Argumentative Writing & Power of Play Vocabulary

Front

Proposal

Back

A formal plan or suggestion, sometimes written.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

Hook

Back

A topic sentence in which grabs your reader's/audience's attention.

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6

Front

Attentive

Back

Paying careful and close attention to something.

Front

Fidget

Back

To keep moving your hands and feet, especially because you are bored or nervous.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Reason(s)

Back

A consideration which justifies or explains your action, a belief, an attitude, or a fact. Also known as your WHY.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

Front

Claim

Back

A statement that asserts something to be true.

Front

Counterclaim/Counterargument

Back

An argument that opposes the main claim.

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Front

Bridge/Warrant

Back

The reasoning that connects the evidence to the claim.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

Front

Evidence

Back

Facts or information that support a claim.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

Front

Structure

Back

The arrangement of and relations between the parts of something.

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6