Argumentative Terms

A short video, radio announcement, or print campaign created by a nonprofit organization to persuade an audience to take positive action for an institution, issue, or cause.

• Argumentative/Persuasive Writing

• PSA (Public service announcement)

• Rhetoric

• Call to Action

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Who the creator is trying to reach with their message

• Intended Audience

• Reasoning

• Rhetoric

• Bibliography

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Thesis, opinion, or message creator wants to share.

• Evidence

• Claim

• Call to Action

• Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The facts and details that support the claim.

• Rhetoric

• Bibliography

• Argumentative/Persuasive Writing

• Evidence

What the creator wants the audience to do after hearing their message.

• Claim

• Rhetoric

• Call to Action

• Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The art of effectively persuading one another.

• Definition of Ethos

• Argumentative/Persuasive Writing

• Rhetoric

• Where writer gives credit to sources

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Writing to convince someone of something by appealing to reason.

• Narrative Writing

• Argumentative/Persuasive Writing

• Informative Writing

• Reasoning

Ties the evidence back to the claim and explains how they are related.

• Reasoning

• Rhetoric

• Bibliography

• Opinions

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Definition of Ethos

• Empathy - appeal to emotion and feelings

• Logical - appeal to reason and common sense

• Ethical - appeal to credibility and trustworthiness

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Definition of Pathos

• Ethical - appeal to credibility and trustworthiness

• Empathy - appeal to emotion and feelings

• Logical - appeal to reason and common sense

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5