Tracing an argument vocabulary

argument

• overall claim

• truth

• facts

• makes sense

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.6

claim

• central idea

• truth

• makes sense

• author's argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.2

Reasons

• overall proof

• evidence

• logical support, smaller claims

• truth

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

evidence

• overall claim

• proof

• truth

• logical support

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

facts

• data presented by reputable sources; universities, highly regarded companies, non profit organizations

• indisputable truths usually said by an expert in the field

• a second-hand account of an experience that was witnessed

• a first hand account of something that happened to you/the author that is related to the argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

statistic

• indisputable truths usually said by an expert in the field

• a second-hand account of an experience that was witnessed

• a first hand account of something that happened to you/the author that is related to the argument

• data presented by reputable sources; universities, highly regarded companies, non profit organizations

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

story

• a second-hand account of an experience that was witnessed

• something your mother reads to you at bedtime

• indisputable truths usually said by an expert in the field

• a first hand account of something that happened to you/the author that is related to the argument

anecdote

• indisputable truths usually said by an expert in the field

• a second-hand account of an experience that was witnessed

• data presented by reputable sources; universities, highly regarded companies, non profit organizations

• a first hand account of something that happened to you/the author that is related to the argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

example

• data presented by reputable sources; universities, highly regarded companies, non profit organizations

• things that have already happened due to one way of thinking or something that has already been done

• a verbatim statement from a credible source about the topic you are arguing

• indisputable truths usually said by an expert in the field

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

quote

• a verbatim statement from a credible source about the topic you are arguing

• indisputable truths usually said by an expert in the field

• a first hand account of something that happened to you/the author that is related to the argument

• a second-hand account of an experience that was witnessed

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8