Arguments and Persuasion Review

What is an argument?

• The central message within a fiction text

• A claim supported by reasons and evidence

• An imaginative and creative claim based on made-up people and events

• The evidence for an idea.

What is a claim?

• A statement proved as false

• A question the author addresses to the audience

• A writer’s position on a problem or issue

• A technique used to grab the reader’s attention

A claim can be stated either . . .

• Directly or indirectly

• At the very end or middle of the text

• In one word or less

• By the author or by the audience

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CCSS.W.7.1A

Why is supporting and backing up a claim with evidence and reasoning an important factor to an argument?

• It determines whether the claim is a fact or an opinion

• It determines how many people believe in the author’s claim

• It determines where we can locate the argument within a text

• It determines the strength of an argument

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1B

Which of the following is NOT an example of supportive evidence?

• Facts

• Evidence

• Examples

• Personal opinions

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.2B

What is persuasion?

• The act of convincing others to believe in a claim or set of ideas

• The act of forcing others to believe in an idea

• The act of introducing a problem to the audience

• The act of mocking someone until they believe in a specific idea

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.SL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.1B

What plays a key role in decision-making?

• Age

• Gender

• Emotions

• Level of intelligence

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CCSS.RI.7.3

Where do we NOT see persuasion within our everyday lives?

• Advertisements and television commercials

• Social media

• The news

• In a story or narrative

What are persuasive techniques?

• Methods that are intended to prove people wrong or right

• Methods that are intended to make others believe that an author’s opinion is false

• Methods that are intended to sway people’s feelings, opinions, and actions.

• Methods that are intended to make you interested in a nonfiction text

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CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1B

Appeals by Association is a category of persuasive techniques that . . .

• Link an idea or a product to something or someone positive and influential

• Link an idea or a product to something or someone negative and infamous

• Link an idea or a product to something or someone mean and scary

• Link an idea or a product to something or someone unknown and questionable

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CCSS.RI.7.8