Author's Claim NMS

What is a claim?

• To state or assert that something is the case.
• Proof that something the author is saying is true
• A fact about a topic
• The available body of facts.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

What is an author's argument?

• Description of a topic.
• When two people yell at each other loudly.
• A reason or set of reasons given with the purpose of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.
• Facts about a topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

What is evidence?

• Facts that prove whether a belief or proposition is true.
• Opinions that prove whether a belief or proposition is true.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Why does an author include reasoning?

• To show you how smart they are.
• Facts to prove a point.
• To support the claim.
• To support the evidence and show how the evidence supports the claim.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

A fact is...

• A statement that is true and can be proven.
• A statement that is a belief, but isn't alway true and can't be proven.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

An opinion is...

• A statement that is true and can be proven true.
• A statement that is a belief, but isn't always true and can't be proven true.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Why does an author use persuasion?

• To trick people into thinking the same thing as them. 
• To convince an audience or reader to believe the way they do.
• To lie in a paper without committing plagerism.
• To show an audience what they think.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is ethos?

• Author tries to persuade to the reader by appealing to their credibility.
• Author tries to persuade the reader by appealing to their emotion
• Author tries to appeal to the reader by logic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is pathos?

• Author tries to persuade the reader by appealing to the author's credibility
• Author tries to persuade the reader by appealing to emotions
• Author tries to persuade the reader by appealing to logic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is logos?

• Author tries to persuade the reader by appealing to the author's credibility
• Author tries to persuade the reader by appealing to emotions
• Author tries to persuade the reader by appealing to logic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5