Argumentative Essay Vocabulary

Paragraph 6 of an argumentative essay 

4-5 sentences

Includes restating your thesis, summarizing your main points discussed in your essay and leaves the reader with a strong statement

• transition

• conclusion sentence

• introduction paragraph

• Conclusion paragraph

an explanation for how or why your evidence proves your point

• link/reason

• evidence

• main idea sentence

• hook

First sentence of your body paragraph 

Introduces what your entire paragraph will be about

Should match your reasons from your thesis statement

• introduction paragraph

• evidence

• main idea sentence

• thesis statement

essay where writers state their opinion and use evidence to support it

• thesis statement

• informational essay

• title

• argument essay

Paragraph 1 of an essay 

4-5 sentences

Includes hook, background information and always ends with a thesis

• introduction paragraph

• counterclaim

• thesis statement

• rebuttal

a sentence in which you state your main argument and a brief description of how you will prove it

Is the LAST sentence of your introduction

• rebuttal

• main idea sentence

• conclusion statement

• thesis statement

Grabs readers attention 

First sentence of an introduction

Can be a question, a short story related to the topic, quote, or a fact related to your topic

• counterclaim

• thesis statement

• link/reason

• hook

Paragraph 5 of your argumentative essay 

Shows the other side of the argument

Could start with “Some might say…” 

• background information

• counterclaim

• rebuttal

• conclusion

1-2 sentences straight from the text

Written in quotation marks 

Proves the main idea of your paragraph

• title

• hook

• thesis statement

• evidence

Part of your counterclaim paragraph 

Proves the other side wrong using evidence 

• rebuttal

• background information

• conclusion

• counterclaim