AP Seminar Line of Reasoning Terms

A claim or thesis that conveys a perspective developed through a line of reasoning and supported by evidence

• Argument

• Context

• Issue

• Evidence

A statement made about an issue that asserts a perspective

• Claim

• Evidence

• Cross-curricular

• Implication

Understanding resulting from analysis of evidence

• Conclusion

• Counterargument

• Fallacy

• Alignment

An opposing perspective, idea, or theory supported by evidence

• Counterargument

• Interdisciplinary

• Fallacy

• Issue

The degree to which a source is believable and trustworthy

• Credibility

• Inductive

• Assumption

• Conventions

Information (e.g., data, quotations, excerpts from texts) used as proof to support a claim or thesis

• Evidence

• Alignment

• Issue

• Bias

Filter through which an issue or topic is considered or examined

• Thesis

• Lens

• Bias

• Claim

The structure in which an author introduces claims and evidendence.

• Implication

• Line of Reasoning

• Perspective

• Counterargument

How a particular scholar/thinker understands a particular issue such as globalization

• Implication

• Argument

• Perspective

• Claim

An ending judgment made by an author based upon the line of reasoning

• Conclusion

• Perspective

• Argument

• Credibility