G6 Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz

a public debate or dispute concerning a matter of

opinion

• controversy

• argument

• claim

• reasons

facts or reasoning offered to support a position as

being true.

• controversy

• argument

• claim

• reasons

a writer’s statement of a position or opinion about a topic.

• controversy

• argument

• claim

• reasons

the points that explain why the author is making a

certain claim.

• controversy

• argument

• claim

• reasons

the information that supports or proves an idea or

claim;

• evidence

• research

• citation

• plagiarism

to locate information from a variety of sources.

• evidence

• research

• citation

• plagiarism

giving credit to the authors of source information.

• evidence

• research

• citation

• plagiarism

taking and using as your own the words and ideas of another.

• evidence

• research

• citation

• plagiarism

to be trusted or believed.

• credible

• evidence

• argument

• relevant

closely connected to the matter at hand (for example,

evidence supporting a claim).

• claim

• relevant

• sufficient

• plagiarism