Argument Essay Key Terms

information used to back up and support your answer

• bridge
• persuasion
• argument
• evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Challenging the argument by addressing the position of someone who may not agree with the argument

• refutation/rebuttal
• thesis/claim
• counterclaim
• argument

What is the first thing you put in the introduction of an argumentative essay?

• argument
• three reasons
• hook
• counterclaim

Making a claim and supporting it using logic is:

• persuasion
• claim
• argument
• evidence

What is a claim?

• The opposing viewpoint
• The writer's position that they are trying to prove
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

What is a counterclaim?

• The opposing viewpoint
• The writer's position that they are trying to prove
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

What is evidence?

• The opposing viewpoint
• The writer's position that they are trying to prove
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

If your claim is, "Students should wear school uniforms," your counterclaim would be...

• Some students should wear school uniforms.
• Students should not wear school uniforms.
• I don't like school uniforms because they are ugly.
• School uniforms would be a good idea.

What is refutation?

• The opposing viewpoint
• Explains why your claim is stronger than your counterargument
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

Pick the refutation to match the counterclaim, "Some people think that hedgehogs are expensive." 

• However, other pets such as cats and dogs are also expensive.
• However, hedgehogs are easy to feed.
• However, hedgehogs are small pets.
• However, hedgehogs are easy to take care of.