good essay. The first and formost thing is that the
essay should have a clear message so that the reader can easily understand the purpose of the
essay. Some of the basic rules which make it difficult to write a good essay are the following; the
opening paragraph of the paper should clearly describe what the writer is going to discuss in the
essay, the essay should be organized in such a way that can cover a set of list of subtopics which
help in supporting the thesis statement, paragraph should be started with a opening sentence in
order to explain what the paragraph is going to discuss, a transition between the paragraph
should be created so that one paragraph follows from the next, if novel terms or jargons are being
used in the essay, the writer should explain those terms, etc.
Apart from the rules, there are differnet forms of essay which also make it very tough to write a
good essay such as Argumentative Essay, Narrative Essay, Expository Essay, Descriptive Essay,
etc. It is important to understand how to write each form of the essay so that effective essay can
be written. This paper will help you understanding what is Arguementative Essay, and how a
good Argumentative Essay can be written.
What is an Argumentative Essay?
An Argumentative Essay is one of the types of essay which cover arguments about both positive
as well as negative side of the concerned issue. Both the side such as positive as well as negative
side of the issue can be presented in the essay equally balanced. However, it is not always
necessary to both sides will be presented equally balanced. Sometimes, one side of the issue is
emphasized more than the other side. It depends on the author of the essay. If the writer support

the positive side of the issue he or she may emphasize the positive side more than the negative
side and vice-versa. Under argumentative essay the author tries to convince the readers to accept
the arguement made in the essay. The author also convince the readers to switch to the side of
the author on the concern issue. But it is also necessary to support either positive side or negative
side of the issue with facts in order to convince the readers. So, apart from facts there are some
rules of writing a good argumentative essay which the author should keep in mind while writing
the essay. The first thing is that the author should select a topic which has more than one clear
side. If the topic of the essay has only one side, it cannot be used to write Argumentative Essay.
After selecting the topic for the essay, it is necessary to identify, collect, as well as evaluate
relevant and credible sources in order to support the evidence. There are four main parts of an
Argumentative Essay such as a compelling argument, a clear stance on the issue, evidence to
support the claim, an unbiased and solid counter-argument. Here is an example of Argumentative
Essay which will help you to get an idea to write an effective essay.
Argumentative Essay Example
It is always easy to understand with the help of an example. Therefore, an example has been
presented here to help you understand the essay writing.
School should switch to the electronic textbooks from real textbook
Real text books are made up of hundreds of pieces of paper. Making a real textbook comprises of
hundreds of paper is costly and it is also harmful to the environment. Electronic textbooks do not
require piece of paper and it also does not affect the environment. Therefore, switching to the
electronic textbook from the real textbook is an ideal step and hence the colleges should focus on
switching to the electronic textbooks. Nowadays, electronic textbooks are widely available on

different platforms such as Amazon and students are purchasing electronic textbooks from those
platforms. It has made it very easy to use electronic textbooks rather than real textbooks.
The main concern of switching to the electronic textbook from the real textbook is environment.
The strength of a regular class is around 50 to 80 students. As it has been discussed that a real
book is comprised of hundreds pieces of paper, thus it can be understood that 50 real textbooks
will be comprised of several thousands of piece of paper. This is the case of only one class.
Similalry, we can imagin the how much piece of paper will be used to provide real textbooks to
the student of a university. Here, it is very clear to understand the impact of making real textbook
on the environment. It will significanlty affect or damage the environment because in order to
make pieces of paper several tress are cut. Therefore, Swtiching to the electronic textbooks is
necessary to protect the environment.
Apart from the environmental concern, cost is also one of the main concern. Making a real
textbook is very expensive and hence the students have to inccure more money to purchase a real
textbook than the electronic textbook. It has been found that by purchasing an electronic
textbook, a student can save almost half the money which would be originally paid on a real
textbook. Thus, focusing on electronic textbooks will help in saving money of the student.
Apart from protecting environment and saving money of the student, electronic textbook is also
convenient to store and carry. The students can easily carry electronic textbooks with themselve
everytime while real textbook is tough to carry everytime. Real textbook also needs space to
store. Apart from this, real textbook also produces waste in the form of paper. There are sevral
books which are upgraded every year and hence the previous vrsion of the books are waste. On
the other hand, electronic books do not produces waste. Thus, it is better to switch to the
electronic books from the real books.

There are several institutions which argue that real textbooks should be used instead of electronic
textbooks. One of the main reasons behind this statement is that there are several colleges which
make their income based off of the textbooks. If real textbooks will not be used and focus will be
placed on electronic textbooks, the income of those colleges will be reduced. Apart from this, the
reading capacity of the students reduces if they use electronic textbook instead of real textbook.
Reading electronic textbook for long also significantly affects eye sight of the students. Health is
also negatively affected by reading electronic textbooks. Thus, electronic textbook should not be
used and real textbook should be promoted.
In order to conlude the issue, it can be said that colleges and institutions should encourage and
motivate the students to use electronic textbooks instead of real textbooks. Environment is a
main concern to support this argument. If the environment will be degraded, the health of every
living things will be affected significantly. However, there are certain advantages of real
textbooks but the advantages of electronic textbook is much more than the real textbook. Thus,
school should switch to electronic textbook.
Tips to write the Best Argumentative Essay
As it has been discussed that it is very tough to write Argumentative Essay, the students should
know some tips to write the Best Argumentative Essay. Here are some tips to guide the students
write Argumentative writing.
The students should select a topic which he or she is passaionate about. Selecting a topic of
choice will create interest as well as fun in finding the facts. The students can easily invest their
time in searching the topic and gaining more information. Thus, he or she can make strong points
to argue on the selected topic.

The students do not show emotion on their part. It does not mean that the students cannot stir
some emotions in the readers. There should always be facts to support the argument. Arguments
should not be supported by emotions. Apart from this, the author should always keep in mind
that he or she should not slam the other side with disrespect. He or she should not use terms like
evil, stupid, crazy, uninformed, etc. The author should be able to show this with the help of
evidence, but should not call it out. The argument should make the reader come to the
conclusion.
The students should try to present the opposite side first as it will impress the audience. It will
also help in presenting own point in an effective manner. The point will seem more strong than
the opposite side. In order to present an evidence to support the argument, the students should be
careful. They should not make up evidence ever as the opposite party will easily check the
validity and reliability of the evidence. It will reduce the strength of the argument. So, if the
students are not getting strong evidence for one of the points, they should choose another point to
use.