Argumentative writing

What is a evidence? 

• a statement used to support or prove the thesis
• quotations from a source
• the analysis explaining the meaning of evidence 
• a sentence that grabs your reader's attention 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What order do essays go in? 

• Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body Paragraph, Conclusion
• Body Paragraph, Introduction, Conclusion, Body Paragraph 
• Introduction, Body Paragraph, Conclusion, Body Paragraph
• Conclusion, Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body Paragraph

Tags

CCSS.W.6.4

CCSS.W.6.2A

Formal or Informal? 
Went to Barcelona for the weekend. Lots to tell you.

• formal 
• informal

Tags

CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.4

CCSS.L.6.3B

Formal or informal? 
Ya'll ok? 

• Formal
• Informal

Tags

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.L.6.1E

Formal or Informal? 
I feel quite well, thank you. 

• formal
• informal

Tags

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

What is a thesis statement?

• what you want to say

• the beginning of an essay

• a sentence in which you state your main argument and a brief description of how you will prove it

• a sentence that tells the topic.

Tags

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.2A

CCSS.W.8.4

The concession part of a thesis statement is

• where you recognize the opposing side’s most important counter-argument

• where you give in to the opposite side

• the main argument

__________is the opposing claim; the other side

• Counter-claim
• Rebuttal
• Conclusion
• Claim

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

This tells more about the reasons that support a claim, especially why it matters.

• claim
• evidence
• counterclaim
• reason

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

To support a claim, you should have one or more of these, which tell why.

• reason
• counterclaim
• statistic
• counterargument

Tags

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.1C