Argumentative Terms

A reason the author gives in order to persuade others that an action or idea is right or wrong.

• Author's Argument

• Fact

• Evidence

• Description

A statement that supports the author's argument

• Author's Argument

• Claim

• Fact

• Opinion

Facts that prove the claim

• Evidence

• Opinion

• Commonplace Assertion

• Factual Claim

A true statement based on proof

• Factual Claim

• Opinion

• Persuade

• Author's Argument

A person's judgment or belief

• Fact

• Persuade

• Evidence

• Opinion

A statement that is commonly believed to be true amongst a large group of people, but it is actually an opinion

• Evidence

• Fact

• Commonplace Assertion

• Opinion

To convince someone of something

• Evidence

• Opinion

• Fact

• Persuade

Methods writers use to make an audience think a certain way

• Refute

• Loaded Terms

• Persuasive Techniques

• Logical Fallacies

Words with strong emotions

• Persuasive Techniques

• Logical Fallacies

• Loaded Terms

• Refute

To prove something to be wrong or false; to prove somebody to be in error

• Refute

• Evaluate

• Author's Position

• Claim