Unit 4 Argumentative Text Vocab

What is support?

• Includes only reasons for something

• Includes reasons and evidence for something.

• Includes only evidence for something.

• Includes neither reasons or evidence for something.

Answer explanation

Support includes both reasons and evidence for something. For example, My car is clean and I have a receipt that shows I took it to the car wash.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

What are reasons?

• Should not be used when making a claim

• Explains why others should support a claim some of the time.

• Explains why others should support the claim

• Explains why others should not support a claim.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

What should support include?

• Includes only evidence

• Includes reasons and evidence

• Includes either support or evidence.

• Includes only reasons

Answer explanation

Support includes both reasons and evidence to support a claim.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

What is an argument when referring to argumentative text?

• Expresses an opinion but does not defend

• Expresses an opinion but and defends until the person reading the text believes it.

• Expresses a fact.

• Expresses an opinion and defends.

Answer explanation

an argumentative text expresses and opinion and defends the opinion.

What is Text Structure?

• The way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text.

• The pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details.

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic.

• Important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, them, tone, ect.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is paraphrasing?

• The strategic integration of two or more modes of communication.

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

• To restate a text in ones own opinion.

• Restating the meaning of something in different words.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is style?

• Paraphrased or indirectly quoted details.

• Important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, or tone.

• The unique characteristics that describe a writer's use of language such as their use of figurative language, voice, and sentence fluency.

• Paraphrased or directly quoted details.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What does it mean to summarize?

• The unique characteristics that describe a writer's use of language.

• Restating the meaning of something in different words.

• Restating the meaning of something in ones own opinion.

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What does it mean to synthesize?

• Important ideas throughout a work that supports the central idea.

• To combine elements and parts to form a whole.

• The way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas

• The way or pattern in which a speaker speaks.

Answer explanation

When you synthesize information, you can take different parts of a text to form new ideas.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is a claim in argumentative text?

• paraphrased or details from a text that supports a readers opinion claim.

• The putting together of two or more types of communication in order to create meaning.

• The author's attitude, either stated or implied in writing.

• Main idea of the argument that writer is trying to prove.