Parts of An Argument

Claim

• support why the claim is valid

  Example: One reason why I believe that they should not be allowed is because they distract students from learning

• A position on a debatable issue. It is like the Thesis of an argumentative essay

  Example: Cell phones should be allowed in school or Cell phones should not be allowed in schools

• details, facts, examples, statistics and expert opinions that support why the claim is valid

  Example-A study shows that students who were allowed to have their phone in class did 20 points lower than students who did not.

• Devices that the writers use to persuade or appeal to the reader (Examples: Ethos, Pathos, Logos)

Reasons

• Devices that the writers use to persuade or appeal to the reader (Examples: Ethos, Pathos, Logos)

• details, facts, examples, statistics and expert opinions that support why the claim is valid

  Example-A study shows that students who were allowed to have their phone in class did 20 points lower than students who did not.

• support why the claim is valid

  Example: One reason why I believe that they should not be allowed is because they distract students from learning

• Part of the conclusion when the author gives the reader next steps on what they can do for the problem

Evidence

• details, facts, examples, statistics and expert opinions that support why the claim is valid

  Example-A study shows that students who were allowed to have their phone in class did 20 points lower than students who did not.

• A position on a debatable issue. It is like the Thesis of an argumentative essay

  Example: Cell phones should be allowed in school or Cell phones should not be allowed in schools

• When the  writer or speaker considers a point made by the opposition

  Example: Some people believe that cellphones should be allowed because they can be used as a tool 

• An attempt to disprove the counter argument

  Example: However, most kids have chromebooks in school now so there is no need for the phone when it comes to tools. 

Rhetorical appeals

• When the  writer or speaker considers a point made by the opposition

  Example: Some people believe that cellphones should be allowed because they can be used as a tool

• An attempt to disprove the counter argument

  Example: However, most kids have chromebooks in school now so there is no need for the phone when it comes to tools. 

•  Devices that the writers use to persuade or appeal to the reader (Examples: Ethos, Pathos, Logos)

• Part of the conclusion when the author gives the reader next steps on what they can do for the problem

Counter Argument

• support why the claim is valid

  Example: One reason why I believe that they should not be allowed is because they distract students from learning

• Part of the conclusion when the author gives the reader next steps on what they can do for the problem

• An attempt to disprove the counter argument

  Example: However, most kids have chromebooks in school now so there is no need for the phone when it comes to tools.

• When the  writer or speaker considers a point made by the opposition

  Example: Some people believe that cellphones should be allowed because they can be used as a tool

Rebuttal

• support why the claim is valid

  Example: One reason why I believe that they should not be allowed is because they distract students from learning

• An attempt to disprove the counter argument

  Example: However, most kids have chromebooks in school now so there is no need for the phone when it comes to tools.

• Devices that the writers use to persuade or appeal to the reader (Examples: Ethos, Pathos, Logos)

• details, facts, examples, statistics and expert opinions that support why the claim is valid

  Example-A study shows that students who were allowed to have their phone in class did 20 points lower than students who did not.

Call to action

• Part of the conclusion when the author gives the reader next steps on what they can do for the problem

  Example: So for all of you parents out there, please do the best that you can to help the schools decrease phone use in the classrooms. Please talk to you children about the negative effects of phone use. 

• Devices that the writers use to persuade or appeal to the reader (Examples: Ethos, Pathos, Logos)

• support why the claim is valid

  Example: One reason why I believe that they should not be allowed is because they distract students from learning

• details, facts, examples, statistics and expert opinions that support why the claim is valid

  Example-A study shows that students who were allowed to have their phone in class did 20 points lower than students who did not.