Argument Writing Vocabulary

the quality of being trusted and believed in

• citation

• claim

• credibility

• counterclaim

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• point of view

• inference

• claim

• counterclaim

the author's attitude on the subject

• mood

• purpose

• tone

• thesis

a subject for an essay

• thesis

• claim

• inference

• relevant

an assertion of something as a fact

• thesis

• claim

• diction

• explicit

stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion

• implicit

• thesis

• claim

• explicit

closely connected or appropriate to the matter/subject

• explicit

• implicit

• relevant

• credible

the main idea of a writing; the point the author wants you to learn most

• central idea

• thesis

• claim

• counterclaim

a claim made to go against/rebut a previous claim

• thesis

• claim

• counterclaim

• diction

a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author

• citation

• explicit

• argument

• information