Schmidt 4th Ac Quiz

The author's attitude toward the subject matter they are writing about is called ________.

• mood

• tone

The purpose of argument writing is

• To entertain an audience with a strong plot and character development.

• To present a position and to have an audience adopt or at least seriously consider your argument.

• To teach the audience to complete a task such as a recipe or a craft project.

• To teach multistep equations.

The opposite of the author's claim or the opposing argument is called the ______.

• credible source

• Support evidence

• claim

• counterclaim

To speak or write from another using credit acknowledgment and quotation marks is to give a _________.

• rebuttal

• paraphrase

• summary

• quote

A rewording of the evidence/something written and putting it into your own words.

• Paraphrase

• Counterclaim

• Quote

• Rebuttal

After the writer gives the counterclaim, he/she can attempt to disprove it by using a _________.

• rebuttal

• purpose

• central idea

• point of View

In argument writing, the author's purpose is to:

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

• direct

Facts, quotes, statistics from reliable sources given for the argument is called _______.

• evidence

• claim

• counterclaim

• thesis

The first sentence of the introductory paragraph is trying to...

• DEFINE the topic, you want to start the introduction with a definition of what the paper is about

• EDUCATE your reader, you want to start with your best piece of evidence first

• HOOK your reader, using something that will get their attention and keep reading

The BRIDGE of your introduction means....

• An additional hook you provide to entice the reader on the subject/issue

• The background information of your subject/issue you are writing about

• The personal account you provide of your subject/ issue you are writing about