Argumentative Essays

Front

What is a claim? Options: a statement used to support or prove the thesis, quotations from a source, the analysis explaining the meaning of evidence, a sentence that grabs your reader's attention

Back

a statement used to support or prove the thesis

Front

What is a direct evidence?

Back

quotations from straight from a source

Front

A thesis statement is NOT...
Options: the main point of the essay, the main argument of the essay, a summary, opinion + reasons

Back

a summary

Front

What is true of the introductory paragraph? Options: ends with the thesis, introduces the big idea of the essay, starts with a hook, all of these

Back

all of these

Front

What order do essays go in? Options: Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body Paragraph, Conclusion, Body Paragraph, Introduction, Conclusion, Body Paragraph, Introduction, Body Paragraph, Conclusion, Body Paragraph, Conclusion, Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body Paragraph

Back

Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body Paragraph, Conclusion

Front

The act of convincing someone of your point of view. The author uses a blend of facts and opinions to convince the audience.

Back

persuasion

Front

The person/people you are trying to convince

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audience

Front

A viewpoint that opposes your main argument

Back

counterarguments

Front

Which of these is NOT a part of an argumentative essay? Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion, Setting

Back

Setting

Front

Which of these is NOT part of an argumentative essay introduction? Options: Hook, Summarize the Issue, Claim, Evidence

Back

Evidence