Argumentative Text Vocabulary

A text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion.

• Audience

• Argumentative Text

• Claim

• Bias

The intended target group for a message is the ​ (a)  

• audience

• claim

• author

The reason an author writes about a particular topic.

• Argument

• Claim

• counterargument

• author's purpose

A particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or unreasoned.

• argument

• claim

• bias

• credible

An assertion, position, or arguable thesis about a topic or issue.

• Claim

• Counterargument

• Bias

• purpose

A viewpoint that opposes an author's claim.

• Claim

• Bias

• Audience

• Counterargument

The quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic.

• Argument

• Credibility

• Logical Fallacy

• Tone

A technique that addresses or calls to an absent person or personified object as if he/she/it is able to reply, yet they are not actually present.

• Direct Address

• Faulty Reasoning

• Stereotyping

• Tone

Specific details or facts that support an inference or idea.

• Tone

• Bias

• Evidence

• Claim

A logically incorrect argument, or fallacy, that contains a conclusion that is not supported by data, has limited information, and/or includes personal opinion or bias.

• Bias

• Faulty reasoning

• hyperbole

• Claim