Spring 2023 Final Review

The sentence that states the main or most important idea of your paragraph is the:

• evidence

• topic sentence

• commentary

• conclusion

directly copied information from an article to support an argument or your main idea; quotations marks are placed around the information

• evidence

• topic sentence

• commentary

• pizza

the part of your paragraph in which you explain how your evidence supports the main idea or why the evidence is important

• evidence

• topic sentence

• commentary

• ice cream

grabs the readers' attention and encourages the audience to keep reading

• claim

• counterclaim

• rebuttal

• hook

your response to the counterclaim that reinforces your opinion and explains why the view of the other side is wrong

• Claim

• counterclaim

• rebuttal

• hook

an argument opposed to your claim that expresses the view of a person who disagrees with your position

• claim

• counterclaim

• rebuttal

• hook

I believe I am now old enough to have a later curfew and stay out past midnight.

• claim

• counterclaim

• rebuttal

• hook

Some might say I should not have a later curfew because there are more accidents and late drivers on the road after midnight.

• claim

• counterclaim

• rebuttal

• hook

While it is true that being out late can be dangerous, I have proved myself responsible. I have good grades, am always home on time, and have completed a defensive driving course in addition to my driver's ed class. I can be trusted with a later curfew.

• claim

• counterclaim

• rebuttal

• hook

a short story that supports your claim

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• anecdote