Argument Vocabulary

To appeal to ______________ is to seek to persuade someone through the use of logical argument

• emotion
• reason 
• ethos
• opinion

________________ is a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong

• counterargument
• reasoning
• argument
• thesis statement

A thesis should be _____________________.

• a statement that can be argued
• a question you answer in the essay
• a statement that is fact
• a question for which there is no right answer

Where should a thesis statement appear?

• in the second paragraph
• in the last paragraph
• in the first paragraph
• as the last sentence of the essay

A strong thesis must _________________.

• use big words
• be something everyone would agree with
• be something a smart person could disagree with
• be hard to find in your essay

What immediately follows a thesis in an essay?

• paragraphs with evidence to show the thesis is wrong
• paragraphs with evidence to support the thesis
• paragraphs with additional thesis statements
• a concluding paragraph in which the thesis is restated

Judge Posada listened to the lawyer's _____________, but even with all the evidence, he could not decide who was right.

• introduction
• argument
• fact
• evidence

Body paragraph 1 should go with _______ from your introduction.

• reason 1
• reason 2
• reason 3
• hook

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Body paragraph 2 should go with _______ from the introduction.

• reason 1
• reason 2
• reason 3
• opposing claim

Body paragraph 3 should go with _________ from the introduction.

• reason 1
• reason 2
• reason 3
• hook

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1