Nylon Tarp: Argumentative Vocabulary Scramble Center

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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is a counterargument?

• 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.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

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.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

True or False: An opinion is a strong piece of evidence to support a claim.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

True or False: A strong argument contains a claim, evidence, and reasoning.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

If your claim is, "Students should wear school uniforms," your counteragument 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.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner.

• narrative writing
• explanatory writing
• persuasive writing
• argumentative writing

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What word means "able to be believed"?

• argumentative

• bias

• credible

• subjective

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What word means "closely connected or appropriate to what is being done, said, or considered"?

• relevant

• transition

• purpose

• audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What does an author use at the end of an argumentative text to make clear what the writer or speaker wants the audience to think or do?

• persuasion

• call to action

• rhetorical devices

• thesis

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D