Argumentative Writing Terms

persuasive strategies used in arguments to support claims

• rhetorical appeals

• paraphrasing

• relevant

• claim

uses logic and reasoning (facts, statistics, examples)

• sufficient

• logos

• pathos

• logical fallacies

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

appeals to feelings (emotional language, basic values)

• paraphrasing

• logos

• pathos

• relevant

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

errors in reasoning that are not based on fact

• rhetorical appeals

• direct quotation

• logos

• logical fallacies

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

closely connected to the matter at hand

• relevant

• sufficient

• pathos

• hook

enough for the purpose of supporting a claim or reason

• pathos

• sufficient

• relevant

• rhetorical appeals

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

word for word quotes from the source

• hook

• paraphrasing

• direct quotation

• claim

putting a passage from source material into your own words while maintaining its meaning

• diction

• logical fallacies

• direct quotation

• paraphrasing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a position or opinion on a topic

• claim

• hook

• diction

• pathos

opening statement in an essay that grabs the reader's attention

• claim

• relevant

• logos

• hook