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In writing, however, an argument is very different. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">An\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"margin_term\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"glossterm\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">argument<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0is a reasoned opinion supported and explained by evidence. To argue effectively in writing is to advance knowledge and ideas in<\/span> a positive, persuasive way. 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To argue effectively in writing is to advance knowledge and ideas in<\/span> a positive, persuasive way. Written arguments often fail when they employ ranting rather than reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>In this module, you will develop your skills in argumentative and persuasive writing.<\/p>\n<h3>Module Outcomes<\/h3>\n<p>After successfully completing this module, you should be able to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Determine the purpose and structure of an argumentative essay.<\/li>\n<li>Understand how to write an argumentative essay.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-90\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li><strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/\">http:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Successful Writing. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Anonymous. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Anonymous. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/successful-writing\/s14-09-persuasion.html\">http:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/successful-writing\/s14-09-persuasion.html<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":9,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Successful Writing\",\"author\":\"Anonymous\",\"organization\":\"Anonymous\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/successful-writing\/s14-09-persuasion.html\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nc-sa\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["anonymous"],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc-sa"},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[53],"license":[60],"class_list":["post-90","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-anonymous","license-cc-by-nc-sa"],"part":131,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/90\/revisions\/794"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/131"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/90\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-englishcomp-1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}