Argumentative Writing Vocabulary

a public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion

• claim

• reasons

• citation

• controversy

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

your opinion or position about your topic.

• evidence

• reasons

• claim

• source

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

points that explain why the author is making a certain claim

• reasons

• plagiarism

• source

• citation

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

when you use or imitate another person's words or ideas

without giving them proper credit

• reasons

• citation

• plagiarism

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

believable, reliable, and trustworthy

• sources

• reasons

• sources

• credible

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

A text (book, article, letter, interview transcript, etc.) that supplies information; used largely for informational purposes, as in research

• reasons

• source

• claim

• plagiarism

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a list of all source materials used to prepare an argumentative paper or presentation

• evidence

• sources

• bibliography

• citation

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

A refutation or denial of evidence presented

• reason

• rebuttal

• claim

• citation

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

something that is closely connected to the matter at hand

• relevant

• rebuttal

• evidence

• source

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

a set of reasons given with the aim that an action or idea is wrong or right

• citation

• argument

• plagiarism

• controversy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8