Questions & Answers

The best question to better understand the prompt and work on an argumentative essay is C. Figuring out whether the claim is clearly stated allows analysis of the thesis statement and the claim. The argument will be weak if the claim is not formulated right. In an argumentative essay, the claim is crucial. It needs to be established based on research.

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Arguments and supportive evidence given in the essay will prove the claim. So the way you are going to state your claim is going to shape the whole paper. Without a clear claim, it isn't easy to understand what the author tries to prove with the evidence. Questions A and B are suitable for evaluating already written papers. Question D provides no value to the task.