Argument Vocab.

What is the first part of an introduction?

• Thesis

• Hook

• Details

• Question

The focus of your entire paper is called your...

• Counterclaim

• Rebuttal

• Hook

• Thesis

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing over another

• bias

• thesis

• rebuttal

• counterclaim

Able to be believed

• Support

• Oppose

• Bias

• Credible

Closely related or appropriate to the topic

• Relevant

• Credible

• Support

• Oppose

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Suggest the truth of; corroborate

• Oppose

• Counterclaim

• Bias

• Support

Disapprove of or attempt to prevent

• Support

• Oppose

• Rebuttal

• Bias

The opinion of those who oppose your thesis

• Credible

• Bias

• Counterclaim

• Rebuttal

A contradiction; proving the counterclaim wrong

• Oppose

• Rebuttal

• Bias

• Credible

The purpose of argument writing is...

• to use emotion to convince the reader to agree with you

• to present all sides of an issue

• to use logic and evidence to convince the reader to consider your view