Argument Essay Vocabulary

Statements that address opposing viewpoints.

• counterclaims

• rebuttels

• claims

• arguments

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A writer's position on a problem or an issue (can also be identified as the thesis) is...

• claim

• rebuttal

• evidence

• paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

True or False: An argument is a position supported by reasons and evidence.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What should always be at the end of an essay.

• a joke

• a conclusion

• a theme

• I do not know, yet.

Tags

CCSS.W.8.1E

CCSS.W.8.2F

CCSS.W.8.3E

Transitions are...

• words/phrases used between ideas

• help the essay flow

• words such as "first, next, finally"

• are not needed in an essay

A statement of why the opposing viewpoint is wrong.

• thesis statement

• tranistion

• rebuttal

• claim

Reasons in your essay...

• support your claim

• are the group people you wan to persuade

• are words/phrases that help the essay flow (first, next, finally)

Evidence...

• supports your reasons

• are factual statements

• are opinion statements

• is not needed to support your reasons

The group of people you want to persuade

• counterclaim

• claim

• martians

• audience

A claim should always have

• rebuttal

• counterclaim

• reasons

• I do not know, yet.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D