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Argumentative Artifact
My argumentative artifact was completed during my AP English class in 11th grade. We had to
analyze a prompt that was given to us which was about whether or not people should donate to
the ones who are in need. We either had to agree, disagree, or stay neutral with the prompt given.
We then had to use three reasons to defend our position using sources like history, readings, and
real-life examples. After arguing our point, we also had to identify counterarguments and refute
the claims to convince them why our side was more persuasive.
This assignment fits in the category of argumentation because we had to persuade the
audience and the readers and convince them to believe our position and our point of view on the
topic. For example, the prompt I got was about whether people should donate to the ones who
are in need. I agreed with the author’s claim and my three reasons were that people should
donate to the ones who are in need because many people in this world need that special support
and that type of help, many people just waste their money on unnecessary things when many
people in the world are suffering, and nobody in this world should suffer and everybody should
help each other out. My counterclaim was, some people may say that they don’t have to donate
their money because they worked for the money they now have, but however, we need to keep in
mind that helping out people is a great thing and many good positive things will come your way.
On the other hand, donating to people who are in need makes you feel good about yourself and
also when you donate you can impact people’s life in a positive way.
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In this assignment, I was met the SLOS critical thinker and effective communicator. I was a
critical thinker by finding specific evidence that will help me argue my point and trying to
convince another person with a different point why my point is better to believe. I was also an
this task, I needed to find 3 specific reasons and specifics to argue my point on whether people
should donate to the ones who are in need. I also had to identify counterclaim and created a
rebuttal to persuade the reader why my point is better to believe. I tried convincing the reader or
audience by using real life examples on why it is important and why people should donate to the
ones who are in need. As an Effective Communicator, I was asserting my claim in a respectful
way. I was not insisting the reader to believe my point is the correct one. I was acknowledging
that the reader and audience will not always agree with my point. I needed to prove why my
This assignment helped me improve on my SLOS because for example, to be a good critical
thinker in this task, I had to be able to gather the information needed to be able persuade the
audience and readers why my claim is better to believe. To be a good effective communicator, I
have to be able to respectfully claim my point on this task without being rude towards the
audience and readers and without forcing them to believe my claim. Also, I needed to understand
This assignment helped me improve on my writing skills. Having good writing skills
helps the reader and audience have a clear idea of what I am trying to say in my essay. I still
have to improve on elaborating more, for example, when I am talking about something, I need to
give more examples and go more in depth into what I am trying to say or claim or what I was
referring to. Having good writing skills can help me in the future by communicating my ideas
more effectively through words. For example, when writing essays, emails, letters, reports.