Argumentative/Speech Unit

Making a claim and supporting it using logic is:

• persuasion
• claim
• argument
• evidence

Making a claim and supporting it using feelings and emotions is called....

• evidence
• argument
• persuasion

information used to back up and support your answer

• bridge
• persuasion
• argument
• evidence

The people that will be affected by this topic or read your essay

• evidence
• your teacher
• audience

making a claim and supporting it using feelings and emotions

• persuasion
• argument
• claim
• evidence

A claim is: 

• The position you are trying to get your readers to accept
• the thesis statement
• found in the introduction
• all of the above

True or False:
Evidence is facts that support your claim. 

• True
• False

True or False: a statement that explains how the evidence supports and connects to the claim is the counterargument. 

• True
• False

A counterargument challenges the argument by addressing the position of someone who may not agree with you. 

• True
• False

What is an argument?

• A claim that has logic and facts.
• _{A claim that has feelings in it.} 
•  A claim that tells a story.