1. AP Argumentation Questions Could be 1 or 2 or 3 of them!

2. Types of Questions Take a position Defend, challenge, qualify (support, refute, qualify) Propose a solution or compromise Identify most compelling or most persuasive

3. Types of Questions (contd) Evaluate the effectiveness/how an argument is developed Evaluate the validity Evaluate pros/cons of an issuemost difficult of prompts

4. Can you… Identify a claim? Evaluate evidence? Create an argument based on someone elses claim? Use appropriate evidence to support your argument? Take a position? (Dont be wishy-washy!) Stay off the soap box?!!

5. Hopefully you will… Address the prompt! Know what it is asking! Understand the claim and/or your own claim Use appropriate evidence from the text Stay off the soap box and use logic/reasoningthink argument, not persuasion!