Argumentative essays are a great way to express your opinion through writing. If you've never written an argumentative essay, you may be wondering what it is. Well, an argumentative essay is exactly what it is called, it is an essay in which the writer argues for a certain point and during the essay he uses many elements to convince his audience why he has reason. A good argumentative essay is one that contains six elements: thesis, personal background, historical context, common ground, definition, and arguments. The first part of any great argumentative essay is a great thesis. When you write your thesis, you must make sure that it is clear and argued. Your main goal in this writing is to offer the reader another point of view and not necessarily to persuade them to change their mind. For example, if you wanted someone to do something for you, you wouldn't start arguing with them, but would instead use a more persuasive approach. Likewise, when writing the thesis, think more about stating a clear but argumentative statement rather than being persuasive, because if you are too persuasive, it becomes a persuasive essay. An example of a vague thesis statement would be: "Oregon should provide money for businesses to offer paid internships to teach people business skills." Instead, Oregon gives people money so they can go to college. » As you can see, it is in the introduction that you state the thesis, that you also present the problem and that you remind that your thesis must be clear. You need a body paragraph and it will contain your reason, which is the topic sentence and your evidence. The evidence should help you create a stronger argument, so be clear and don't over-explain. In your concluding sentence, you can provide the reader with a solution to the problem. At that point, the reader will have enough information to enable them to decide on their solution.