Unit 2 Vocabulary & Definitions

Text features

• aspects of a text designed to help you locate, understand, and organize information.
  
• a form of writing whose purpose is to explain or inform
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
• a claim made by someone with an opposing opinion on a given issue. When creating an argument, you must be able to argue against counterclaims.
  

Explanatory writing

• a form of writing whose purpose is to explain or inform
• they analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources. Textbooks, books about historical events, and words of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are secondary sources
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
• aspects of a text designed to help you locate, understand, and organize information.
  

Credibility

• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• comes from the word credible, which means “believable or trustworthy.”
  

Primary source

• aspects of a text designed to help you locate, understand, and organize information.
  
• an original account or record created at the time of an event by someone who witnessed or was involved in it. Autobiographies, letters, and government records are types of primary sources.
• they analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources. Textbooks, books about historical events, and words of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are secondary sources
  
• a claim made by someone with an opposing opinion on a given issue. When creating an argument, you must be able to argue against counterclaims.
  

Secondary sources

• a form of writing whose purpose is to explain or inform
  
• a sentence, usually in the uses to persuade an audience
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
• they analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources. Textbooks, books about historical events, and words of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are secondary sources

Thesis statement

• a sentence, usually in the introduction of an essay, that states the writer’s position or opinion on the topic of the essay. A thesis statement should go beyond telling the reader the topic of the essay. It should tell the reader what the writer thinks about the topic
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making
• they analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources. Textbooks, books about historical events, and words of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are secondary sources
  

Claim

• n original account or record created at the time of an event by someone who witnessed or was involved in it. Autobiographies, letters, and government records are types of primary sources.
• comes from the word credible, which means “believable or trustworthy.”
  
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
  

Valid

• they analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources. Textbooks, books about historical events, and words of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are secondary sources
  
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• comes from the word credible, which means “believable or trustworthy.”
  
• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making
  

Rhetoric

• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making
  
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
  
• a claim made by someone with an opposing opinion on a given issue. When creating an argument, you must be able to argue against counterclaims.
  

Counterclaim

• an original account or record created at the time of an event by someone who witnessed or was involved in it. Autobiographies, letters, and government records are types of primary sources.
• a claim made by someone with an opposing opinion on a given issue. When creating an argument, you must be able to argue against counterclaims.
  
• a sentence, usually in the introduction of an essay, that states the writer’s position or opinion on the topic of the essay. A thesis statement should go beyond telling the reader the topic of the essay. It should tell the reader what the writer thinks about the topic.
• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making