Argument Writing for 7th/8th

Making a claim and supporting it is called...

• thesis

• argument

• claim

• evidence

Information used to back up and support our answer is called...

• bridge

• argument

• claim

• evidence

Your side of the argument is called...

• bridge

• argument

• claim

• evidence

The people that your essay address are called...

• the audience

• evidence

• the other side

• your teacher

Your intro paragraph should include:

• the lead in

• bridge text

• claim

• all of the above

The opposing side of the argument is called:

• claim

• audience

• counterclaim

• rebuttal

What is the first thing you put in an Intro?

• claim, let them know your side before anything else.

• lead in, hook them into the essay.

A claim is:

• The position you are trying to get your readers to accept.

• found in the intro (but is restated)

• the thesis statement (but for an Arg. essay)

• all of the above

True or False: You don't need elaboration in an Argument paper.

• true

• false

True or False: you need evidence support your counterclaim and rebuttal.

• true

• false