Argumentative Vocab. Examples

Children under the age of 12 should not be allowed to have social media profiles.

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• counter argument

• reason

• evidence

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

People say selling your organs should be legal to make money. Organ selling should not be legalized because paying donors for their organs could drive up the cost of a transplant, thereby allowing only the rich to be able to afford one.

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• counter argument

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• evidence

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Some might argue that video games cause children to shoot people.  After all, youth violence appears to be on the rise in today’s world.  However, violent media existed before video games, and in order to blame video games, we would have to ignore the historical outrage at things like movies, comic books, rock and roll, and Dungeons and Dragons.

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• reason

• evidence

• counter argument

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Dining in restaurants is actually more economical for individuals or couples than cooking at home.

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• evidence

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Although it seems logical to argue that a mandatory dress code would encourage post-secondary students to take their education more seriously, requiring students to dress professionally restricts their personal freedom.

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• claim

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• evidence

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Spending more than an hour per day on housework is a waste of time.

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• evidence

• counter argument

• counter claim

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

In 2020, 12.5% of U.S. adults (an estimated 30.8 million people) currently smoked cigarettes:

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• evidence

• counter claim

• reason

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Worldwide, around 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men do not do enough physical activity to stay healthy

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• evidence

• counter argument

• reason

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

...because it is very unhealthy and can cause cancer.

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• reason

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• counter argument

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

...because not enough people get enough exercise.

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• counter argument

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• evidence

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D