Unit 7: Argumentative Text Vocabulary

a position on a topic or issue developed through logic, evidence, and appeals

• hypothesis

• argument

• theory

• opinion

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

• narrative text

• descriptive text

• argumentative text

• expository text

the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

• sender

• receiver

• audience

• purpose

a position on a topic or issue

• claim

• argument

• debate

• discussion

any written or digital communication exchanged between two or more people in the form of a letter, e-mail, fax, etc.

• conversation

• correspondence

• discussion

• negotiation

specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

• conclusions

• opinions

• arguments

• evidence

an intentional and extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect (e.g., this book weighs a ton)

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

an essay that describes a position on a particular topic or issue and develops the argument with supporting evidence

• narrative essay

• opinion essay

• descriptive essay

• expository essay

restate the meaning of something in different words. Paraphrasing alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation.

• summarize

• translate

• paraphrase

• interpret

to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same.

• discrimination

• prejudice

• stereotyping

• ignorance