Argumentative Vocabulary

Claim

• an assertion, position, or arguable thesis about an organization

• an assertion, position, or arguable thesis about a topic or issue

• when a person lies

• a position, or thesis about a topic or issue

Argumentative Text

• a text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using expert opinion

• a text in which the writer and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion

• a text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion

• a text in which the writer develops and defends an organization

Bias

• a particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or unreasoned

• a particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a person that is often preconceived or unreasoned

• a particular feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often popular

• a particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or unreasoned

Evidence

• specific details or fairytales that support an inference or idea

• specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

• facts that support an inference or idea

• details that support an inference or idea

Counterargument

• is an expression that opposes an author’s claim 

• is a viewpoint that opposes an author’s personality 

• is a viewpoint that opposes an author’s thesis or claim 

• is a viewpoint that praises an author’s thesis or claim 

Credibility

• having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current information

• having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing outdated information

• having unreliable and trustworthy friends which may be influenced by an artist having expertise on a topic, using accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current information

Audience

• the group that pays your ticket fare

• the intended target group for a message. When did they write this?

• the intended target group for a message. Who did they write this for?

• the unintended target groups for a historical message

Author’s purpose

• the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain to analyze, etc.)

• the reason an artist paints a particular subject(e.g., to preview, to entertain, to infer, to exercise to commit, etc.)

• the reason a publisher includes details in a work 

• the reasons an athlete practices with intention 

Key ideas

• unimportant ideas throughout a work that support the text message

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• important ideas throughout a painting that support people

• important ideas throughout stated throughout the day by your teacher.

Summarize

• to take away details that you don't like.

• to add details to text.

• to reduce sections of text to their essential points and main idea.

• to reduce parts of movies to publish on the internet.