Argument Vocabulary

What is a claim?

• proof from the text

• Statement of what you are trying to prove

• Statement opposite of what you are trying to prove

• what makes an argument strong or persuasive

Tags

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.1C

What is pathos?

• A rhetorical appeal that uses emotion to convince

• A rhetorical appeal that uses the speaker's ethics to persuade

• An attack on the counterclaim

• evidence that fits the claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is another term for claim?

• analysis

• counterclaim

• thesis

• counterargument

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is a rebuttal?

• Statement you are trying to prove

• The opposing argument

• An attack on the counterclaim's strongest evidence

• rhetorical appeal that persuades using facts and statistics

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.1C

believeable, trustworthy, from experts

• credible

• relevant

• compelling

• sufficient

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1B

What is evidence?

• rhetorical appeal that persuades using facts and statistics

• statement you are trying to prove

• proof of the claim

• strong, powerful argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.9A

What is analysis?

• believable, trustworthy, from an expert

• evidence that fits the claim

• the opposing statement

• explanation of how the evidence fits the claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.9A

What does sufficient mean in terms of evidence?

• enough

• fits the claim

• strong, powerful

• an attack on the opposing argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is another term for analysis?

• claim

• thesis

• counterclaim

• logic/reasoning

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is ethos?

• strong, powerful

• A rhetorical appeal that uses facts and statistics to convince the audience

• A rhetorical appeal that uses emotion to convince the audience

• A rhetorical appeal that uses the speaker to convince the audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4