Argumentative Essays

What does it mean to argue?

• To have a friendly conversation

• To avoid conflict

• To agree with someone in words

• To disagree with someone in words, often in an angry way

What is an argument?

• A situation in which two or more people compromise

• A situation in which two or more people agree

• A situation in which two or more people disagree

• A situation in which two or more people avoid each other

What does it mean to be argumentative?

• To dislike arguments

• To enjoy arguing or often engage in arguments

• To avoid arguments

• To be neutral in arguments

What is evidence?

• Facts or signs that show clearly that something doesn't exist

• Facts or signs that show clearly that something exists or is true

• Facts or signs that are subjective

• Facts or signs that are irrelevant to the truth

What does it mean to rebut?

• To ignore a statement or charge made against you

• To avoid proving or disproving a statement or charge

• To prove that a statement or charge made against you is false

• To prove that a statement or charge made against you is true

What is a counterargument?

• An argument that supports your own argument

• An argument that is unrelated to the main argument

• An argument that opposes or contradicts the main argument

• An argument that is morally wrong

What does it mean to be moral?

• To have no sense of right and wrong

• To have a strong sense of right and wrong

• To have no understanding of good and evil

• To have no principles of good and evil

What does it mean to be ethical?

• To have no sense of right and wrong

• To have no principles of good and evil

• To have no understanding of good and evil

• To have a strong sense of right and wrong