Understanding Author's Purpose and Argumentation

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Author’s Purpose

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Convince or persuade the reader

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Author’s Position

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Main argument

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Claims

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Reasons

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Evidence

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Information to support your claims, such as facts, data, numbers, or percentages

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Analysis

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Author’s explanation of evidence in their own words

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Credibility

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Quality or power of inspiring belief

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Bias

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Being in favor or against something/someone because of a previous experience

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Fact

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Can be proven

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Opinion

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Personal feelings about a topic