Argumentative Writing Vocabulary

subject, situation, or idea that people disagree about

• issue

• evidence

• counterargument

• claim

specific information that supports a claim: fact, quotation, example, statistic, expert opinion, etc.

• evidence

• reasons

• fact

• claim

stating a primary reason of the opposite side in your paper and then giving a reason and evidence why the opposite side is wrong

• counterargument

• expert opinion

• logical appeal

• evaluate

the opinion of someone with expert knowledge

• expert opinion

• logical appeal

• counterargument

• evidence

support that explains why a writer takes a certain point of view

• reasons

• fact

• claim

• issue

appeals to your mind and relies on logic and facts

• logical appeal

• author's purpose

• evaluate

• central idea

evidence that can be proved or verified

• fact

• statistics

• claim

• evidence

a fact in number form

• statistic

• claim

• expert opinion

• counterargument

the writer's position on an issue or problem

• claim

• evidence

• issue

• reasons

the reason the author has for writing

• author's purpose

• evidence

• biased

• trace