Argumentative

Argumentative Text Notes

Argumentative Text Notes Pt. 1

• Argumentative writing is the opinion, or belief, of an author, presented in a text meant to convince the reader that the opinion is correct.

  
  

• the author’s argument is called the claim. In an argumentative text, the author uses words and pharses to prove the claim.

  
  

•  The way an author uses words and phrases to create their argument is called the text structure.

Argumentative Text Notes Pt. 2

• Text structure involves a variety of techniques used to persuade the reader to side with the author’s argument.
  
  

• Techniques are the ways an author uses language and text structures to persuade a reader to agree with his or her claim.
  

• Techniques in argumentative writing have their own special characteristics:

Argumentative Text Notes Pt. 3

• Evidence -all of the information and facts available to support a claim.
  
  

• Evidence is a key element of argumentative writing and includes facts, statistics, images, interviews, or other texts.
  
  

• Authors of argumentative texts use evidence to show that they have done research on their subject and that their claim is reliable.

Argumentative Text Notes Pt. 4

• Reasoning -an explanation of how a piece of evidence supports a claim.
  
  

• Authors of argumentative texts rely on reasoning to give their evidence purpose and assure their audience understands why a piece of evidence is significant.
  

Argumentative Text Notes Pt. 5

• Rhetorical Devices -particular methods of speaking or writing used to persuade people to consider alternative ideas about claims and information.
  
  

• Some rhetorical devices make an emotional appeal to readers.
  
  

• Author’s of argumentative texts use rhetorical devices to reinforce their arguments, such as repeating phrases.
  
  

• One example of a rhetorical device is an emotional appeal—using words that will cause readers or listeners to have an emotional reaction.

Multiple Choice

Evidence - Information and facts to support a claim

Reasoning - an explanation of how evidence supports a claim

Is the underlined part Evidence or Reasoning:

They rewatched the tape of the touchdown. After, they realized that the player was out of bounds.

• Evidence

• Reasoning

Multiple Choice

Evidence - Information and facts to support a claim

Reasoning - an explanation of how evidence supports a claim

Is the underlined part Evidence or Reasoning:

She is probably very tired tonight. The basketball player had to run extra laps at practice today.

• Evidence

• Reasoning

Multiple Choice

Evidence - Information and facts to support a claim

Reasoning - an explanation of how evidence supports a claim

Is the underlined part Evidence or Reasoning:

Toy sales drop after the holidays. We know that fewer people are shopping during that time.

• Evidence

• Reasoning