Argumentative Texts

What are the characteristics of argumentative texts?

• Claim & Evidence

• Plot & Characters

• Dialogue & Stage Directions

• Lines & Stanzas

How does the author, purpose, audience, and context influence the message of a text?

• What the author feels about the topic can affect what information is presented.

• What the author feels about the topic can affect the facts.

• What the author feels about the topic can affect the way they present the information to the reader.

• What the author feels about the topic doesn't change anything.

Informational texts give information to the reader while argumentative tries to convince/persuade the reader.

• True

• False

Argumentative texts SHOULD push you to believe or do something using a variety of persuasive techniques.

• True

• False

 Figurative language that makes comparisons in unexpected ways. The purpose is to show similarities in process or in structure.

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Bias

• Claims

short narrative (story) that relates an interesting or amusing incident, usually in order to make a larger point

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Bias

• Claim

a particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or unreasoned

• Claim

• Credibility

• Bias

• Evidence

a logical fallacy in which an assumption is made in a definition or argument that includes the very point that one is trying to prove

• Evidence

• Circular logic

• Counter argument

• Rhetorical Device

an assertion, position, or arguable thesis about a topic or issue

• Evidence

• Circular Reasoning

• Counter Argument

• Claim

a viewpoint that opposes an author’s claim

• Credibility

• Opposition

• Counter Argument

• Logical Fallacy