Argumentative Vocab.

Claim

• A statement made to be true

• A claim against another claim or truth

• A statement made to be false

• A statement to support your claim

Counterclaim

• A statement to support another claim

• A statement made to be true

• A claim made against another claim

• Valid date to support your claim

Evidence

• An invalid statement to oppose a claim

• A claim made against another claim or truth

• A false statement

• Valid date to support your claim

Compelling Argument

• A statement against another statement

• Strong discussion

• Valid data to support your claim

• Counterclaim

Persuade

• Cause someone to do something through reasoning

• Force someone to do something

• Make someone do something bad through reasoning

• Lie to someone

Argument

• A counterclaim

• Evidence to support a claim

• People agreeing with each other

• People disagreeing with each other

Favor

• An argument against another

• Showing support in one side

• Showing disapproval in all sides

• A statement showing support

Logic

• Valid reasoning

• Most common writing genre

• Main argument of essay

• Least common writing genre

Rebuttal

• Reasoning/evidence to prove a claim

• Reasoning/evidence to disprove a claim

• Reasoning/evidence to prove a counterclaim

• Reasoning/evidence to disprove counterclaim

Refute

• Audience

• To prove

• To disprove

• Evidence