Argumentative Terms

consider in detail in order to discover essential features

• anecdote

• argument

• analyze

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

an assertion that something is true or factual

• claim

• counterargument

• statistic

• rebuttal

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue; prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• credibility

• bias

• argument

• counterargument

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts or statistics or quotes

• anecdote

• reason

• quotation

• support

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

using language effectively to please or persuade

• rhetoric

• example

• rebuttal

• premise

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument; one or two sentences that state your paper's main point, main idea, or main message

• thesis

• evidence

• fact

• reason

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

data that can be represented numerically; numerical data, and is the field of math that deals with the collection, tabulation, and interpretation of numerical data.

• position

• quotation

• anecdote

• statistic

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the speech act of refuting, or rebutting, by offering an opposite argument; a rebuttal, which, plainly put, is the "no, you're wrong and this is why" argument.

• reason

• rhetoric

• rebuttal

• premise

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a concept whose truth can be proved

• reason

• fact

• opinion

• argument

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

an item of information that is typical of a class or group

• example

• thesis

• premise

• claim

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D