As a developmental academic editor who helps authors think through big-picture issues related to their writing, I have a lot of conversations with scholars about how to approach drafting a book. Many ...

Findings identify argumentative moves and submoves that students made in their argumentative essays. The teacher supported students' learning by explicitly pointing to these moves in model essays, ...

The argumentative or five-paragraph essay is one such technique that can be applied to scientific writing aimed at an audience of peers and reviewers. The power of this technique is that it builds an ...

Rhetorical questions are a useful technique in persuasive writing. As there is nobody to answer the question, a rhetorical question is usually designed to speak directly to the reader.

Oral Argument: Easy Questions, Hard Questions—Be Prepared 7 minute read August 19, 2022 By David B. Saxe James M. Catterson ...

The authors explain a method for teaching written argument they used successfully with alternative high school students. The English Journal is a journal of ideas for English language arts teachers in ...

Currently, LSAT takers have 35 minutes to write an argumentative essay on a provided topic designed to gauge their logical reasoning. The updated writing section will give examinees 15 minutes to ...