persuasive writing

What is considered to be background information? Choose all that apply.

• What topic you are talking about

• Why you are talking about this topic

• What two sides people are arguing about

• Who this topic might affect

True or False: A persuasive paper should include both the writers' opinion and facts to support the opinion.

• True

• False

a belief or way of thinking about something

• statistics

• pathos

• opinion

• reasons

writing to convince or express the author's opinion on a controversial issue

• Narrative Writing

• free write

• persuasive writing

• informational writing

True or False: A writer should never mention any opposing arguments in a paper, since it weakens the argument.

• True

• False

A paragraph that contains the lead, background information, thesis statement, and brief reasons.

• Introduction paragraph

• Body paragraph

• Counterargument paragraph

• Concluding paragraph

How many paragraphs will an effective persuasive essay use?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

A viewpoint or opinion on an issue

• thesis

• position

• theory

• purpose

a short description of the argumentative issue or problem

• thesis statement

• concluding paragraph

• background information

• introduction paragraph

Which of the following is an example of an Explanation sentence starter that a student could use in their body paragraphs?

• In the article

• This explains that

• The author ____ states

• On page ___ it explains that