Argument Analysis Worksheet—Introduction
(State author’s first and last name) _________ __________ is (give background information on author):
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In “___________________________,” ______ argues that (state thesis of the article in your own
words):___________________________________________________________________________________
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In (author’s last name) _________’s article, s/he (write a summary of the article, of what the article
does, in your own words, using specific examples…so, your summary explains how the author makes her/his
argument):_________________________________________________________________________________
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________. In light of this (if you think it is a strong argument) OR However (if you think it is not a strong
argument), ________’s article is (or is not) persuasive because it _________________________________
__________________________________________________________(reason 1/paragraph 1), ____________
_________________________________________________________________________(reason 2/paragraph
2), and ______________________________________________________________________________(reason
3/paragraph 3).
Body Paragraph 1:
Your topic sentence (explain reason number 1):
Example 1 from the article:
Quote:
Your paraphrase of quote:
Your explanation of how this example proves your claim about the article:
Example 2 from the article:
Quote:
Your summary of quote:
Your explanation of how this example proves your claim about the article:
Concluding sentence—a sentence that wraps up/ties a bow on the paragraph (tells readers what you
accomplished in this paragraph):
Body Paragraph 2:
Your topic sentence (explain reason number 1):
Example 1 from the article:
Quote:
Your paraphrase of quote:
Your explanation of how this example proves your claim about the article:
Example 2 from the article:
Quote:
Your summary of quote:
Your explanation of how this example proves your claim about the article:
Concluding sentence—a sentence that wraps up/ties a bow on the paragraph (tells readers what you
accomplished in this paragraph):
Body Paragraph 3:
Your topic sentence (explain reason number 1):
Example 1 from the article:
Quote:
Your paraphrase of quote:
Your explanation of how this example proves your claim about the article:
Example 2 from the article:
Quote:
Your summary of quote:
Your explanation of how this example proves your claim about the article:
Concluding sentence—a sentence that wraps up/ties a bow on the paragraph (tells readers what you
accomplished in this paragraph):