Argument Terms

What is a claim?

• A statement of explanation that follows a piece of evidence

• The statement beginning to prove something wrong which can have additional evidence

• An arguable statement used as a primary point to support or prove an argument

• The first occasion that the jury or judge has to hear from a lawyer in a trial, generally constructed to serve as a "road map" for the fact-finder

What is a reason?

• The opposite to the claim

• Why the claim is right

• The person who is being accused of the crime

• The statement beginning to prove something wrong

What is evidence?

• Why the claim is right

• What the defense is trying to prove or defend against

• The attorney's final statement to the judge or jury in a trial

• How the claim is right; proof, expert witness, research...

What is a bridge?

• A connection of evidence to claim/reason

• The opposite to the claim

• A person who has observed what did/did not happen in the case

• What is believed to be true

What is the counterclaim?

• An arguable statement used as a primary point

• The opposite to the claim

• The statement beginning to prove the defense wrong

• The attorney's final statement to the judge or jury in a trial

What is a counter argument?

• What is believed to be true

• How the claim is right

• What the defense is trying to prove or defend against—the defense's side to an argument

• Counter means opposite or against—the opposite to the claim

What is a rebuttal?

• The person who is being accused of the crime

• The first occasion that the jury or judge has to hear from a lawyer in a trial, generally constructed to serve as a "road map" for the fact-finder

• the opposite to the claim; The defense's side

• The statement beginning to prove something wrong which can have additional evidence and follows the counterclaim

What is a witness?

• A person who has observed what did/did not happen in the case

• The lawyer(s) who protect the person accused of a crime

• The lawyer(s) who accuse another for a crime

• The person who is being accused of the crime

Who is the prosecution?

• The lawyer(s) who protect the person accused of a crime

• The lawyer(s) who accuse another for a crime

• The person who is being accused of the crime

• A person who has observed what did/did not happen in the case

Who is the defense?

• The lawyer(s) who protect the person accused of a crime

• The lawyer(s) who accuse another for a crime

• The person who is being accused of the crime

• A person who has observed what did/did not happen in the case