Argument Vocab

The art of effective or persuasive communication.

• Rhetoric
• Argument
• Claim
• Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.SL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.1C

A set of statements that are presented as evidence in support of a particular claim or point of view.

• Argument
• Claim
• Reasoning
• Premise

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

A statement that is being argued for or against.

• Claim
• Reasoning
• Premise
• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.1C

The action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.

• Reasoning
• Premise
• Evidence
• Fact

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.SL.6.3

A statement that is accepted as true and used as the basis for an argument.

• Premise
• Evidence
• Fact
• Opinion

Facts, data, or examples that are used to support an argument.

• Evidence
• Fact
• Opinion
• Relevant

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.2B

A thing that is known or proved to be true.

• Fact
• Opinion
• Relevant
• Credible

A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

• Opinion
• Relevant
• Credible
• Counterargument

Closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered.

• Relevant
• Credible
• Counterargument
• Infer

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1B

Able to be believed; convincing.

• Credible
• Counterargument
• Infer
• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4