Argumentative, Writing Process, and Writing Prompts

What is a claim?

• The side you take of a debatable issue

• The 3 ideas in the intro

• One sentence

• The rebuttal

• In the last paragraph

What is the unifying idea?

• The idea that your essay is all about

• The 3 main points of your whole essay that become the topic sentences in the body paragraphs. It is in the introduction and concluding paragraph together.

• The main points of the essay in the concluding paragraph

• The reasons you feel the way you do in the introduction only.

What is the first thing you should place in the introduction of an Argumentative Essay?

• The counter argument

• The unifying idea

• The Lead

• The claim

What is the counter argument?

• The argument that is placed in the argumentative essay only one time.

• A way to address the opposing argument and " get in their head." After that, you prove them wrong with facts.

• The same as the unifying idea

• What you do in court

What goes in the body paragraphs of an Argumentative Essay?

• The topic sentence from the unifying idea, cited information, the writers opinions on that cited information in their own words, and a concluding sentence.

• The cited information

• The cited information discussed

• The topic sentence, the cited information , and the concluding sentence

What goes in the concluding paragraph of an Argumentative Essay? Choose the BEST answer.

• The claim and the counter argument

• The claim, unifying idea, discussion and counter argument

• The claim and the discussion

• The unifying idea and claim

How do you start a direct quote correctly? Choose the BEST answer.

• It stated that ,

  " __________."

• According to _________, it stated that ,

  __________.

• According to "name of text" it stated that ,

  " __________."

• According to the text, it stated that

  " __________."

What is a tree map used for?

• Cause and Effect

• Classifying

• Sequencing

• Describing

What is a bubble map used for?

• Compare and Contrast

• Sequencing

• Classifying

• Analogies

What is a Flow Map used for?

• Compare and Contrast

• Defining

• Sequencing

• Classifying