Argument Vocabulary

The move a writer makes to stop potential critics by acknowledging any flaws in the main argument and refuting potential objections.

• Lead

• factual evidence

• issue

• counterargument

Data, confirmed facts, and research performed by experts.

• Anecdotal evidence

• factual evidence

• viable

• credible source

appropriate, significant, and important to the matter at hand.

• debatable claim

• anecdotal evidence

• relevant (in reference to research sources)

• lead

practical, feasible, usable, adaptable; able to live and grow

• evidence

• issue

• counterargument

• viable

evidence based on personal observation and experience, often in the form of a brief story.

• factual evidence

• anecdotal evidence

• lead

• credible source

an opinion that is a matter of personal experience and values that must be backed up with evidence. Others may disagree.

• lead

• problem

• counterargument

• debatable claim

credible source (in reference to research sources)

• a reliable and accurate text created by experts in the field

• your neighbor's, friend's dog.

• appropriate and significant

• heard it from a friend, who, heard it from a friend.

the opening sentence or paragraph-- the hook

• viable

• problem

• lead

• issue

Problem

• any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.

• the move the writer makes to stop potential critics short by acknowledging any flaws in the main argument and refuting potential objections.

• a reliable and accurate text created by an expert.

• details, facts, and reasons that support a debatable claim.

details, facts, and reasons that support a debatable claim.

• evidence

• lead

• relevant

• counterargument