Argumentative Writing Vocabulary

What is a claim?

• The opposing viewpoint
• The writer's position that they are trying to prove
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1B

What is a counterargument?

• The opposing viewpoint
• The writer's position that they are trying to prove
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1C

An issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak.

• Author's purpose
• Counterclaim
• Evidence
• Exigence

The reason an author writes is the ________________________.

• Warrant
• Author's purpose
• Claim
• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

Refers to the listeners at a speech or reader of an article.

• Audience
• Claim
• Rhetoric
• Logos

Tags

CCSS.SL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.4

CCSS.W.8.5

What is evidence?

• The opposing viewpoint
• The writer's position that they are trying to prove
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.W.6.9A

True or False: An opinion is a strong piece of evidence to support a claim.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1B

The art of effective speaking or persuasive writing is called _____________________.

• Rhetoric
• Logos
• Pathos
• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

What is a warrant?

• The opposing viewpoint
• The writer's position that they are trying to prove
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

Tags

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.1C

True or False: A strong argument contains a claim, evidence, and reasoning.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1B