Can you tell me what type of essay I would be writing in response to this statement: "What, if anything, is significant about an issue--expressed in a claim?" My instructor told us to write an essay to this question.

Question

A "claim" is usually the term for the thesis statement when writing a persuasive essay or argument:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/index.html
Scroll down to Types/Genres... to find more about persuasion and argument.

http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/
Use the left column as the table of contents.

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/argument.html
These links are meant for teachers to use with their students, but you can pick up some excellent ideas here, too.

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http://www.powa.org/

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I should have included this link, too:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/argument.htm

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Answer 1

Very unclear question! It will be very difficult to write an essay on this.