Argument Writing Vocab

Define advocate (noun)

• a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.

• someone who disagrees with an idea

• to argue against something

• to publicly recommend or support

Someone who advocates for something might also be called a

• hero

• proponent

• opponent

• dissenter

When you ________ something, that means you are saying it is true.

• State

• argue

• assert

• insert

When you assert something, you are ________ it is true

• claiming

• arguing

• hinting

• denying

A ______ is something you are saying is true or accurate.

• thesis

• statement

• belief

• claim

_____-claim is an opposing idea

Someone might be called a ________ if they don't agree with or believe something

• jerk

• ornery alligator

• critic

• proponent

Someone might be called an ________ if they don't agree with or support something

• opp

• opponent

• believer

• politician

Define object (verb)

• to turn something into and object

• to get angry

• to agree

• to disagree or argue against

True or false: the purpose of argument writing is to convince your audience to agree with you

• True

• False