what is a argument summary?

Answer 1

Here is a suggested skeleton for how to write your argument summaries.

(1) In _______, ______ argues that ____________. (2) He/she does so by {pointing out, showing, claiming, citing evidence or statistics, ...} that ____________. (3) He/she also {argues, states, claims, ...} that ____________. (4) He/she does so by {pointing out, showing, claiming, citing evidence or statistics, ...} that ____________. (5) The audience for his/her article is ____________ (based on the fact that ____________ {journal's audience, jargon used, tone or organization of the article ...} ).