Big 11 Vocabulary Quiz 2/2023

To talk or convince someone into doing or believing something.

• persuade

• bias

• photograph

• fact

The support for a claim or counterclaim.

• reason

• caption

• bold

• map

To state your support for a position or a side.

• reason

• paraphrase

• claim

• rebuttal

An opposing viewpoint or claim

• opinion

• counterclaim

• thesis statement

• reason

The response to a counterclaim.

• reason

• claim

• opinion

• rebuttal

To write evidence in your own words.

• claim

• paraphrase

• reason

• bias

A prejudice in favor of or against something before the issue is argued or discussed

• opinion

• reason

• bias

• bold

A view or judgement formed about something but not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

• italics

• reason

• opinion

• bias

The sentence that states the central idea of a writing assignment and helps control the ideas within the essay.

• reason

• bold

• thesis statement

• opinion

A cause, explanation, or justification for claim

• bias

• evidence

• reason

• claim