Argument Vocabulary

Argument

• The quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics and being accepted as true

• A concise, one-sentence summary of your main point and claim

• The reader or group of readers the essay was intended to reach

• A reason or set of reasons given to persuade others that an action or idea is right or wrong

Author’s purpose

• The intent, or purpose, for writing something: the persuade, inform, entertain, and decide an audience

• A literary technique that places two clearly dissimilar   things side by side to bring out their differences

• A reason or set of reasons given to persuade others that an action or idea is right or wrong

• Facts, examples, or sources used to support a claim

Audience

• The quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics and being accepted as true

• To go against someone’s claim or to provide opposing viewpoints

• A literary technique that places two clearly dissimilar   things side by side to bring out their differences

• The reader or group of readers the essay was intended to reach

Rebuttal/ refute

• Appeals to the “everyone is doing it” mentality

• To go against someone’s claim or to provide opposing viewpoints

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  When you respond directly to your opponent’s argument or point to explain (show) how or why they are wrong

• The quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics and being accepted as true or real

Thesis

• A concise, one-sentence summary of your main point and claim

• Words, terms, or phrases that have strong emotional influences. (Appeals to an audience by evoking a negative or positive emotional reaction)

• Facts, examples, or sources used to support a claim

• The reader or group of readers the essay was intended to reach

   

Claim

• Facts, examples, or sources used to support a claim

• When you respond directly to your opponent’s argument or point to explain (show) how or why they are wrong

• A statement that supports the thesis statement. A claim is something that you believe to be true and can provide evidence for

• The writer repeats or rephrases a word, a sentence, or phrase for emphasis

Counterclaim

• To go against someone’s claim or to provide opposing viewpoints

• The quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics and being accepted as true or real

• A statement that supports the thesis statement. A claim is something that you believe to be true and can provide evidence for

• The reader or group of readers the essay was intended to reach

Credibility

• When you respond directly to your opponent’s argument or point to explain (show) how or why they are wrong

• The quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics and being accepted as true

• A reason or set of reasons given to persuade others that an action or idea is right or wrong

• Appeals to the “everyone is doing it” mentality

Repetition

• The quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics and being accepted as true or real

• Words, terms, or phrases that have strong emotional influences. (Appeals to an audience by evoking a negative or positive emotional reaction)

• A reason or set of reasons given to persuade others that an action or idea is right or wrong

• The writer repeats or rephrases a word, a sentence, or phrase for emphasis

Juxtaposition

• A literary technique that places two clearly dissimilar   things side by side to bring out their differences

• Facts, examples, or sources used to support a claim

• Words, terms, or phrases that have strong emotional influences. (Appeals to an audience by evoking a negative or positive emotional reaction)

• Appeals to the “everyone is doing it” mentality