Argumentative Writing

Collecting, organizing, and explaining data

• thesis statement

• opinion

• claim

• statistics

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2A

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.W.7.2D

A paragraph that contains a restatement of the thesis statement and a last convincing appeal

• introduction paragraph

• concluding paragraph

• background paragraph

• body paragraph

Tags

CCSS.W.7.1E

CCSS.W.7.2F

argument or information explaining why the author believes he or she is correct

• rebuttal

• argument

• reasons

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

a belief or way of thinking about something

• statistics

• claim

• opinion

• reasons

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

a sentence that states the purpose of an essay

• opinion

• statistics

• thesis statement

• counterargument

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

an argument against a claim or reasons why they are wrong

• reasons

• ethos

• argument

• rebuttal

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1C

CCSS.SL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.1B

a short, personal story relating to the topic used to grab the reader's attention

• reasons

• evidence

• argument

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

organized information in number form

• claim

• fact

• reasons

• data

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2B

a short description of the argumentative issue or problem

• thesis statement

• concluding paragraph

• background information

• introduction paragraph

Tags

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.2A

A paragraph that contains the lead, background information, thesis statement, and brief reasons.

• introduction paragraph

• body paragraph

• counterargument paragraph

• concluding paragraph

Tags

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.2A

CCSS.W.7.4