Writing Trivia

A claim can be which of the following?

• An opinion

• The point a person is trying to make

• Something you can prove true or false

• A fact

• A general statement

A counter claim is:

• A rebuttal

• A refutation

• The other side of an argument

• A thesis statement

A thesis statement for an argumentative essay NEEDS

• a claim

• your side of the argument

• what the topic is

• evidence

Evidence should directly support your:

• Thesis

• Claim

• Counter claim

• Refutation

For each claim, how many pieces of evidence are sufficient?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Why do we refute?

• To debunk the counterclaim

• To debunk the claim

• To provide evidence

• To make a rebuttal

A strong argumentative essay has:

• two strong claims, one strong counter claim

• one strong claim, one strong counter claim

• one strong claim, evidence

• multiple claims

An informative essay is different from an argumentative in that:

• Informative is trying to convince you, argumentative is trying to argue

• Informative has no counterclaim

• Informative has no thesis statement, argumentative does

• Informative isn't tested on FSA, argumentative is

Elaboration is used for

• Explaining why the thesis statement is there

• Explaining that you provided evidence

• Explaining where the evidence came from

• Explaining why the evidence is relevant

When you deconstruct a prompt (skills | knowledge), you are

• Providing elaboration for your evidence

• Identifying where the counterclaim is

• Figuring out what the prompt is asking you specifically to do

• Using the prompt to provide background knowledge