It’s a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.

• Fight

• Argument

• Opinion

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Author's position is

• the author's claim or what the author supports.

• what the author does not claim to be true.

• the evidence used to support that claim.

• facts.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

A counterclaim is-

• what the author supports and believes to be true.

• views or opinions that agree with the claim.

• opposing view that the writing discusses.

• evidence used to support the claim.

how the author supports the argument.

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Examples

• Supporting details or evidence.

Some examples of supporting evidence include:

• facts

• data

• opinions

• Anecdotes

• Expert opinions

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

The author's position is the same as:

• claim

• thesis

• counterclaim

• valid idea

• main idea

clearly stated thesis statement, which demonstrates the writer’s belief on a certain topic.

• Counterclaim

• Viewpoints of audience

• Position

• Evidence

Support for the claim needs to be -

• persuasive

• informative

• hilarious

• descriptive

The author's purpose of an argumentative text is to-

Groups:

(a) Correct

,

(b) Incorrect

• compare

• encourage

• urge

• describe

• influence

• persuade

• contrast

• suggest

• illustrate

• convince

is an acknowledgement of the argument for the other side and why it’s not the way to think about the issue.

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Evidence

• Audience