ARGUMENTATIVE

ESSAY
BY: ENDANG LESTARI, S. PD., M.PD.
What is Argumentative Essay?
Argumentative Essay Outline

You should carefully organize and structure your essay. It will help the
reader to understand your point. Your argument and reasoning must be
evident and clear. The traditional outline includes the following
components:
1.Introduction with a thesis statement
2.Body:
•Paragraph 1 that discusses your first claim
•Paragraph 2 that discusses your second claim
•Paragraph 3 that discusses your third claim (optional)
•Paragraph 4 that considers and refutes opposing opinions
3.Conclusion
Argumentative Essay Outline
THESIS
BODY OF PARAGRAPH
CONCLUSION
 CONCLUSION
Once you have made your argument in detail in the body paragraphs, you must then
take the essence of your argument, pare out any repetition, cut short all the stories
and appeals you might have made earlier and concisely state it one last time in your
conclusive paragraph. This must be as precise as the writer can get without losing
the basic idea of his or her argument. This must be done in order to drill the
argument one last time in the audience’s mind.
A Good
Argumentative
Essay should
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Technology has become so advanced that your smartphone is

essential a working computer. Students are starting to be
encouraged to use technology such as laptops, computers, and
ipads during class. Many parents don’t want their kids to use
INTRODUCTION
PARAGRAPH technology during class because they feel like their child
wouldn’t use the smartphones for learning purposes, but
instead use them to send text messages, play games, and stay
plugged into social media outlets. The question we’re trying
to cover in this essay is whether students should be allowed
to use smart phones in their schools.
 Students are already encouraged to use other sources of
technology in class such as laptops and ipads to help increase
their learning. Many teachers are already using projectors which
are linked to laptops and demonstrate how to complete an
assignment. If you’re in higher education such as college, you’re
allowed to use your smartphone in class to complete any work or EVIDENCE 1
take notes. But, when you’re in high school, you’re not allowed
to use your smartphones during class. If you can use
smartphones in college, you should be able to use smartphones
BODY OF in high school and middle school. There need to be set rules on
what you can do while using your smartphone .
PARAGRAP
We believe that smartphones could help bring more learning to
H every classroom. Using smartphones in school can help students
have instant access to information related to their classes. During EVIDENCE 2
classes teachers no longer have to use their projector or have to
make print outs on information. They could share a google
document with the students, and the students can access it from
their phone. All of the daily’s information will be saved on there,
giving students instant and continuous access to everything they
learned that day.
 In classes, many students use their phones to take pictures of
lectures, powerpoints and record the lecture. The issue is that
taking pictures and videos require special permission from your
professor. College students take pictures of lectures and then EVIDENCE 3
also record the class. This can help them later when they need to
study information. Now, one thing we do have to consider is that
college classes have students who need to pass the class, while
in high school it’s more of choice. So the motivation for using
smartphones in high school and college is both different.
BODY OF Many parents and staff members disagree that the use of
PARAGRAP smartphones would help their classrooms. And while we get
where they are coming from, that still doesn’t mean that students
H shouldn’t be allowed to use their smartphones in class. For
example, smartphones can be used as calculators and can help EVIDENCE 4
anyone who is taking a math class. Regular calculators cost a lot
of money for a student to use, therefore using their phone is
easier and more effective. Not only that but students will be able
to access their online courses and be able to follow the lecture
through powerpoints. Lastly, students can also take pictures of
powerpoint slides and take notes by using their phones. This
would make it much easier than having them learn how to take
notes.
 With the advancements in technology, we believe that
smartphones should be used in classrooms. They offer
students and teacher instant access to any and all
information. Of course, they can’t be used during
CONCLUSION
testing, quizzes, or other activities that could be
considered cheating. Therefore, they should only be
used during the lecture. It would make taking notes in
class a brass, and for those students who want to ace
the class, they would be able to access the lecture if
they recorded it at a later time and review materials
The Purpose of learning is understanding, and it is time
consuming,
salam,
Lestari_ Endang
Yogyakarta, 19 th of October 2020