Elements of Argument:

• argument

• counter-arguments

• refutation

• rebuttal

• thesis

• topic statement

• evidence

• support

• documentation
   

Writing Process:

• pre-writing

• planning

• drafting

• revising

• editing

Organizational Strategies:

• comparison and contrast

• extended definition

• classification and division

• cause and effect

• induction

• deduction

• logical fallacies

• analysis

• synthesis

• evaluation

Critical Reading:

• close reading

• annotation

• rhetoric

  • logos

  • ethos

  • pathos

Mechanics:

• agreement (pronouns/verbs)
• coordination/subordination
• dependent clauses
• independent clauses
• fragments
• run-ons
• signal phrases
• transitions