Q2 Review

The purpose of argument writing is

• To entertain an audience with a strong plot and character development.

• To present a position and to have an audience adopt or at least seriously consider your argument.

• To teach the audience to complete a task such as a recipe or a craft project.

• To teach multistep equations.

What is a claim?

• The opposite of the author's argument.

• An attempt to disapprove an argument.

• Thesis statement or main argument backed up with evidence.

• Evidence for the argument.

The opposite of the author's claim or the opposing argument is called the ______.

• credible source

• Support evidence

• claim

• counterclaim

In argument writing, the author's purpose is to:

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

• direct

What is textual evidence?

• You claim.
• Proof from the text to support your answer.
• What the author thinks about a topic.
• An explanation in your own words about your claim.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Why is it important to provide textual evidence?

• It makes your paragraph longer.
• It allows your reader to get the important facts from the article without reading the whole thing.
• It shows that you know what you are talking about.
• It makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:
High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.
• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."
• According to the text, "At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior incidents went down" (Paragraph 1).

• School uniforms can be ordered online .

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

when citing a source you should use

• an exclamation point

• a semi colon or colon

• quotations

• a period at the end of the sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Characters

• people, animals or objects in the story that are defined by their traits and serve a motive.

• when and where the story takes place

• sequence of events in a story involving characters in conflict situations.

• the message of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

setting

• the message of the story

• people, animals, and objects in a story that are defined by their traits and have motives in the story.

• when and where the story takes place

• the sequence of events in a story involving characters in conflict situations

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3