Anna is writing an opinion piece about the best sport. She should ________.

provide facts that use evidence to support her opinion that baseball is the best sport

include no facts in this essay, only her opinion that baseball is the best sport

include only false facts in this essay that she makes up

never directly state her opinion about sports

Which of the following is an opinion ?

Plastic bottles can be recycled.

The average person produces 4 pounds of trash a day.

Which of the following is a fact ?

Teens should be allowed to see movies with PG-13 ratings.

The ending of the movie shouldn't have been changed.

Which of these does not introduce an opinion?

“According to the dictionary…”

Lucinda is writing an opinion piece about why horses are the best animals. Which of the following could she use to support her opinion?

Horses can run almost as soon as they’re born.

Horses can help people recover from accidents.

Lucinda rides a horse named Raisins at the stable.

Read the following sentence: In conclusion, I think that recycling is the most important thing to do for our planet. What can the author of this essay do to improve his or her conclusion?

Restate some of the supporting reasons.

Add linking words like “first,” “then,” and “finally.”

Write a hook to draw in the reader’s attention.

Which of the following is a list of all the things you should do when writing an opinion piece?

State your opinion clearly, support your opinion with facts and reasons, restate your opinion and reasons to conclude.

State your opinion and then restate it in the conclusion.

State your opinion then support it with facts and reasons.

Support your opinion with facts and reasons, then restate your opinion.

A thesis should be ________.

a question you answer in the essay

a question for which there is no right answer

Where should a thesis appear?

as the last sentence of the first paragraph

as the first sentence in an essay

as the second paragraph in an essay

as the last sentence of the essay

What immediately follows a thesis in an essay?

paragraphs with evidence to support the thesis

paragraphs with evidence to show the thesis is wrong

paragraphs with additional thesis statements

a concluding paragraph in which the thesis is restated

A thesis needs to be ________.

too large to support in one essay

vague and written in the first person

Which would be the strongest thesis?

The novel Charlotte's Web by E.B. White teaches valuable lessons about life and death.

Charlotte is a character in Charlotte's Web.

Which would be the strongest thesis?

Independence Day is the most important national holiday in the United States.

The United States used to belong to Great Britain.

Independence Day is celebrated on July 4th.

People use persuasive language to ________.

convince someone to act or agree

teach someone how to do something

encourage someone who's feeling down

Which of the following would be the strongest argument to persuade you to buy a new video game:

The video game won an award for Game of the Year.

The video game is almost as fun as the ones you have.

The video game has OK graphics.

The goal of an argument is to ________.

get someone to see your point of view

entertain someone with a good story

Read the passage below. What is the child trying to do? Hey mom, I really think we should make my bedtime half an hour later. Everyone in my class goes to sleep later than I do. I don't think I need as much sleep as I used to. Each night I lay awake for a long time before I go to sleep.

give reasons to support his argument

teach his mother how to do something

Which of these statements would be the weakest argument to persuade your parents to let you see a movie:

You saved up your allowance so you could buy the ticket for yourself.

You have a ride to and from the movie theater with a friend's parent.

Ishmael wants to go on vacation with his friend's family. What's the best way he can persuade his parents to say yes?

He can explain that the vacation will be educational and safe.

He can tell them that he will be sad and stay in bed if he can't go.

He can say that he'll hate his parents if they don't let him go.

He can ask them for the money that he needs for the trip.

Karla is giving a speech about why students should have class pets. What should she do to persuade her audience?

give specific examples of pets that are clean and easy to take care of

keep repeating the same thing until everyone agrees

tell her audience that she's a really good student, so they should agree with her

tell her audience the story of how her cat died

Argumentative Writing Vocabulary

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English

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6th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

L.6.6, RI.6.8, RL.11-12.6

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Grace Medford

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36 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Any statement that doesn’t use the words “think,” “should” or “feel” is a fact.

True

False

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A ________ is something you can verify, or prove.

bias

fact

opinion

popular opinion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

You should support your opinions with facts using ________ to make them more convincing.

bias

false facts

evidence

feelings of beliefs

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Raul tells you that there are 10 inches in a foot. You look at a ruler and see this is incorrect. Raul’s statement was a(n) ________.

bias

opinion

statistic

false fact

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements is an opinion?

People shouldn't text at the dinner table.

78% of teens have cell phones.

37% of teens have an iPad or Kindle.

Stephanie received a cell phone for her 18th birthday.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Suzanne thinks dogs make better pets than cats. Gabriella listens to Suzanne's reasons and evidence and is convinced. Gabriella ________.

proves Suzanne’s fact

agrees with Suzanne’s opinion

must have been tricked by false facts

makes Suzanne’s opinion a fact

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Suzanne thinks she should have a pet dog. Which of the following would be the best way to convince her father of her opinion?

reminding him of her opinion about dogs every morning before school

writing a list of false facts about cats

asking all of her friends for their opinions about pets

telling her father facts that support her opinion that dogs are good pets

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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Argumentative Writing Vocabulary

36 questions

Any statement that doesn’t use the words “think,” “should” or “feel” is a fact.

A ________ is something you can verify, or prove.

You should support your opinions with facts using ________ to make them more convincing.

Raul tells you that there are 10 inches in a foot. You look at a ruler and see this is incorrect. Raul’s statement was a(n) ________.

Which of the following statements is an opinion?

Suzanne thinks dogs make better pets than cats. Gabriella listens to Suzanne's reasons and evidence and is convinced. Gabriella ________.

Suzanne thinks she should have a pet dog. Which of the following would be the best way to convince her father of her opinion?

Anna is writing an opinion piece about the best sport. She should ________.

Which of the following is an opinion?

Which of the following is a fact?

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