Argumentative Text Vocabulary

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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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The audience

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Is the intended target group for a message.

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A counterargument is

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A viewpoint that opposes, or goes against an author’s claim.

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An Argumentative text is

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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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Text print features

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

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Claim

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The position or assertion about a topic or issue.

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Evidence

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Specific details or facts that support an inference or claim.

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Persuasion

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The act of convincing someone to believe or do something.

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Logical reasoning

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The process of using a rational, systematic series of steps to arrive at a conclusion.

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Emotional appeal

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A method of persuasion that uses emotion to convince an audience.