Quarter 3 Review

Argumentative Writing

• tries to convince the reader of something

• explains information

• tells a story

purpose

• author's reason for writing

• facts to support an opinion

• opposite opinion

Thesis

• states the main point or purpose of the writing

• an author's reason for writing

• facts to back up an opinion

Claim

• the opposite opinion

• an author's reason for writing

• What you're trying to prove

Counterclaim

• states the main purpose of the writing

• the opposite opinion

• what you're trying to prove

Credibility

• being trustworthy

• opposite opinion

• states the main purpose of the writing

Trite

• to pacify; to stop from being upset or angry; to calm

• unoriginal and stale due to overuse

• to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

Commiserate

• to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

• tending to move apart in different directions

• to pacify; to stop from being upset or angry; to calm

Placate

• to examine in detail with careful or critical attention

• tending to move apart in different directions

• to pacify; to stop from being upset or angry; to calm

Scrutinize

• to examine in detail with careful or critical attention

• tending to move apart in different directions

• able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly