Argumentative Essay Quiz

A paragraph that contains a restatement of the thesis statement and a last convincing appeal

• introduction paragraph

• concluding paragraph

• background paragraph

• body paragraph

argument or information explaining why the author believes he or she is correct

• rebuttal

• argument

• reasons

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

a sentence that states the purpose of an essay

• opinion

• statistics

• thesis statement

• counterargument

a short, personal story relating to the topic used to grab the reader's attention

• reasons

• evidence

• argument

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

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

• introduction paragraph

• body paragraph

• counterargument paragraph

• concluding paragraph

True or False: The writer's position on an issue or problem is the claim.

• True

• False

True or False: Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something (facts, data, statistics) is evidence.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

A paragraph that contains fully developed reasons, evidence, and explanations.

• introduction paragraph

• body paragraph

• counterargument paragraph

• conclusion paragraph

Ideas that are presented to oppose an argument

• rebuttal

• counterargument

• claim

• evidence

TRUE/FALSE: A student is allowed to use only ONE passage when finding text evidence for an argumentative paper when they are provided with two passages.

• True

• False