Unit 2 Vocabulary

all the elements of a story or article that are utilized to organize the text and/or provide additional information

• text features

• credibility

• primary source

the quality of being trusted and believed in

• secondary source

• valid

• credibility

an original document containing firsthand information about a subject

• valid

• primary source

• claim

discussion about or commentary on a primary source

• secondary source

• claim

• diction

believable or truthful

• valid

• diction

• claim

a sentence in the introduction of an essay that states the writer's position or opinion on the topic of the essay

• claim

• thesis statement

• diction

a position statement that asserts an idea or makes an arguement

• claim

• counter claim

• diction

reasoning or facts given in opposition to an arguement

• counterclaim

• valid

• rhetoric

what is a fact

• something untrue

• something you cannot prove

• a statement you can prove with research

What is an opinion?

• a statement that cannot be proven with research; somebody else's thoughts on a subject

• a statement that can be proven

• a vegetable that makes you cry