Argumentative Terms

the writer's/speaker/s position in a certain topic/issue and the idea that he/she wants the audience to accept

• claim

• ethos

• logical

• factual

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

info used to support an argument or prove your claim

• controlling idea

• fallacy

• evidence/reasons

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a technique used inwriting/speech in an attempt to convince the audience  to think in a certain way or take a certain action 

• Call to Action

• Persuasion

• Commonplace Assertion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

This is what the speaker/writer wants the audience to do as a result of the speech/text/advertisement, etc. 

• Juxtaposition

• Call to Action

• Bandwagon Appeal

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

The fallacy that if the majority of people are doing it, you should do it, too

• circular reasoning

• premise

• bandwagon appeal

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

use of language that is intended to have a certain effect on the audience

• rhetorical device

• analogy

• circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

a statement that is thought or commonly taken as truth, but might not necessarily be true

• commonplace asseretion

• claim

• controlling idea

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

placing contrasting ideas side by side

• rhetorical device

• juxtaposition

• premise

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

an argument that might appear to be logical, but it’s actually based on a faulty assumption 

• claim

• Logical Fallacy

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

 a comparison between different things to show they have something in common 

• premise

• persuasive techniques

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D