Springboard Unit 2 Vocabulary

They are aspects of a text designed to help you locate, understand, and organize information. Different text features are used to convey different types of information.

• rhetoric

• text features

• informational writing

• credibility

It is a form of writing whose purpose is to explain or inform.

• informational writing

• rhetoric

• thesis statement

• primary source

It is a sentence, usually in the introduction of an essay, that states the writer’s position or opinion on the topic of the essay. It should go beyond telling the reader the topic of the essay, and it should tell the reader what the writer thinks about the topic.

• thesis statement

• claim

• counterclaim

• informational writing

It means believable or trustworthy. A source that is trushworthy should be free from bias and present the facts fairly.

• credibility

• text features

• secondary source

• claim

It is an original account or record created at the time of an event by someone who witnessed or was involved in it. Examples include autobiographies, letters, and government records.

• primary source

• secondary source

• counterclaim

• valid

It analyzes, interprets, or critiques a primary source. Textbooks, books about historical events, and works of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are examples.

• secondary source

• primary source

• valid

• text features

It is a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another. In an argumentative text, it is supported by reasons and evidence.

• claim

• thesis statement

• valid

• credibility

It is the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience. It is a characteristic of speeches.

• rhetoric

• valid

• informational language

• secondary source

It is also called a counterargument. It is made by someone with an opposing opinion on a given issue. When creating an argument, you must be able to argue against the counterclaim.

• counterclaim

• claim

• primary source

• thesis statement

This means the facts and details in a text support the claim a writer is making and are credible and true.

• valid

• credibility

• rhetoric

• text features