Q3- Week 1

Argumentative Writing

• tries to convince the reader of something

• tells a story

• explains information

purpose

• author's reason for writing

• facts to support an opinion

• opposite opinion

Thesis

• states the main point or purpose of the writing

• facts to back up an opinion

• an author's reason for writing

Claim

• What you're trying to prove

• an author's reason for writing

• the opposite opinion

Counterclaim

• what you're trying to prove

• the opposite opinion

• states the main purpose of the writing

Credibility

• being trustworthy

• opposite opinion

• states the main purpose of the writing