Argumentative Writing

This is a structured essay using clear CLAIM, EVIDENCE, & REASONING for the purpose of persuading others

• narrative essay
• explanatory essay
• argumentative essay
• descriptive essay

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CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.1C

What is the first thing you put in the introduction of an argumentative essay?

• argument
• three reasons
• hook
• rebuttal

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CCSS.W.6.2A

The introduction has three parts and purposes. Which of the following is NOT one of those parts?

• Lead

• Introduction of Issue

• Thesis Statement

• Evidence

Your introduction paragraph includes

• your hook

• thesis

• background information

• all of the above

Making a claim and supporting it using logic is:

• persuasion
• claim
• argument
• evidence

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

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

A claim is: 

• The position you are trying to get your readers to accept
• the thesis statement
• found in the introduction
• all of the above

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

information used to back up and support your answer

• bridge
• persuasion
• argument
• evidence

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CCSS.L.3.1G

True or False:
Evidence is facts that support your claim. 

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is a counterclaim?

• The opposing viewpoint

• The writer's position that they are trying to prove

• Facts and statistics to support ideas

• Connects evidence to the claim