Argumentative Open Notes Quiz

An article from an editor about how good or bad it is to block websites, is an example of

• argumentative writing

• narrative writing

• informative writing

• creative writing

Argumentative writing can urge people to

• change someone´s mind on something at school.

• action, such as asking someone to vote for class president.

• prove something is wrong or even right.

• all of the above

When giving a speech or writing a paper on a topic you want to argue about, you must first

• pick your topic

• do your research

• know your audience

• see what other say about the topic

Why do you need to know the audience you are speaking to?

• So you can prepare a counterargument ahead of time.

• The audience may have a different understand of the topic; they may be teachers, parents, or kids.

• So you know how to entertain them.

• So you can know what vocabulary to use in your speech or your paper.

In the first paragraph or at the beginning of a speech, you must

• quiz your audience to see if there are questions.

• smile at your audience, or make them feel good.

• pick your side.

• state the other side.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

What the other side of someone´s argument says is called

• the argument

• the hook

• the counter

• the counterargument

Responding to someone´s argument by looking at their side BUT going back to yours is called

• the rebuttal.

• the other side.

• the comeback.

• the rebellion.

Our next paper will be an argumentative paper. It will be set up with an intro, argument 1, argument 2, counter/rebuttal, and conclusion.

• True

• False