Argumentative Writing

The statement that the writer is trying to prove true.

• counterclaim

• claim

• reason

• call to action

Facts and proofs from a credible source.

• evidence

• counter claim

• rebuttal

a statement against the claim

• argument

• counter claim

• rebuttal

explains why the counterclaim is wrong.

• rebuttal

• claim

• evidence

an attempt to persuade someone to think or act in a certain way.

• rebuttal

• argument

• expert

a statement that supports the claim. It tells why or how the claim is correct.

• reason

• expert

• claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

Facts that include numerical information

• Counterclaim

• Explanation

• Statistics

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Explains how the evidence supports the reason in a way that it makes sense.

• Explanation

• Rebuttal

• Expert

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

When evidence is given by someone knowledgably in the topic.

• evidence

• expert

• claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Is where the writer asks the reader to act in a support of the writer's claim.

• Statistics

• expert

• call to action

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5