Evaluating an Argument

What is the writer's position on an issue or problem called?

• claim
• evidence
• counterargument
• setting

What do you call any material that serves to prove a claim?

• support
• claim
• counterargument
• rebuttal

What are statements to justify an action, decision, or belief?

• reasons
• counterarguments

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

What do you call the proof?  What are the specific references, quotations, facts, examples, and opinions that support a claim?

• evidence
• claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

Which one is an example of a counterargument?

• My parents say I don't need more allowance, but they don't realize what my expenses are.
• I need a larger allowance.

Which one is an example of a claim?

• I need a larger allowance.
• I need a larger allowance because I don't have enough money for lunch or transportation.

Which one is an example of a reason to support a claim?

• I need a larger allowance because I don't have enough money for lunch or transportation.
• I need a larger allowance.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

Which sentence provides evidence to support a claim?

• Just last week, I had to borrow money from my best friend because I didn't have enough allowance money.
• I need a larger allowance because I don't have enough money.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

Which one means to be against something?

• oppose
• support

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The purpose of a formal argument is to:

• Win the argument

• antagonize the other side

• make readers believe something and, in many cases, to take some type of action.

• write a very long essay to exhaust the reader into submission