Argument consists of assertions, reasoning, evidence. To be complete, arguments should have three parts: an assertion, reasoning and evidence (easily remembered with the mnemonic ARE).

The Five Parts of Argument

• Claim;
• Reason;
• Evidence;
• Warrant;
• Acknowledgement and Response.

Every argument has four essential elements: 1. A thesis statement, a claim, a proposition to be supported, which deals with a matter of probability, not a fact or a matter of opinion. 2. An audience to be convinced of the thesis statement.

According to the Purdue Online Writing Lab, important elements in all argument essays include strong evidence gained through research, a clear thesis, strong organization and logical transitions.

A typical argumentative essay comprises three or more paragraphs that explain the reasons why you support your thesis. Each body paragraph should cover a different idea or piece of evidence and contain a topic sentence that clearly and concisely explains why the reader should agree with your position.

Policy arguments are arguments about the effect a legal rule will have, how it will operate in the real world. Therefore, facts about the real world, rather than legal principle, are most appropriate to support these arguments.

The six most common types of claim are: fact, definition, value, cause, comparison, and policy.

Editorial content is anything published in print or on the Internet that is designed to inform, educate or entertain and is not created to attempt to sell something. It is considered to be the opposite of commercial content or advertising copy.

• Key Elements of An Effective Editorial.
• Focused central theme.
• Competing alternate view(s) refuted.
• Arguments are inductive.
• Moral Evaluations are fact based.
• Relies on reader’s implicit knowledge and values.
• Clarity of prose.
• Calls reader to action.

It tackles recent events and issues, and attempts to formulate viewpoints based on an objective analysis of happenings and conflicting/contrary opinions. An editorial is predominantly about balance. But that does not prevent it from occasionally stirring things up, when such is the need.

What Is Editorial Style? While writing style may refer to a writer’s unique voice or application of language, editorial style refers to a set of guidelines that editors use to help make your words as consistent and effective as possible.

An op-ed, short for “opposite the editorial page” or as a backronym the “opinions and editorials page”, is a written prose piece typically published by a newspaper or magazine which expresses the opinion of an author usually not affiliated with the publication’s editorial board.

The imperative is used to give commands and orders. The form of the verb used for the imperative is the base form of the main verb, which is used without a subject.

The usual function (job) of an imperative sentence is to give a command or instruction. It tells us to do something.

The subject of an imperative sentence is usually you (a stand-in for the audience, or whomever the speaker is talking to). Because this pattern is broadly understood, the subject is often left off of the sentence, and is implied (understood by the audience to be there without having to be said).