Argumentative Vocabulary

The position you are trying to get your reader/audience to accept

• counterclaim

• claim

• warrant

• rebuttal

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.1C

Facts that support your claim

• evidence

• claim

• counterclaim

• warrant

• rebuttal

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

challenging the argument by addressing the position of someone who may not agree with the argument.

• claim

• rebuttal

• counterclaim

• warrant

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

when you respond directly to your opponent’s argument to show how/why they are wrong

• claim

• evidence

• counterclaim

• rebuttal

• warrant

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a short statement, that summarizes the main point or claim and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence.

• warrant

• claim

• thesis

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a statement that explains how the evidence supports and connects the claim.

• pink flamingo

• peanut butter sandwich

• claim

• warrant

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

Dogs are the best pet.

• claim

• counterclaim

• warrant

• rebuttal

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Staying in a space hotel would be a waste of money.

• cheese

• claim

• warrant

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Seven silver swans swam silently seaward

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

If "terra" means earth, then a subterranean tunnel goes

• through the air

• through the water

• over the ground

• under the earth

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B