Argumentative Writing & Youth Sports

To start off, Argumentative writing is a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic, collect, generate, and evaluate evidence.

To write argumentative writing, you need to have a claim, evidence, reasoning, counterclaim, and audience.

To write argumentative writing, you need to have a claim, evidence, reasoning, counterclaim, and audience.

For instance, an argumentative writing example would be an article called "Keep Sports Fun." The author, Mark Ryman, has stated his claim as youth sports being a lot of pressure and stress for young ones. His evidence was that he had a First-hand account and a survey. Mark Ryman's reasoning for his article was that "We know why kids drop out of youth sports, too. They're not having fun anymore. They're weary of the pressure. They're tired of being yelled at by coaches and, sometimes, by their parents." Mark has stated his claim, evidence, and reasoning, which makes his article argumentative writing.

In my opinion, I strongly agree with Mark due to my experience as an athlete, I see many kids being yelled out by their coaches and parents. I have even been yelled out by them. Although it wasn't a big problem for me, still kids are trying their best to do whatever they can. If parents and coaches were out there battling against the other team, they would probably understand the pressure and stress we are in because we are yelling at them.

Let's Review

• Argumentative writing is a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic, collect, generate, and evaluate evidence.
• To write argumentative writing, you need to have a claim, evidence, reasoning, counterclaim, and audience.
• Kids give up due to their parents yelling.
• Opinion

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