Academic Vocabulary Quarter 3

You should always state your claim in your:

• thesis statement

• counterclaim

• evidence

• conclusion

Requires a student to research a topic and then take a side by stating a claim.

• informational writing

• creative writing

• argumentative writing

• expository writing

A person's opinion about an argument.

• thesis

• counterclaim

• reasons

• position

Which of these is a well-written counter-claim to the claim that students should be required to learn an additional language.

• Learning a new language doesn't help students.

• There aren't that many interpreters that are from the U.S.

• Some might argue that it is a waste of time to learn a new language.

• Opponents might argue that it is not worthwhile to learn another language because the rest of the world is learning English.

What is a claim?

• The opposing viewpoint.

• The writer's position that they are trying to prove.

• Facts and statistics to support ideas.

• Connects evidence to the claim.

What is evidence?

• The opposing view.

• The writer's position that they are trying to prove.

• Facts and statistics that support ideas.

• Connects evidence to the claim.

How a person see's a situation is their own

• perspective

• claim

• evidence

• bias

What is a counterclaim?

• Connects evidence to the claim

• Facts and statistics

• The opposing view

• The writer's position they are trying to prove.

When you have an opinion or belief that is based on emotions rather than facts, then you are showing

• perspective

• bias

• claim

• thesis

If something is reliable then you can

• prove it

• argue it

• not trust it

• trust it