Argumentative Text Vocabulary

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Argumentative text

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A text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic or persuasion.

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The audience...

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is the intended target group for a message

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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The author's purpose ...

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Is the reason the author writes about a topic

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Organizational pattern

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Is the way an author organizes his ideas and provides supporting details

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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Credibility

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Having reliable and trustworthy characteristics

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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A claim is ...

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The position or assertion about a topic or issue

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Text print features

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Are anything outside the main body of the text that helps convey meaning

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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Key ideas

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Are important ideas throughout a text that support the central message

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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Evidence

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Specific facts or details that support an inference or claim

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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Faulty reasoning is ...

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A logically incorrect argument that contains a conclusion that is not supported by data

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1